What is the last solar term in midsummer among the 24 solar terms?

The last solar term in summer is beginning of autumn.

Beginning of autumn is the first solar term in autumn among the 24 solar terms, which marks the official start of the season in Qiu Meng. "Autumn" means cool in summer. In early autumn, Beidou points southwest.

From this day on, autumn began, the autumn was crisp, the moon was bright and the wind was clear. Since then, the temperature has gradually decreased from the hottest time. It means that the vegetation begins to bear fruit and children, and the harvest season is here. In early autumn, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods to celebrate the harvest.

traditional custom

Beginning of autumn, beginning of spring, long summer and beginning of winter, also known as the "Four Estates", are also one of the "Four Seasons and Eight Festivals" in ancient times. In early autumn, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest.

In ancient times, after the autumn harvest, people would choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, on the one hand, to worship and thank God and ancestors for their blessings, on the other hand, to taste the newly harvested rice grains and celebrate the hard-won harvest. In addition, there are some folk customs such as "pasting autumn fertilizer", "biting autumn" and "gnawing autumn" on beginning of autumn.