1 The origin and customs of Liqiu The origin of Liqiu:

1, Liqiu has a long history, is the first of the twenty-four seasons in the fall, our country to Liqiu as the beginning of autumn. Autumn is one of the ancient "four times eight sections", the folk have sacrificed to the God of the land, to celebrate the custom of the harvest.

2, the beginning of autumn is generally in the August 7 to August 8 every year, when the sun reaches longitude 135 °.

Customs of Autumn:

1. Celebrate a good harvest: due to the ancient farming civilization, every household harvests early rice and transplants late rice in Autumn.

2, stick autumn fat: after the summer heat, people used to eat more meat, to supplement the deficiency brought about by poor appetite on the day of the voltaic day, coupled with sweating, to improve immunity.

3, eat autumn peach: autumn is adults and children to eat autumn peach, each person a, eat the core to stay up. Wait until New Year's Eve this day, the peach core thrown into the fireplace burned to ashes, people believe that this can be exempted from the plague of the year.

4, hanging scales weighing people: the Qing Dynasty will be in the autumn this day weighing to test the fat and thin, if the experience of the "bitter summer", thin will have to make up more.

5, eat Fukuan: Autumn is the peak production period of Taiwan longan, longan is also known as the "Fukuan", the ancient proverb: eat Fukuan born children and grandchildren in the Scholar, so people will eat Fukuan on this day.

6, pray for blessings: in the Changzhou region will be held in the Autumn Autumn will pray for blessings, and pray for the wind and rain, the country and the people.

7, eat watermelon: in Jiangsu Province, there will be the custom of eating watermelon in the Autumn, known as "gnawing on the fall".

8, eat dumplings: in the Northeast there will be "grab the fat" dumpling custom, Autumn is generally eat dumplings or buns, custom called "grab the fat".

2 Autumn festival food

Autumn can eat more fire and dry, get rid of the fire damp food.

1, watermelon: eating watermelon can reduce summer heat and fire, after the autumn weather turns cool, watermelon will be off the market, so people will eat watermelon on the day of autumn.

2, pear: pear juice thick, sweet taste, conducive to lowering dryness and dampness, and rock sugar, silver fungus boiled together made of sugar water, quench the thirst and moisten the throat, so the autumn is suitable for eating pear.

3, cucumber: cucumber is conducive to detoxification, eliminating moisture in the body.

4, chicken soup: summer heat and loss of appetite, will lead to a decline in immunity and fatigue resistance, chicken soup can help people relieve fatigue fatigue to improve immunity, help the body to recover.

5, longan: Autumn is the peak production period of Taiwan longan, longan is also known as the "lucky round", the old saying: eat lucky round birth children and grandchildren in the Scholar, so people will eat longan on this day.

3 What is the meaning of the meaning of the autumn festival

Autumn "Li" on behalf of the beginning of the "autumn" on behalf of the period of maturity of crops. Autumn is a time of gradual change from yang to yin, from yang to yin, and from yang to yin to yang. In the natural world, everything begins to grow from the luxuriant growth tends to the depression and maturity.