Why does beginning of autumn eat peaches?

1. In the old days, Beijing, Tianjin and other places in the north had the custom of eating melons in autumn, which was called "biting autumn".

2. beginning of autumn has the custom of eating watermelon on this day, which is called "biting autumn", commonly known as "biting melon", indicating that the weather turns cold and there are fewer watermelons. Astronomical experts said that "beginning of autumn" is a traditional festival with a long history. On this day, folk customs such as pasting autumn fat and biting autumn are popular in China. In China, every solar term is indispensable, and beginning of autumn is no exception. On this day in beginning of autumn, it is popular to "paste autumn fat" in some areas in northern China. In dog days, people's appetite is generally bad, so many people will lose weight. Of course, if you lose weight, you have to make up. The remedy is to go to beginning of autumn to eat delicious food. Of course, meat is preferred. On this day, ordinary people eat stewed pork elbows, while cultured people eat boiled pork, braised pork, braised pork and all kinds of meat dumplings, braised ducks, mutton skewers and hot pot.

In addition to beginning of autumn's "sticking autumn fertilizer", Tianjin and other places are also popular with "biting autumn". Like "biting spring", people believe that eating watermelon in early autumn can avoid diarrhea in winter and the next spring.

In addition, on this day in early autumn, other parts of our country also have the custom of eating eggs and peaches.