Beginning of autumn Custom Activities and Their Implication

It gets cold in summer and begins in autumn.

It means that summer is cool and autumn begins. This is a solar term that reflects the season. Beginning of autumn's "standing" means beginning, and "autumn" refers to the period when crops are ripe. Therefore, beginning of autumn not only indicates that the hot summer is coming, but also indicates that the vegetation is beginning to bear fruit, the crops in the field are beginning to mature and the harvest season is coming. At this time, the climate is gradually gathering yang, yin is getting longer and longer, yin and yang begin to change, and everything begins to mature from lush with the sinking of yang.

Beginning of autumn is 13 of the 24 solar terms and the first solar term in autumn. The division method of four seasons in ancient China is mainly based on the change of astronomical phenomena, with the "four stands" in the 24 solar terms as the starting point of the four seasons. Therefore, beginning of autumn is the starting point of autumn. It is worth noting that beginning of autumn is not a watershed in the summer heat. Generally speaking, beginning of autumn is still in midsummer, and the heat is not over yet. The real watershed is usually after the Millennium solar terms, when the weather will be cool.