The wind blows a leaf, and everything surprises autumn.

The wind blows a leaf, and the festival where everything has been pleasantly surprised in autumn is beginning of autumn, which means that the phoenix tree leaves one or two leaves in response to express the meaning of autumn.

The beginning of the autumn concept:

Beginning of autumn is the thirteenth of the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in autumn. The bucket refers to the southwest, and the sun reaches the longitude of 135, and it is celebrated on August 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The change of the whole nature is a step-by-step process, and beginning of autumn is a turning point in which the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy. In nature, everything begins to move from lush to bleak and mature.

The historical origin of beginning of autumn;

Beginning of autumn is one of the "Four Stands" and the first solar term in autumn. "Li Shu" said: "Dou means beginning of autumn in the southwest, and Yin means that everything is killed when it comes out of the ground. According to the instructions of autumn, the grain is ripe. " "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "Autumn, five grains are ripe." The change of the whole nature is a step-by-step process, and beginning of autumn is a turning point in which the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy.

Among the 24 solar terms, beginning of autumn does not mean the end of hot summer. According to 24 solar terms's ranking, beginning of autumn is followed by a summer solar term.

Traditional customs in early autumn:

1, offering sacrifices to the land god:

Autumn is the harvest season, and people have the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest.

2. Autumn melon:

There is a custom of "beginning of autumn gnawing autumn melons" in the south. Eat more watermelons in autumn to prevent autumn dryness and form a custom for a long time. Zizhi, published in the Republic of China, records: "beginning of autumn ate watermelon the day before, which is called gnawing autumn." It also means welcoming the arrival of autumn.

3, post autumn fat:

People weigh themselves with hanging scales in early autumn and compare them with those in long summer to test their obesity. Losing weight is called "bitter summer". At that time, people often judged health only by being fat and thin. Of course, weight loss needs to be "supplemented", and the way to make up is to "paste autumn fertilizer".

4. Sun Qiu:

Sunbathing in autumn is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.