Traditional food eaten on the autumnal equinox:

1, eggs, "autumnal equinox" is approaching, many places in our country are to be held on this day, "vertical egg" fun games or competitions. Do not forget to eat eggs after playing "vertical egg", the nutritional benefits of eggs is very powerful.

2, autumn vegetables "autumn vegetables" is a kind of wild amaranth, the villagers called "autumn artemisia". On the day of the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables.

3, white radish fall eat more white radish can effectively alleviate the autumn dry. White radish has to promote digestion, enhance appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis and cough phlegm effect. Eat more radish up and down the ventilation without coughing, and can be laxative.

4, silver fungus, silver fungus flat and non-toxic, both the spleen and stomach effect, but also beneficial to the role of intestines, but also nourish the yin and lungs, beauty, its medicinal value and ginseng, antler antlers, with "fungus in the crown," the reputation. Throughout the ages, the royal aristocrats have regarded the fungus as a "longevity product" and "immortality medicine". Silver fungus on the autumn dry skin caused by dryness, itching also has a certain role in improving, eat more silver fungus can make the skin become white and elastic.

Expanded Information:

The Autumn Equinox was once a traditional " The moon festival". In ancient times, it was said that "the sun was sacrificed in spring and the moon in autumn". Now the Mid-Autumn Festival is from the traditional "moon festival". According to evidence, the original "Moon Festival" was set in the "Autumn Equinox" this day, but because of this day in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year on different days, may not always have a full moon. The moon festival without the moon would be a great deal of fun. So, later on the "Moon Festival" by the "Autumn Equinox" to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the ancient emperors had the custom of sacrificing the sun at the spring equinox, the earth at the summer solstice, the moon at the autumn equinox, and the sky at the winter solstice. The places of worship were called the Altar of the Sun, the Altar of the Earth, the Altar of the Moon and the Altar of Heaven. Set up in the southeast, northwest and north four directions. China has survived many "moon worship altar", "moon worship pavilion", "moon watch building" monuments. The folk custom of moon worship varies from region to region.

Beijing's "Moon Altar" was built for the royal moon festival during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

Beijing Yearbook records the custom of moon festival in Beijing, saying: "On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people set up the Moon Palace symbols, and the rabbit on the symbols is like a human being standing on the symbols; fruits and melons are displayed in the courtroom; cakes are painted with the moon moon moon toad and rabbit; men and women pay homage to the burning of incense, and burn it on the day of the festival." Beijing moon festival also has a special custom, that is, "but for the moon, men do not bow to worship", which is what the folk proverb said "men do not worship the moon.

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