The origin of beginning of autumn

Beginning of autumn has a long history and is the first solar term in autumn among the 24 solar terms. China takes beginning of autumn as the beginning of autumn. Beginning of autumn is one of the "four seasons and eight festivals" in ancient times. People have the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest. Beginning of autumn is usually from August 7th to August 8th every year, when the sun reaches longitude 135.

Customs in early autumn:

1, Celebrating the Harvest: Due to the ancient farming civilization, every household has to harvest early rice and transplant late rice every early autumn.

2, paste autumn fertilizer: after the summer heat, people are used to eating more meat, supplementing the deficiency caused by poor appetite and sweating in the dog days, and improving immunity.

3. Eat autumn peaches: In early autumn, adults and children should eat autumn peaches, one for each person, and keep the stone after eating. On New Year's Eve, the peach pit was thrown into the stove and burned to ashes. It is thought that this will save the plague for a year.

4. Weigh people by hanging scales: In the Qing Dynasty, people weighed themselves in early autumn to test their obesity. If they have experienced a "bitter summer", if they have lost weight, they should supplement more nutrition.

5. Eat Fuyuan: beginning of autumn is the rich period of longan in Taiwan Province Province, and longan is also called Fuyuan. There is an old saying: people will eat Fuyuan on this day when they have children and grandchildren.

6. Blessing: In Changzhou, an autumn meeting will be held at the beginning of autumn to pray for good weather, peace and prosperity.

7. Eat watermelon: In Jiangsu and beginning of autumn, there is a custom of eating watermelon, which is called "eating autumn".

8. Eat jiaozi: In the northeast, there will be a custom of "grabbing autumn fat" to pack jiaozi. Beginning of autumn usually eats jiaozi or steamed stuffed buns, which is called "grabbing autumn fat".