There is a folk saying: autumn to, stick autumn fat, winter to spring to good health. Said that after the cool days, people should eat more meat, supplemented by poor appetite in the ambient day, coupled with sweating and brought about by the deficiency, improve immunity. However, many netizens said, now life is not like before, weekdays have eaten well, summer also pay attention to maintenance, so there is no need in the day of autumn special dietary supplements.

2, the custom of the autumn festival: eat autumn peach

Autumn adults and children have to eat autumn peach, one per person, after eating the core to stay up. Wait until New Year's Eve this day, the peach kernel thrown into the fireplace and burned to ashes, people believe that this can be exempted from the plague of the year.

3, Autumn Festival customs: hanging scales weighing people

Qing Dynasty, then Jiaxing folk popular on this day to hanging scales weighing children, and then the weight and the summer contrast to test the fat and thin, weight loss is called called "Bitter Summer". At that time, people believe that since the thin need to "make up", which is also commonly known as "autumn fat".

4, the custom of the autumn festival: eat "lucky round". And longan is also known as "lucky round".

5, Autumn festival custom: eating small red beans

From the Tang and Song dynasties, there are in the Autumn, must be served with well water small red beans custom. Take seven to fourteen small red beans, well water to swallow, serve to face west, so it is said to be an autumn without dysentery. Folk have in the Autumn divination weather hot and cold custom. The Eastern Han Dynasty Cui Banquet, "Four People's Monthly Orders": "Toward the beginning of autumn, chilly; night autumn, hot to the head."

6, the custom of the autumn festival: eat watermelon

The custom of eating watermelon on the day of autumn, known as nibbling autumn. And autumn this day, but also often the last time this year to eat watermelon - people feel that after the autumn, the weather becomes cooler in the morning and evening, eat cold things will have an impact on the stomach and intestines, and therefore no longer eat watermelon after the autumn.