White Dew represents the gradual turn to cooler weather. White Dew is an important festival reflecting the temperature change in nature, basically ending the sultry heat of summer days, and is the turning point of autumn from sultry to cool. The ancients used the four seasons to match the five elements, autumn is gold, gold white, so white to describe the autumn dew. After entering the White Dew season, summer winds are gradually replaced by winter winds, and cold air moves south in batches, often bringing a range of cooling.

After the White Dew, the sky is high, the air is cool and the wind is cool, and there is a big temperature difference between day and night, so you will feel a hint of coolness at night, and obviously feel the arrival of cool autumn. "White Dew" represents the end of the summer heat, and everything grows with the cold, gradually decline and mature.

What are the customs of White Dew:

1, sacrifice to King Yu

China's vast territory has different customs, in the White Dew season is also the day of Taihu Lake people sacrifice to King Yu. King Yu is the hero of water control, Dayu, and every year at the time of White Dew, fishermen on the shores of Lake Taihu will hold a grand festival of incense to pay tribute to Dayu.

2, eat longan

Fuzhou has a tradition called "White Dew must eat longan". Folk people believe that eating longan at the time of white dew will have great benefits for the body, and this is also a good time to eat longan, so this custom has been passed down.

3, drink white dew tea

Old Nanking people are very favored white dew tea, at this time of the tea tree after the summer heat, before and after the white dew is the growth of an excellent period. This time the tea with a unique flavor, very popular with some tea lovers like, and drink this tea on the body also has great benefits.