Autumn Club, Autumn Biting and Autumn Fat Sticking are all kinds of customs in beginning of autumn. As the most important solar term in summer, "beginning of autumn Sticking Autumn Fat" is an old custom.

1, eat watermelon

Beginning of autumn has the custom of eating watermelon every day all over Jiangsu, which is called eating autumn. On this day in beginning of autumn, it is often the last time to eat watermelon this year-people think that after beginning of autumn, the weather will get cold in the morning and evening, and eating cold food will have an impact on the stomach, so they will stop eating watermelon after beginning of autumn.

2. Eat autumn peaches

In beginning of autumn, adults and children should eat autumn peaches, one for each person, and keep the stones after eating. On New Year's Eve, the peach stones are thrown into the stove and burned to ashes. People think that this will save the plague for one year.

3. Eat cool cakes

In the hearts of Jinhua citizens, it is an indispensable traditional custom for beginning of autumn to eat watermelon and cool cakes. What is a cool cake? Is to boil sweet potato starch into a soup and pour it into a bowl. Stay the next morning and form a whole piece. It looks like a round and transparent white jade from a distance, and then it is cut into small pieces and sprinkled with white sugar, vinegar and mint to make it cool and refreshing, sweet and sour.

4. Eat "Fuyuan"

Beginning of autumn solar term is the rich period of longan in Taiwan Province. People believe that if they eat longan meat, their descendants will become big officials, and longan is also called "Fuyuan", so there is a common saying: if they eat longan, their grandchildren will be the best.

5, eat small red beans

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and in beginning of autumn, it is necessary to take red beans with well water. Take seven to fourteen small red beans and swallow them with well water, facing west when taking them, so it is said that you can avoid dysentery in one autumn.

6. Eat "slag"

Beginning of autumn is popular in Laixi, Shandong Province to eat "dregs", a kind of small tofu made of minced beans and vegetables, and there is a saying that "adults and children don't vomit or pull when they eat the dregs of beginning of autumn". Autumn is a period of high incidence of gastrointestinal diseases, and folk customs in many areas have the meaning of treating diseases and praying for health for one year. Sichuan and Shandong are typical representatives of this kind of folk customs.

7. Weighing people by hanging scales

In the Qing Dynasty, it was popular among people in Jiaxing to weigh children by hanging scales on this day, and then compare their weights with those in long summer to test their fatness. Weight loss was called "bitter summer". At that time, people thought that since they lost weight, they needed to "make up", which was commonly known as "sticking to autumn" in beginning of autumn.

8, paste autumn fat

There is a folk saying: When you arrive in beginning of autumn, you will get fat in autumn, and when you go in winter, you will be in good health in spring. It is said that people should eat more meat after the cold weather, supplement the deficiency caused by poor appetite and sweating in the dog days, and improve immunity. However, many netizens said that life is no longer what it used to be. They have eaten well on weekdays and paid attention to maintenance in summer, so there is no need for special food supplements in beginning of autumn that day.

9. Loach

There is another interesting saying from Wuxi people, that is, beginning of autumn met with Loach that day. If there is strong wind and heavy rain in autumn, the loach in the rice field in beginning of autumn will stand upright in the water. So every time I go to beginning of autumn, experienced old Wuxi people will catch a loach and put it in the water to predict whether there will be strong winds and heavy rain this autumn.

10, eat jiaozi

Of course, beginning of autumn will "grab the autumn fat" to pack jiaozi (eating cucumber will make you thinner and fatter, eating eggplant will make you fatter). 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". I grab a jiaozi from your bowl, so that I can be physically strong in autumn and make up for the oil and water lost in summer.

1 1, weighing water

In the past, Suqian people used to fill containers with water before and after beginning of autumn, and the containers should be the same size, and then weighed. If the water in front of beginning of autumn is heavy, it means that the water is heavy, so there is less rain in autumn. If the water behind beginning of autumn is heavy, there will be more rain in autumn, which may lead to autumn waterlogging. In Huai 'an, fishermen on the lake also have the habit of beginning of autumn calling water. According to the water quality, it is speculated that the autumn water rises and falls, and the heavy water is an ominous sign. The old autumn water rises and sells fishing nets.

12, eat eggs

In addition, on this day in beginning of autumn, there are customs such as eating eggs and peaches in other parts of our country. Eggs have the functions of calming the nerves and nourishing the heart. Eggs are not harmful to the spleen and stomach, and are suitable for infants, pregnant women, lying-in women, patients, etc., but should not be eaten more, and1~ 2 eggs a day is more suitable.

13, blessing

In Wujin district of Changzhou, beginning of autumn will hold an autumn meeting to commemorate the valiant Bodhisattva, and pray for good weather, peace and prosperity. In addition, in ancient times, locust disasters often occurred in Changzhou. In beginning of autumn, farmers also planted pennants in rice fields to drive away locusts. There is also a saying among the people in Yancheng that "striving for happiness in autumn" has a history of at least two or three thousand years.