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The origin of autumn

Autumn is divided into traditional solar terms. In China, traditionally, the "beginning of autumn" with 24 solar terms is regarded as the starting point of autumn and ends at the beginning of winter. Entering autumn means that rainfall and storms tend to decrease or decrease, and everything in nature begins to mature from lush. The beginning of autumn does not mean the end of hot weather. The so-called "hot dog days". According to the calculation method of "dog days", beginning of autumn often stays in dog days until it gets hot in summer.

Autumn is divided into traditional solar terms. In China, traditionally, the "beginning of autumn" with 24 solar terms is regarded as the starting point of autumn and ends at the beginning of winter.

Entering autumn means that rainfall and storms tend to decrease or decrease, and everything in nature begins to mature from lush. The beginning of autumn does not mean the end of hot weather. As the saying goes, "the summer heat is in dog days", according to the calculation method of "dog days", beginning of autumn is often in dog days until the summer heat, so the weather is still very hot in early autumn, and it will generally get cold after the Millennium solar terms.