Characteristics of the Millennium in the 24 solar terms

24 solar terms Zhongbai Road is characterized by dry air, cold weather and large temperature difference between day and night.

In the Millennium, air drying is a remarkable feature. After the summer solar term, the dominant wind direction in the north becomes northwest wind, mostly from the cold and dry inland, with low humidity and strong wind. Therefore, the autumn wind also dries the moisture in the air while cooling down. This dry climate is called "autumn dryness".

Autumn dryness is prone to dry mouth, dry lips, dry nose, dry throat, dry stool and chapped skin. There are many ways to prevent autumn dryness. You can eat more foods rich in vitamins, and you can also choose some traditional Chinese medicines that can disperse the lung and eliminate phlegm, nourish yin and replenish qi, such as ginseng, adenophora, American ginseng, lily, almond, fritillary bulb and so on.

The characteristics of the Millennium solar terms: the weather gradually turns cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Millennium solar term is one of the 24 solar terms in China, which belongs to 15 solar term, and autumn is the third solar term. At this time, the sun reaches 165 degrees. Millennium solar terms are solar terms that reflect the cold growth of nature. At this time, the surrounding environment will gradually cool down. Although it will be hot during the day, the temperature will gradually drop after night, and the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large.

Millennium customs

1. dew-picking: the folk have the custom of "dew-picking" in the Millennium solar term. In Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty, it was recorded that "autumn dew is abundant, and it is like frying, which makes people not hungry"; "Autumn dew on the head of a hundred herbs is collected when it is not wet. The more sick it is, the thirst will be quenched, making people light and not hungry, and the muscles will be comfortable"; The flower is exposed, which is a good color. Therefore, dew removal has become the most special ceremony in the Millennium.

2. Sacrifice to Yu Wang: Yu Wang is a legendary hero of water control, and the fishermen on Taihu Lake are called "water gods". Every year on the eighth day of the first month, Tomb-Sweeping Day, the seventh day of July and the Millennium, incense ceremonies are held to commemorate Yu Wang. Among them, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Bailuyuan have the largest Spring and Autumn Festival, which lasted for one week.

3, Bailu tea: There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, tea is needed, and autumn Bailu". At this time, after the summer heat, tea trees are the best time for their growth. Speaking of the Millennium solar terms, autumn is getting stronger.