What traditional food do you eat on the solstice of autumn?

Traditional foods eaten in early autumn include eggplant and watermelon. Beginning of autumn's eating eggplant originated in the Ming Dynasty. In order to treat the soldiers, he chose a fleshy eggplant instead, which was passed down from generation to generation. In Jiangnan, beginning of autumn has the custom of eating watermelon. Leave the seeds and throw them into the stove to burn, which can avoid the plague for a year.

Beginning of autumn, the 13 solar term in 24 solar terms, is the first solar term in autumn, which falls on August 7-9 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points southwest, and the sun reaches longitude 135. The twenty-four solar terms reflect the changes of "Qi" in the four seasons. Beginning of autumn is the node where the yang gradually closes, the yin gradually grows, and the yang gradually turns to yin. Beginning of autumn, which also means precipitation and humidity, is at the turning point of the year, with a downward or decreasing trend; In nature, everything begins to grow from lush to mature.

Autumn doesn't mean that the hot weather is over. Beginning of autumn is still in the heat, but it hasn't come out yet. The second solar term came out in autumn, and it was still very hot in early autumn. The so-called "heat is in the dog days" is also called "beginning of autumn drops later", and there is at least "falling" hot weather after beginning of autumn. According to the calculation method of "dog days", the days of "beginning of autumn" are often in the middle of dog days, that is to say, the heat is not over, and the real coolness usually comes after the Millennium solar terms. The watershed of summer heat is not in the solar terms in beginning of autumn.