What does beginning of autumn want?

Beginning of autumn will do the following three things:

1, basking in autumn. Sunbathing in autumn is one of the things that farmers must do after autumn begins. The arrival of autumn also indicates a bumper harvest in the new season. People will use the platform and roof in front of and behind the house to bask in the harvested crops, so that the crops can be well preserved and will not be moldy and deteriorated in winter. In fact, drying autumn is not only drying grain, but also drying cotton-padded quilts needed in winter, and sterilizing with the help of the hot sun in autumn.

2. Hang the scales and weigh people. It is popular to weigh people with hanging scales in early autumn to observe their physical changes in summer and see how much they have lost. If you lose weight as a result, you will naturally make up for it, such as eating stew to replenish energy. Beginning of autumn's "weighing people" is not only to test the growth of children in a summer, but also to signal that autumn begins to "grow fat".

3. Sacrifice autumn. On this day in beginning of autumn, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods, which started in the Han Dynasty and has a long history, and is also called the Autumn Society. Because autumn is the harvest season, farmers attach great importance to the land, so they put cakes, rice, drinks, fruits and incense in their homes or fields to seek the protection of the land god and pray for a bumper harvest.