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What are the customs of White Dew? What are the "three conditions" of the White Dew?

White Dew festival in different places, there are different customs exist, from the ancient customs have been handed down? The first is the "Bird's Nest", which is a traditional Chinese custom that is used to collect dew. The first is to make rice wine, and the second is to make a drink of rice.



White Dew is the fifteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and after entering the White Dew, the weather will turn further cooler. This is the time when not only plants and animals will have external reactions, but also we humans will do some weather-related things according to the season.

Relating to the White Dew festival, I have the following two understandings that I would like to share with you.

I. White Dew Festival Customs

Each of the twenty-four solar terms, there will be corresponding customs exist. Folk custom? The collection of clear dew? and? drinking white dew tea? which are usually put together. The morning dew of the White Dew season is collected and then used to steep and pick the tea leaves at White Dew. Tea is said to be the most flavorful and intoxicating at this time of year.

In addition to drinking tea, the White Dew festival custom would be to eat sweet potatoes, brew rice wine, and eat longan. All of these foods are associated with the fall harvest, and consuming them is great for the body. There are also places that have? Ten kinds of white? That is, eating ten kinds of food with? Bai? The word "white" is used to describe herbs and foods.

Second, the white dew? Three Weather?

White Dew, as an important season of fall, not only we humans will have the corresponding activities presented, even the birds will also respond. The three weather conditions are respectively, are referred to,? The geese are coming. and? the return of the birds. and? The birds are shy.

The geese are coming. The geese have already flown away to the south for the winter. The bird of paradise returns. The same as? The meaning is similar. The meaning is similar, the basilisk is our life, the common swallow, this time they also want to fly away for the winter. The birds that can't fly away for the winter are the ones that are being referred to. They also know that winter is coming, and they will start to stock up on food to cope with the coming cold temperatures.

With the development of science and technology, plants and animals have not been transformed, but a lot of folk customs, has long been disappeared. In your hometown, White Dew still have customs exist?