What traditional foods are eaten at the beginning of autumn in the north?

1. 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 and meaty taste. Therefore, the folk custom of eating eggplants at the beginning of autumn has been passed down.

2. Eat meat during the "Autumn Fat Festival" in Beijing

Every year at the beginning of autumn, according to the custom of old Beijing, meat is eaten, that is, "Autumn Fat". At some time-honored meat counters in Beijing, long queues of customers are waiting to buy meat products. Once autumn begins, although it is still very hot, people no longer feel clammy and uncomfortable. After all, the cool autumn is coming soon. So I started to have the idea of ??making something delicious to make up for the shortfall since the beginning of summer. What to eat? The most satisfying thing is stew! You can make up for the fat lost in summer by eating stew, so it is called "Post autumn fat".

3. Eating "Zha" in Shandong

In the Laixi area of ??Shandong, it is popular to eat "Zha" in the Beginning of Autumn, which is a kind of small tofu made with bean paste and green vegetables, and has " There is a saying that after eating the dregs of the Beginning of Autumn, adults and children will neither vomit nor have diarrhea. 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.

4. "Bite autumn" is popular in Tianjin

In addition to "posting autumn fat" at the beginning of autumn, "biting autumn" is also popular in Tianjin and other places. People believe that eating melons at the beginning of autumn can avoid diarrhea in winter and spring. There is such a record in Zhang Tao of the Qing Dynasty's "Jinmen Miscellaneous Notes on the Customs of the Years": "Eating melons at the beginning of autumn is said to be a bite of autumn, which can avoid diarrhea." In the Qing Dynasty, people would eat melons, steamed preserved eggplants, and fragrant tomatoes on the day before the beginning of autumn. The glutinous soup and other ingredients are left to dry in the yard overnight and eaten on the day of the Beginning of Autumn, in order to clear away the heat and avoid dysentery.

5. Sauce elbows

Sauce elbows are one of the traditional Chinese foods. They are rich in nutrients, delicious and delicious. In addition, red braised pork elbow is a famous historical dish in Weifang area. It is popular among people because it is soft, filling, fat but not greasy, and rich in nutrients. It was once rated as "Shandong Famous Snack".

6. Roast duck

Peking duck is a waterfowl with delicate meat, good taste and rich nutrition. It contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids, which does not accumulate in the human body and can be softened after being absorbed by the human body. Cardiovascular. The duck's epidermis contains a large amount of collagen, which is a beauty product. Therefore, Peking duck is a health food suitable for all ages!

7. Roast mutton

"Roast mutton" is a famous dish of Bai Kui Lao Hao in Beijing Mosque Hall. The production of "roasted mutton" is also suitable for other parts of the whole sheep, namely: head, neck, hooves, tripe, fat intestines, liver, lungs, heart, joints, etc. However, the head, hooves and "scorpions" do not need to be fried. If they are served at the same time, it will be "roasted whole sheep".

Custom activities at the beginning of autumn:

1. Autumn sunbathing

Every year at the beginning of autumn, with the maturity of fruits and vegetables, Huangling has entered the most prosperous autumn sunbathing season. Sunbathing in autumn is a typical agricultural custom. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Jiangxi, and Anhui, due to the complex terrain and little flat land in the village, had to use the front and back of the house, as well as their own window sills and roofs to dry or hang their crops. Over time, it evolved into a traditional agricultural custom. This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying crops has gradually become the material for painters and photographers to pursue and create, and has created the poetic name "autumn sun".

This custom of sunbathing in autumn has gradually faded away in many places across the country. However, in the ancient village of Huangling in Wuyuan, Jiangxi, sunbathing in autumn has become a "grand ceremony" for farmers to celebrate the harvest. Huangling sunbathing in autumn has been approved by the Ministry of Culture After being rated as the "most beautiful Chinese symbol", it has evolved into a "totem" and business card for the promotion of rural tourism, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to Huangling to enjoy autumn and take photos every year.

2. Nieqiu

"Nieqiu" is also called "Bieqiu" 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 called autumn eating. The farmers' gnawing autumn is much more bold and unrestrained. They were in the melon shed, under the shade of the trees, in small groups, sitting 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.

3. Lying in autumn

"Lying in autumn" is also called "Lying in autumn" or "Sleeping in autumn" in some places. For example, in some places in Jianghuai, people will choose a shady place to lie down on the day of Beginning of Autumn, which means that summer is about to pass, the days of being too hot to sleep are about to pass, and the weather is slowly getting cooler, so you can have a good sleep. It also means that the busy and hard work of production in the summer is over and autumn is here.