What is the custom of eating at the beginning of autumn? How many kinds of traditional delicacies have you eaten at the beginning of autumn?

1. Autumn peaches

In Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating autumn peaches during the beginning of autumn. Every autumn day, everyone eats autumn peaches, one for each person. After eating the autumn peaches, the peach cores must be kept and hidden. On New Year's Eve, people unknownly throw the peach stones into the stove and burn them to ashes. People think that this can avoid the plague for a year!

2. Autumn fat

It is popular among the people to weigh people on a hanging scale on the day of Beginning of Autumn, and compare their weight with that of Beginning of Summer to test whether they are fat or thin. Weight loss is called "Bitter Summer". Because people have little appetite in summer and eat light and simple meals. After two or three months, they will lose a little weight. At that time, people often only judged health based on fatness and thinness. Of course, if you lose weight, you need to "make up for it." When the autumn wind blows and your appetite is whetted, you should eat something good to add a little nutrition and compensate for the losses in summer. The way to make up for it is to "post autumn fat": on the day of Beginning of Autumn, various kinds of meat, stewed meat, barbecued meat, braised in soy sauce Meat, etc., "meat with fat".

3. Drinking "Autumn Water"

It is also popular in eastern and western Sichuan to drink "Liqiu Water". That is, at the beginning of autumn, the whole family, young and old, each drinks a cup. It is said that it can eliminate accumulated summer heat. , Autumn comes without stomach upset.

4. Eating "Zha"

In the Laixi area of ??Shandong Province, it is popular to eat "Zha" in the Beginning of Autumn, which is a kind of small tofu made with bean foam and green vegetables. There is a saying that "the scum of the Beginning of Autumn is gone, and adults and children will neither vomit nor poop". Most of these food customs are to prevent dysentery, which shows that working people in my country are aware of the prevention of diarrhea in autumn.

5. Qiu Qiu

"Qiu Qiu" is also called "Qiu Qiu" in some places. Tianjin pays attention to eating watermelon or cantaloupe on the day of Beginning of Autumn, which is called "biting autumn", which means that the hot summer is unbearable and it is the beginning of autumn, so bite it. Jiangsu and other places also eat watermelon on the Beginning of Autumn to "bite the autumn". It is said that autumn prickly heat can be avoided. In Zhejiang and other places, people eat watermelon and shochu together on the Beginning of Autumn, which is believed to prevent malaria. City people buy a watermelon and go home on the day of the Beginning of Autumn, and the whole family gathers around to eat it, which is eating autumn. The farmers' gnawing autumn is much more bold and unrestrained. They were in the melon shed, under the shade of the trees, sitting in small groups on the ground, gnawing on red watermelons, green cantaloupes, white potatoes, and golden corn cobs. What is expressed by chewing autumn is actually a kind of joy of harvest.

6. Eating longan meat

According to the "General History of Taiwan·Customs", in the old days of Taiwan, "On the day before the beginning of autumn, Siyu made spring cattle and placed them outside the eastern suburbs. The sun is approaching, which is said to be welcoming the spring. Men and women dressed in fragrant clothes are fanning, and the streets are full of noise. Children are rushing to touch their ears or whip their bodies, which is said to be a blessing, especially at the beginning of the year. The scene is noisy and peaceful. "The beginning of autumn is the production period of swordfish, squid, squid, and shrimp in the waters around Taiwan. It is also the peak production period of Taiwanese longan. People believe that after eating longan meat, their descendants will become high-ranking officials, and longan is also called "Fuyuan", so there is a proverb: Eating Fuyuan will give birth to children and grandchildren.

7. Eating eggplants

The folk custom of eating eggplants at the beginning of autumn comes from a legend in the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that after General Xu Da of the Ming Dynasty captured Beiping, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, a soldier under General Chang Yuchun stole a melon from a farmer. Chang Yuchun is very strict in military management, and the soldier who steals the melons will be sentenced to death. At this time, the farmer came out and said that there was a custom in Yuan Dynasty, and picking up melons at the beginning of autumn was not considered stealing. When Chang Yuchun heard this, he pardoned the soldier. Unexpectedly, as soon as it was said that those who pick up melons at the beginning of autumn are not guilty, other soldiers began to snatch melons. In order to reward the soldiers, Chang Yuchun found a substitute for autumn fat-the only eggplant among vegetables that has a meaty texture and flavor. As a result, the folk custom of eating eggplants at the beginning of autumn has been passed down.