What does the Millennium solar term mean?

The Millennium solar term means that the temperature drops and the weather begins to turn cold.

Millennium is the15th solar term in the "twenty-four solar terms", and the third solar term in autumn is the end of the application of the moon in the lunar calendar and the beginning of the unitary month. Fighting fingers; The sun reaches longitude 165 degrees; Gregorian calendar September 7-9. The Millennium solar term means that the temperature drops and the weather begins to turn cold. The name of this solar term comes from climate change, that is, the temperature drops at night, and the water vapor in the air condenses into frost or dew, forming white dew.

During the Millennium solar term, the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large, the temperature is higher during the day and lower at night. At the same time, the moisture in the air gradually decreases and the weather becomes dry. This solar term is also a critical period for crop growth in autumn, and it is an important moment for farmers.

After the Millennium solar term, the weather will gradually cool down, and people will start to wear long-sleeved clothes and add clothes to keep warm. At the same time, this solar term is also a good time to travel, and people can enjoy the beautiful scenery in autumn, such as red leaves and chrysanthemums.

Thousands of years of traditional customs

1, Qiushe

Autumn Society and Spring Society are both "social days" to worship the land gods in ancient times. In ancient times, the land god and the place where the land god was sacrificed were called "clubs". According to folk custom, people should set up clubs to worship, pray or reward the land gods every sowing or harvesting season.

Step 2 drink Bailu tea

Bailu tea is tea picked in Bailu season. There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, tea is needed, and autumn dew". At this time, after the summer heat, the tea tree is just another growth period before and after the Millennium. Bailu tea is neither as fresh and tender as spring tea nor as dry and bitter as summer tea. It has a little too much flavor, giving people just the right feeling. Take a sip gently, and your lips and teeth will remain fragrant and full of sweetness, which is deeply loved by old tea customers.

3. Dedicated to Yu Wang

People living in Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province will make sacrifices to Yu Wang in the Millennium. Yu Wang is the legendary hero of water control, Dayu. Fishermen on Taihu Lake call him "Waterway Bodhisattva". Every year, on the eighth day of the first month, Tomb-Sweeping Day, the seventh day of July, and White Deer Festival, there will be ceremonies to burn incense to Yu Wang, among which Tomb-Sweeping Day and White Deer Spring and Autumn Festival are the largest and last for one week.

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