What do you mean, the clock is still leaking and the night is still shallow?

The clock shows that it is not late and the solar term is near the autumn equinox. The spring is noisy against the crane perched on the pine tree, and the wind blows away the clouds that cover the moon.

There are three stages in the autumnal equinox: thunder begins to stop, insects begin to sting people, and water begins to dry up. The ancients thought that it thundered because the yang was strong and the yin began to flourish after the autumnal equinox, so it stopped thundering.

The weather is getting colder, and the secluded insects begin to hide in caves, sealing the holes with fine soil to prevent the cold from invading. The majestic rainy season began to leave, the rainfall decreased, the weather was dry, the water in rivers and lakes began to decrease, and swamps and puddles began to dry up gradually.

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In ancient times, there was a saying that "the sun is sacrificed in spring and the moon is sacrificed in autumn", and the autumnal equinox was once a traditional "moon festival", from which the Mid-Autumn Festival came.

On the occasion of the autumnal equinox, there is also the custom of sending pictures of autumn cows door to door. On red paper or yellow paper, the lunar solar terms of the whole year are printed, and the patterns of farmers' farming are also printed, which is called "Autumn Cattle Map". When sending pictures, you should also say some auspicious words about autumn ploughing, commonly known as "saying autumn"

On the day of the autumnal equinox, farmers traditionally eat dumplings at home. They have to cook twenty or thirty dumplings without wrapping their hearts and put them on the outdoor fields with thin bamboo forks. This is "sticking to the bird's mouth", which means hoping to prevent birds from destroying crops.