When is the beginning of autumn, and what activities will people have?

When is the beginning of autumn and what activities people will have. Details are as follows:

Beginning of autumn is the 13 solar term in 24 solar terms, the end of the last month of the dry calendar and the beginning of applying for the moon; The time is around the first day of July in the lunar calendar (between August 7 and 9 in the Gregorian calendar).

Activity 1:

Sticking autumn fat: Because it is hot every day in summer, it will inevitably affect people's appetite, so they will lose weight. Of course, if you lose weight, you have to make up. On this day, people will choose to eat delicious food in early autumn. Most people will choose to eat meat (stewed, roasted, roasted, boiled, marinated and other kinds of meat), which means "supplementing fat with meat". This is the so-called "autumn fertilizer".

Activity 2:

Bite autumn: Some places eat watermelon or cantaloupe in early autumn, and the whole family eats watermelon together. It is considered that this can not only prevent autumn prickly heat, but also avoid diarrhea in winter and next spring, which is called "biting autumn".

Activity 3:

Drink colchicine: Because people sweat a lot in summer, on this day, people will drink a cup of colchicine for the whole family when they are in beginning of autumn, which means eliminating the summer heat and avoiding diarrhea and stomach upset in Qiu Lai.

Activity 4:

Autumn society: Autumn is the harvest season. Whenever they arrive in beginning of autumn, people will "cook porridge" and "light a fire" on this day to express their gratitude to the gods.

Activity 5:

Eating autumn peaches: In some areas, everyone eats a peach at the beginning of autumn, leaving a peach stone and throwing it into the fire to burn it to ashes on New Year's Eve, which symbolizes that there will be no disaster in the coming year.

Activity 6:

Drink colchicine: At this time of early autumn, everyone drinks a glass of cold boiled water, which means that Qiu Lai is healthy and has no stomachache.