The origin and customs of the Millennium

People will obviously feel that the hot summer has passed and the cool autumn has arrived. The temperature difference between day and night can reach more than ten degrees. Yang Qi reached its peak in the summer solstice, and these two extremes must be reversed, and Yin Qi also rose at this time. When it comes to the White Dew, the yin gradually increases, and the morning dew gradually thickens and condenses into a layer of white water drops, so it is called the White Dew. As the saying goes, "eighteen pots of summer heat, not exposed to the Millennium."

These two sentences mean that it is still hot in summer, so you must take a bath with a basin of water every day. After eighteen days, in the new millennium, don't be shirtless and naked, lest you catch cold. There is also a saying: "White dew and white fans, the autumn equinox is beautiful." This means that if there is dew before and after the white dew, the late rice will have a good harvest.

White dew custom

The Millennium folklore has reached the Millennium solar terms, and the autumn is getting stronger. In the old days, Nanjing people attached great importance to the "coming" and "going" of solar terms, and gradually formed solar terms customs with local characteristics in Nanjing. Speaking of Bailuyuan, the old Nanjing who loves tea has a special liking for "Bailuyuan Tea". At this time, the tea tree is in the excellent growth period after the summer heat.

Bailu tea is neither as fresh and tender as spring tea, nor as dry and bitter as summer tea, but it has a unique sweet and mellow taste, which is especially loved by old tea customers. Moreover, the spring tea stored at home has basically been "consumed", and at this time, Bailu tea is being picked up, so before and after Bailu, a tea customer asked someone to buy some Bailu tea.

Zixing Xingning, Sandu and Liaojiang have always had wine-making customs. Every year on the Millennium Festival, every family will make wine and drink "local wine" when receiving guests. Its wine temperature is spicy and slightly sweet, so it is called "Bailu rice wine". The best of Bailu rice wine is "Chengjiu", which is named after being brewed with Chengjiang water.

Cheng wine, an ancient tribute wine, enjoys a high reputation. "Notes on Water Classics" records: "There is a backwater in Chen County, which flows to the northwest of Dongshan in the county, flows to Lei, and turns south. There is a pub in the county brewing at the foot of the mountain, which is called' Chengjiu' and Fengtong." Lu wine is passed down from generation to generation.