1, clear dew
Exposing dew can be regarded as an entertaining folk activity. In fact, the actual effect of dew collection may not be as great as imagined, but people will attach many beautiful expectations to it.
2. Dedicated to Yu Wang
Yu Wang is the legendary water control hero Dayu, and the fishermen on Taihu Lake are called "water gods". Every year on the eighth day of the first month, Tomb-Sweeping Day, the seventh day of July and the Millennium, incense parties are held to commemorate Yu Wang. Among them, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Bailuyuan have the largest Spring and Autumn Festival, which lasted for one week.
In Gong Yu, Dayu dredged three rivers, which made him a "tripod with two handles". Zhenze is the ancient name of Taihu Lake. Dayu managed water from north to south, from the Yellow River to Jianghuai, and finally put the stone fish under Taihu Lake to eliminate the flood.
Yu Wang's incense period is usually seven days, the first three days are worship, the last three days are worship, and the last day is a ceremony to send God. At the time of worship, people made a vow to dedicate the first fat fish caught in autumn and winter to Yu Wang.
3. Egret tea
There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, tea is needed, and autumn dew is needed". At this time, after the heat, the tea tree grows very well before and after the dew. Speaking of the Millennium solar terms, 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 Bailu, the old Nanjing who loves tea likes Bailu tea very much. At this time, tea trees grow well after the heat.
Millennium agricultural activities:
"White dew" represents the change from heat to cold, and everything is born with cold, gradually falling and maturing. The Millennium season is a busy season in China. Millet, sorghum and soybeans began to be harvested in the northeast, and new cotton was picked in some places; At the same time, it is necessary to select seeds for cotton, corn, sorghum, millet and soybeans. , timely stubble cleaning, soil preparation, fertilizer delivery, and rushing to plant wheat.
In North China, it is also the busy season of autumn harvest, and all kinds of autumn harvest crops have matured and started to harvest; At the same time of autumn harvest, we should pay close attention to sending manure, plowing and leveling the land. Make preparations for planting wheat as soon as possible. Winter wheat began to be sown in the northwest of China. Southwest China is in the Millennium, and there are busy scenes everywhere.
Because of "white dew and white purity", millet is full of yellow rice and millet, so we have to harvest it quickly. In late autumn crops such as corn and sweet potato, field management should be strengthened to promote their early maturity and avoid the harm caused by low temperature frost.
The central region should seize the time to harvest late rice, middle rice, summer corn and cotton in batches, and strengthen the water management of late rice. In addition, we must pay close attention to leveling the land and preparing to plant wheat.