The implication of eating watermelon in beginning of autumn

Eating watermelon in early autumn means reunion and harvest.

Watermelon is the representative fruit of summer, and beginning of autumn is the beginning of autumn. Eating watermelon symbolizes the bumper harvest in summer and also indicates the arrival of autumn. In the traditional culture of China, harvest has always been one of the things that people are most concerned about, because it is related to people's life and happiness. Therefore, eating watermelon has also become a way to celebrate the harvest.

In China culture, the shape and color of watermelon symbolize reunion and happiness. Therefore, eating watermelon in early autumn has become a symbol of reunion. People can share watermelons with family and friends and express their thoughts in this solar term. In this special season in beginning of autumn, people can share delicious food with family and friends, and eating watermelon is one of them. In this sense, eating watermelon can be regarded as a way of socializing and reunion.

The Historical Origin of beginning of autumn

Beginning of autumn, one of the four stands, indicates the beginning of autumn, the beginning of grain ripening and the arrival of harvest season. "The Almanac" said: Fighting refers to the beginning of autumn in the southwest, which means that everything is killed when it goes out of the shade. According to the instructions of autumn, the grain is ripe. Shuo Wen Jie Zi: In autumn, the grains are ripe. The change of the whole nature is a step-by-step process, and beginning of autumn is a turning point in which the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy. As Guanzi said: In autumn, Yin Qi began, so everything was harvested.

There are three summers in the twenty-four solar terms, namely, light summer, heavy summer and three summers, followed by the first summer, heatstroke and the last summer. Beginning of autumn is also a solar term, in the middle of three summers, and the last summer is after beginning of autumn. Three summers and dog days represent hot and humid weather, and the days in summer are longer among the 24 solar terms. Long summer is beneficial to the growth and yield of crops, and crops should have enough growth time and heat. If the high temperature time in summer is short, the growth time and heat of crops are not enough, and the growth and yield will be affected.

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