What are the characteristics and customs of solar terms in beginning of autumn?

Characteristics of solar terms in beginning of autumn: beginning of autumn is the node where the yang gradually closes and the yin gradually grows. The yang gradually turns into the yin, and rainfall, rainstorm and humidity tend to decrease or decrease. The customs of solar terms in beginning of autumn include: drying autumn festival, autumn busy party, pasting autumn fertilizer, beginning of autumn festival, offering sacrifices to the land gods, eating watermelons, tasting fresh green beans, offering sacrifices to ancestors, Chen Bing melons, steaming eggplant, frying fragrant incense and so on.

Eating autumn melons: In the south, there is a custom that "beginning of autumn eats autumn melons". Eating more watermelons in autumn to prevent autumn dryness has been a custom for a long time, which also means welcoming autumn.

Sunbathing in autumn: Sunbathing in autumn is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.

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. The way to make up for thinness is to "stick autumn fertilizer".