Characteristics of weather changes in early autumn

The characteristics of weather changes in early autumn are as follows:

1. Sun position: In beginning of autumn, the sun passes through the longitude 135, and the position where the sun directly hits the earth is just between the Tropic of Cancer and the equator, marking the beginning of summer dusk.

2. Temperature change: In early autumn, the temperature gradually drops. Especially in the north, the heat decreases during the day and the coolness increases in the morning and evening. This marks the end of summer and the arrival of autumn.

3. Climatic characteristics: After beginning of autumn, the weather gradually turned cold, the hot summer weather weakened, and some cool autumn winds appeared. But in the south, there will still be hot weather after beginning of autumn.

4. Plant growth: At the beginning of autumn, some plants that love summer began to wither, while in autumn, some plants began to thrive, such as chrysanthemums and barley. The beginning of autumn is the beginning of the harvest season.

Customs in early autumn:

1, Sacrifice to the Land God: Autumn is the harvest season, and there is a folk custom of offering sacrifices to the Land God to celebrate the harvest.

2. Eat autumn melons: In the south, there is a custom of "beginning of autumn eats autumn melons". 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. Sticking autumn fat: It is popular among the people to weigh people by 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. Sunbathing in autumn: 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.