Beginning of autumn shouchao newspaper pictures daquan

Beginning of autumn is the thirteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and it is the beginning of 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. "Reason" means the beginning; "Autumn" means that the grain is ripe. 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 mature from luxuriance.

Beginning of autumn is the third hot solar term among the 24 solar terms, second only to Daxia and Xiaoxia. According to the order of solar terms, beginning of autumn is followed by summer, and autumn is the second solar term "Summer comes" (the last summer). Twenty-four solar terms include "three summers" (little summer, big summer and midsummer), and there is a "beginning of autumn" solar term in the middle of the "three summers", followed by summer (last summer) after beginning of autumn. "Three Summers" and "Dog Days" both represent hot and humid weather, and "Dog Days" involve four solar terms: Little Summer, Big Summer, beginning of autumn and Early Summer. Among the 24 solar terms, the days in summer are longer.

Beginning of autumn means precipitation, humidity, etc. It is at the turning point of the year and tends to decrease or decline. Since beginning of autumn, the sun be the spirit gradually closed, and everything was restrained. Beginning of autumn, beginning of spring, long summer and beginning of winter, also known as the "Four Estates", are also one of the "Four Seasons and Eight Festivals" in ancient times. Autumn is the season of grain ripening and harvest. At the beginning of autumn, there was an ancient custom to celebrate the harvest. There are also customs such as "pasting autumn fat" and "biting autumn".

Beginning of autumn marks the official start of the Qiu Meng season, which is the third solar term after the Great Summer and the Minor Summer. After beginning of autumn, the weather is still very hot. Traditional Chinese medicine calls the period from beginning of autumn to the autumnal equinox "long summer". After beginning of autumn, the Yin and Yang qi of nature began to change, and everything sank with the sun's qi, and began to move from lush to mature. In the ancient agricultural society of China, beginning of autumn was of great significance. People sacrifice their land in early autumn to celebrate the harvest.

Autumn means rainfall, humidity, etc. It is at the turning point of the year and tends to decline or decrease. Seasonal changes, rainfall, dry and wet changes in southern China are obvious; In the north, the obvious change is the temperature. After entering autumn, in nature, the qi of Yin and Yang began to change, everything began to grow from lush to bleak, and the climate began to transition from rainy and humid in summer to dry and rainy in autumn. Beginning of autumn indicates the beginning of seasonal changes, but it doesn't mean that the temperature will drop immediately. The last one of "Sanfu" is after the solar term in beginning of autumn.