What are the customs in early autumn?

Beginning of autumn's customs include offering sacrifices to the land gods, eating autumn melons and basking in the autumn.

1, offering sacrifices to the land god

In our country, some places have the custom of offering sacrifices to land gods on this day in early autumn. Because autumn is the harvest season, beginning of autumn is a very important solar term in agriculture, which is related to the annual harvest. People offer sacrifices to the land god during the solar term in beginning of autumn, hoping that the land god can bless themselves and get a bumper harvest.

2, gnawing autumn melons

In the south of China, beginning of autumn has the custom of eating autumn melons. After beginning of autumn, although the temperature is lower in the morning and evening, autumn tigers are rampant and you can eat more watermelons in autumn.

3, basking in autumn

In China, Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangxi and other mountainous rural areas, people have the custom of sunbathing in autumn at the beginning of the autumn solar term, and now sunbathing in autumn has become a typical agricultural custom. Before and after beginning of autumn, people put crops on the roof in front of their houses to dry, which meant to pray for a bumper harvest.

Beginning of autumn cuisine recommendation.

1, eat eggplant

Summer sowing eggplant grows, beginning of autumn eats eggplant, and beginning of autumn is a good time to eat eggplant. This beginning of autumn eggplant originated in the north, and there is a legend about this custom. It is said that after Xu Da, the general of Ming Dynasty, laid down Beiping House, the capital of Yuan Dynasty, one of the soldiers under General Chang Yuchun stole a cantaloupe from the common people. Chang Yuchun is very strict with soldiers. The soldier who stole melons should be put to death. At this time, someone stood up and said that there was a custom in the Yuan Dynasty that beginning of autumn wanted to pick up melons to eat. This is not stealing.

Chang Yuchun listened and pardoned the soldier. Unexpectedly, when beginning of autumn's melon pickers were said to be innocent, other soldiers began to rob melons for "autumn clothes". In order to solve this problem, Chang Yuchun found a substitute-eggplant. The texture and taste of eggplant are similar to that of meat, so Chang Yuchun asked everyone to eat eggplant to satisfy their desire. Therefore, eating eggplant in early autumn continues to be a custom.

Step 2 eat autumn peaches

Autumn peaches are very popular in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and are eaten on this day in early autumn. Peaches are nutritious and auspicious. On this day in early autumn, everyone, whether adults or children, should eat peaches and keep the peach stones after eating. On New Year's Eve, people throw peach stones into the stove and burn them. It is thought that this will eliminate the plague and bring good luck to everyone.