Beginning of autumn is the 13 solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is celebrated from August 7th to 9th in the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points southwest, and the sun reaches longitude 135. Beginning of autumn is the first solar term and the starting point of autumn. Autumn begins in the beginning of autumn and ends in beginning of winter, which is the result of the movement of celestial bodies. After the solar term in beginning of autumn, the weather will gradually cool down.
Summer is the second solar term in autumn. After the summer solar term, it has officially entered autumn. At this time, the sun revolves to longitude 150, and autumn is strong. Summer is a solar term that reflects the change of temperature, and it is a solar term that indicates that the weather will be cool compared with small summer and big summer. There are many folk activities in summer, such as eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, opening fishing festivals, decocting medicinal tea and offering sacrifices to the land.
Traditional customs in early autumn
1, Sacrifice to the Land God: Autumn is the harvest season, and there is a folk custom of offering sacrifices to the Land God to celebrate the harvest.
2. Eat autumn melons: In the south, there is a custom of "beginning of autumn eats autumn melons". Eat more watermelons in autumn to prevent autumn dryness and form a custom for a long time. Zizhi, published in the Republic of China, records: "beginning of autumn ate watermelon the day before, which is called gnawing autumn." It also means welcoming the arrival of autumn.
3. Sunbathing in autumn: It is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.