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What time is it in beginning of autumn on August 7th, 2020?

When is beginning of autumn in 2020? Friday, August 7th, 09:06:03 and June 18th. Beginning of autumn is one of the 24 solar terms in China, which marks the beginning of the autumn season, and the weather is getting colder and colder. However, we should also pay attention to the influence of autumn tigers. People have the tradition of eating autumn fat in beginning of autumn, so we should also pay attention to our diet.

August 7th, 8th or 9th every year is beginning of autumn. Beginning of autumn marks the official start of the autumn season: autumn means that the summer heat disappears and the cool comes. In ancient China, beginning of autumn was divided into three periods: one period was when a cool breeze came; Second, wait for the white deer to be born; Three are waiting for cicadas to sing.

Cool breeze: People will feel cool when it is windy, and the wind at this time is different from the hot air in summer. Millennium arrival: there will be fog on the earth in the morning. Cicada chirping: Cicada chirping in autumn is also chirping. The poem "beginning of autumn": A sycamore tree announces autumn, and the words in the rice field are harvested. Although it is not midsummer, it is even more chilling.

Characteristics of solar terms in beginning of autumn

August 7th of the Gregorian calendar every year: 8th, depending on the sun, reaching longitude135deg; This is the beginning of autumn. Beginning of autumn is the first solar term in autumn. Standing means the beginning, and autumn means the crops are ripe. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: July Festival, the word Jiechun (beginning of spring). Autumn, pull also, things here and pull together also.

In beginning of autumn season, when everything is ripe and harvested, the yin between heaven and earth gradually increases, and the yang changes from long to harvest. In ancient China, beginning of autumn was divided into three stages: the first stage was when a cool breeze blew, the second stage was when dew fell, and the third stage was when cicadas sang.

After the cool breeze in beginning of autumn, the north wind began to blow in many parts of our country, and the south wind gradually weakened. The small north wind brings coolness to people. Second, when the dew falls, the sunshine is still very strong during the day, and the cool breeze blows gently at night, forming a certain temperature difference between day and night. In the morning, the water vapor in the air condenses into crystal dew on outdoor plants. Three cicadas sing. At this time, cicadas with adequate food and suitable temperature are singing proudly on the branches blown by the breeze, as if to tell people that the hot summer has passed.

Although there is a folk proverb in China, "It's cool on a day in beginning of autumn", it's impossible to enter the cool autumn at the same time in beginning of autumn because of China's vast territory and different latitudes and altitudes. In fact, beginning of autumn is often at the end of the dog days. At this time, the summer heat has not disappeared, the autumn sun is raging, and the weather in many places is still very hot, so it is called the autumn tiger.

Beginning of autumn custom

In ancient China society, beginning of autumn has always been a very grand festival, because the emperor and people are looking forward to a bumper year. As a festival, beginning of autumn can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the emperor personally led the princes, doctors and nobles of the three countries to the western suburbs to welcome autumn, and held a ceremony of offering sacrifices to Shao Hao and Ru Shou. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty was still used.

In the Tang Dynasty, although the rituals of the Western Zhou Dynasty were still there, other items were added, that is, offering sacrifices to the five emperors. During the Song Dynasty, economy and culture were highly developed. On the same day in beginning of autumn, both men and women wore catalpa leaves to cope with the time sequence, and they had the custom of cutting off petals and inserting them into the Red Leaf Temple of Heather, as well as the custom of swallowing seven red beans and eating fruits with autumn water. On the day of beginning of autumn in the Qing Dynasty, people used hanging scales to weigh themselves.