Beginning of autumn is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the China lunar calendar, which generally appears around August 7th and 8th in the Gregorian calendar. According to the solar calendar, the date of beginning of autumn changes between August 7th and 1 day every year. Beginning of autumn time in 2023 is 2: 14 on August 8, 2023, and June 22, 2023. The beginning of autumn marks the change of seasons. From hot summer to early autumn, the weather is getting colder and autumn is getting stronger.
Traditionally, beginning of autumn marks the beginning of the harvest season, and farmers begin to harvest mature crops, which is also an important node for people to predict the weather changes in autumn. After beginning of autumn, the temperature gradually decreased, the sunshine time decreased, and the amount of clouds in the sky increased, indicating that autumn has arrived.
Folk customs of solar terms in beginning of autumn;
1, paste autumn fat
People generally weigh themselves in early autumn and compare them with those in long summer. With the autumn wind, I have a big appetite and want to eat something good to compensate myself. The remedy is to "paste autumn fat" and eat meat first. The so-called "paste fat with meat".
2, basking in autumn
Sunbathing in autumn is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics, which is popular in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui. Nowadays, in the ancient village of Huangling in Wuyuan, Jiangxi, sunbathing in autumn has become a "grand ceremony" for farmers to celebrate the harvest. Sunbathing in Huangling in autumn is known as one of the "most beautiful symbols of China", attracting hundreds of thousands of people to enjoy autumn photography every year.
Step 3 bite the autumn
On this day in beginning of autumn, there is a saying in ancient Suzhou called "biting autumn" or "gnawing autumn". On this day, everyone will eat watermelon.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-beginning of autumn.