What are the characteristics and customs of the Millennium solar terms?

Millennium solar terms are characterized by crisp autumn, large temperature difference between day and night throughout the year, and cool autumn wind blowing all over Huaibei from north to south. Customs of Bailu solar terms: picking clear dew, drinking Bailu tea, eating sweet potatoes, sipping rice wine, offering sacrifices to Yu Wang, eating longan, ten kinds of white wine, and having an autumn party. The Millennium is the first 15 of the 24 solar terms and the third solar term in autumn. Basically ended the sultry summer, the weather gradually turned cold, cold dew. People use the five elements and four seasons, autumn belongs to gold, golden white and white to describe autumn dew, hence the name "Bailu".

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 good time for its growth. Bailu tea is a little rich in flavor, giving people just the right feeling. Take a sip gently, the lips and teeth are full of sweet taste, which is deeply loved by old tea customers.

Sacrifice to Yu Wang: People living on Taihu Lake in Jiangsu will sacrifice to Yu Wang in the Millennium. Yu Wang is a legendary hero of water control, and 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.

Ten kinds of white: Wenzhou, Zhejiang and other places also have the custom of Bailu Festival. In Cangnan and Pingyang, people collect "ten kinds of whites" on this day to stew black-bone white-haired chickens or ducks. It is said that eating it can nourish the body and dispel the atmosphere.