The taste of beginning of autumn

Beginning of autumn is the first solar term in autumn, which falls on August 8th or 9th every year. The word "autumn" consists of "grain" and "fire", which means that the grain is mature, so it can also be written as "brush". Beginning of autumn means going to Qiu Lai in summer, and the summer heat recedes. However, according to the standard of climatic division of seasons, the beginning of autumn is that the average daily temperature drops below 22℃ in the second half of the year. Therefore, there are few "beginning of autumn" areas in autumn in China except the summer-free areas connected with the spring and autumn all the year round. Perhaps because of this, Yu Dafu once emphasized: "The reason why I chased Qingdao from Hangzhou and Peiping from Qingdao was just to taste this' autumn', the autumn taste of this old capital." (Autumn in the Old Capital)

According to legend, people are likely to lose a lot of weight due to poor appetite in summer, so it is popular to weigh themselves in early autumn and treat themselves with meat, nicknamed "Iron Ball Turn". I don't know how many places still maintain this ancient style, but at the moment when the "three highs" are prevalent and slimming is prevalent, "fat" is probably something that trendy men and women can't avoid, let alone actively "stick fat". In the past, people thought that beginning of autumn could avoid dysentery in winter and spring by eating melons, steaming eggplant and drinking Elsholtzia soup. This is called gnawing autumn or biting autumn. I remember, a friend in the north once told me that the scene of her hometown gnawing autumn with golden corn cob was the key picture of her homesickness, and this gnawing autumn was a bumper harvest, joyful, heavy, real, lovely, interesting and unforgettable. My grandmother once told me that I had an aunt who died in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Because she was born in autumn, she cherished her maiden name. Yes, my grandparents have read many poems. I don't know that the beautiful autumn scenery is not better than the spring scenery, but more worthy of pity.

There is a drama based on Pingyao Rishengchang Bank, which reflects the ups and downs of Shanxi merchants. Its title is obviously rich in the connotation and moral of beginning of autumn. The first is the concept of time, which is the turning point of natural climate from hot to cold. Secondly, it is related to the rise and fall of history, which means that Shanxi merchants turned from prosperity to decline.

Fall; Thirdly, beginning of autumn is the day of ancestor worship in Shanxi, so the drama completes the historical dialogue between ancestors and descendants, tradition and modernity, which is heavy, atmospheric and intriguing. The famous musician used his singing voice to tell everyone that he felt the taste of beginning of autumn like this:

You sit in a chair and look at the light outside the window.

You reach out and touch the hope written on paper,

You said that flowers bloom and fall like a window,

But windows open and close like love.

You are holding a flower, waiting for someone to take you wandering. ...