In the Millennium season, air drying and dryness is a remarkable feature. After the summer solar term, the dominant wind direction in the north becomes northwest wind, which mostly comes from the cold and dry inland, with low humidity and strong wind. Therefore, the autumn wind blows dry the moisture in the air while cooling down. This dry climate feature is called "autumn dryness".
Autumn dryness is prone to dry mouth, dry lips, dry nose, dry throat, dry stool and chapped skin. There are many ways to prevent autumn dryness. You can take more foods rich in vitamins appropriately, and you can also choose some traditional Chinese medicines that disperse lung and phlegm, nourish yin and replenish qi, such as ginseng, adenophora, American ginseng, lily, almond, fritillary bulb and so on.
The characteristics of the Millennium solar term: the weather gradually turns cold and the temperature difference between day and night is large. The Millennium solar term is one of the twenty-four solar terms in China, belonging to the first 15 solar term of the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in autumn, when the sun reaches 165 degrees; The Millennium solar term is a solar term that reflects the growth of cold in nature. At this time, the surrounding environment will gradually turn cold. Although it will be hot during the day, the temperature will gradually drop after night, and the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large.
The custom of the Millennium
1, collect clear dew: the folk have the custom of "collecting clear dew" in the Millennium solar terms. In the Compendium of Materia Medica of Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded that "when autumn dew is numerous, it is collected by plate and fried like a meal, which makes people live longer"; "Autumn dew on the head of a hundred herbs is collected when it is not wet, and the more sick it is, the thirst will be quenched, making people light and not hungry, and the muscles will be happy"; "The flowers are exposed, which is a good color". Therefore, clearing the dew has become the most special ceremony of the Millennium.
2. Sacrifice to Yu Wang: Yu Wang is the legendary hero of water control, and the fishermen on Taihu Lake are called "the God of Waterways". Every year, on the eighth day of the first month, the Qingming Festival, the seventh day of July and the Millennium season, there will be a fragrant ceremony in honor of Yu Wang. Among them, Qingming Festival and Bailu Spring and Autumn Festival are the largest, which lasted for one week.
3, Bailu tea: There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, you need to drink tea, and autumn Bailu". At this time, after the summer heat, the tea tree is an excellent period for its growth. When it comes to the Millennium solar term, autumn is getting stronger.