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What are the customs in early autumn?

The customs in beginning of autumn include sunbathing in autumn, holding lively parties in autumn, helping each other in autumn harvest, entertaining in autumn fields, gaining weight in autumn and eating autumn.

Autumn busy meeting?

Autumn busy meeting is usually held in July and August of the lunar calendar, which is a business meeting to prepare for autumn busy. Some are held in conjunction with temple fairs, and some are specially held for the lively autumn. Its purpose is to exchange production tools, sell livestock and exchange food and daily necessities. Its scale is the same as that of Summer Busy Fair, including mule and horse market, grain market, farm tools production market, cloth market and Beijing-Guangzhou grocery market. Nowadays, this kind of gathering is called "economic and trade exchange meeting". During the meeting, there will be cultural performances, horse racing, monkey tricks and other cultural programs to entertain. ?

Eat autumn?

"Eating autumn" is also called "biting autumn" in some places. Tianjin pays attention to eating watermelon or cantaloupe in beginning of autumn, which means "biting autumn", which means that the hot summer is unbearable. Take a bite when you get to beginning of autumn. Jiangsu and other places also eat watermelon to "bite the autumn" in beginning of autumn. It is said that prickly heat in autumn can be avoided. In Zhejiang and other places, beginning of autumn eats watermelon and soju every day, which is believed by the people to prevent malaria. It was beginning of autumn that day. People in the city bought a watermelon and went home. The whole family gathered around to chew watermelon. It was autumn.

On the other hand, farmers chew autumn more boldly. They sat in groups on the floor in the melon shed and under the shade, holding red watermelons, green watermelons, whisked sweet potatoes and golden corn cobs. What autumn expresses is actually a joy of harvest.