Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What does the Millennium solar term mean? What are the customs of the Millennium solar terms?

What does the Millennium solar term mean? What are the customs of the Millennium solar terms?

1, The White Dew is the fifteenth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in autumn, which marks the end of the Qiu Meng season and the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and is an important festival reflecting the temperature changes in nature. The Millennium is the end of the application of the lunar calendar in the lunar calendar and the beginning of January. The time point is September 7th to 9th every year in Gregorian calendar, and the sun reaches longitude 165 degrees.

2. The Millennium is the solar term with the largest temperature difference between day and night. Before and after the Millennium, the summer heat gradually disappeared, the yin of heaven and earth rose and spread, the weather gradually turned cold, and the dew in the morning became thicker and thicker, condensing into a layer of white water droplets on the surface of grass leaves. The ancients used four seasons with five elements. Autumn is golden yellow and golden white, so it is called "White Dew" because it is white.

3. According to the observation of nature, the ancients in China divided the Millennium into three stages: "When the geese come, the blackbirds return and the birds are ashamed." This means that in this solar term, migratory birds such as Hongyan and Swallow fly south to avoid the cold, and hundreds of birds begin to store dried fruit food for the winter. At present, farmers are also busy harvesting crops. As the saying goes, "If you grab autumn, you will lose it." During the Bailu period, local folk customs mainly included drinking Bailu tea, brewing grain wine and offering sacrifices to Dayu.