How did the ancients lead the Millennium?

In ancient times, people paid special attention to the Millennium and commemorated this special day with various rich folk activities, striving to outline a poetic autumn. Even in the Millennium, fishermen on both sides of Taihu Lake will dedicate the first fish caught in autumn to Yu Wang, the "river god", in order to make Taihu Lake calm and have a good harvest.

In addition, the Millennium Yu Wang Sacrifice includes not only fishermen on both sides of Taihu Lake, but also folk people in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. This kind of sacrifice gradually developed into one of the earliest temple fairs in history.

In addition, wencheng county has had the custom of eating sweet potatoes on the Millennium since ancient times. Locals believe that eating sweet potatoes in the Millennium solar terms can prevent acid reflux after eating shredded sweet potatoes all the year round, and that eating sweet potatoes can have more children. Therefore, customs gradually formed.

Other Millennium folk customs:

1, eat longan

There is a traditional saying in Fuzhou that "the Millennium must eat longan". Folk means that eating longan on the day of the Millennium has a miraculous effect of greatly supplementing the body. Eating an longan on this day is equivalent to eating a chicken.

2. Braised chicken with black bone and white hair

Wenzhou, Zhejiang and other places have had the custom of Millennium Festival. In Cangnan, Pingyang and other places, people collect "ten kinds of whites" (also known as "three 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 (arthritis). These "ten kinds of white" are ten kinds of herbs with the word "white", such as hibiscus, white hair bitter and so on, which literally corresponds to "white dew"

Step 3 drink Bailu tea

There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, tea is needed, and autumn dew is needed". The Millennium tea tree has experienced the summer heat, which is the best time for its growth.

Bailu tea is neither as fresh and tender as spring tea, nor as dry and bitter as summer tea, but it has a unique sweet and mellow taste, which is especially loved by old tea customers. In the past, Nanjing people liked "Egret Tea" very much, so at this time, some old tea drinkers would get together to taste tea and experience the beauty of tradition.