Beginning of autumn solar term China has the folk custom of "basking in autumn". What do you usually bask in?

Sunbathing in autumn means sunning mature crops, vegetables and fruits, which means celebrating the harvest, sunning and storing ingredients, and preparing for the winter when ingredients are scarce.

In beginning of autumn season, the traditional custom is to "sun in the autumn", and five kinds of food, such as dried peppers, dried pumpkins, dried cucumbers, dried eggplants and dried beans, are dried and preserved for winter.

Other customs in early autumn.

Sacrifice to the land god: Autumn is the harvest season, and there is a custom of sacrificing to the land god to celebrate the harvest.

Eating autumn melons: In the south, there is a custom that "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.

Sticking autumn weight: It is popular to weigh people with hanging scales in early autumn, and compare them with those in long summer to measure their fatness. 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".