What day is July 9th?

July 9th in the solar calendar is an ordinary day, and July 9th in the lunar calendar is the traditional beginning of autumn Day in China.

Beginning of autumn is the thirteenth of the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in autumn. The bucket refers to the southwest, and the sun reaches the longitude of 135, and it is celebrated on August 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The change of the whole nature is a step-by-step process, and beginning of autumn is a turning point in which the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy. In nature, everything begins to move from lush to bleak and mature.

Agricultural proverbs:

"beginning of autumn" has a great influence on farming. In ancient agricultural society, farmers paid as much attention to "beginning of autumn" as festivals. The ancients thought that if the weather is fine in early autumn, it will be fine, and you can wait for a bumper harvest. Similarly, it is important to "beginning of autumn" sooner or later. Everything is harvested in July and lost in June and autumn.

It can't be ignored that it doesn't rain after beginning of autumn. "Everything is harvested when it rains in beginning of autumn, and everyone is worried when it doesn't rain in beginning of autumn", because "beginning of autumn is an empty autumn when it doesn't rain, and everything is always half harvested". It can be seen that "beginning of autumn" is still a sign of bumper harvest. The so-called "autumn is not cold, the seeds are not yellow", "beginning of autumn is full of yellow in ten days" and "beginning of autumn is full of grass in eighteen days", and a golden autumn is coming.