1, sauce elbow
Sauced elbow is one of the traditional foods in China, with rich nutrition and delicious taste. In addition, braised pork elbow is a famous historical dish in Weifang area, which is favored by people because of its soft waxy taste, fat but not greasy and rich nutrition. It was once rated as "Shandong famous snack".
Step 2 Eat jiaozi
Of course, beginning of autumn in the north will "grab the autumn fat" to package jiaozi. There is a saying in Northeast China: It is better to lie down while sitting, and it is not as delicious as jiaozi. Beginning of autumn usually eats jiaozi or steamed stuffed buns, which is called "grabbing autumn fat".
Step 3 roast mutton
Roast mutton is a famous dish in Bai Kui and a Muslim restaurant in Beijing. The production of roast mutton is also suitable for other parts of the whole lamb, that is, head, neck, hooves, belly, fat intestines, liver, lungs, heart and even stickers. But heads, hooves and scorpions don't need to be fried. If they serve at the same time, the whole sheep will be cooked.
The custom of beginning of autumn
1, offering sacrifices to the land god
In our country, some places have the custom of offering sacrifices to land gods on this day in early autumn. Because autumn is the harvest season, beginning of autumn is a very important solar term in agriculture, which is related to the annual harvest. People offer sacrifices to the land god during the solar term in beginning of autumn, hoping that the land god can bless themselves and get a bumper harvest.
2, gnawing autumn melons
There is a custom of "beginning of autumn gnawing autumn melons" in southern China. After beginning of autumn, although the temperature is low in the morning and evening, autumn tigers are rampant, and eating autumn melons can make people feel comfortable.
3, basking in autumn
In China, Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangxi and other mountainous rural areas, people have the custom of sunbathing in autumn at the beginning of the autumn solar term, and now sunbathing in autumn has become a typical agricultural custom. Before and after beginning of autumn, people put crops on the roof in front of their houses to dry, which meant to pray for a bumper harvest.