Autumn is the first solar term of autumn, the starting point of autumn. From the beginning of autumn to the end of winter, its beginning and end, is the result of the operation of the celestial bodies,There are many traditional foods to eat in the autumn, such as eating eggplant, watermelon, autumn peaches, sticking on the autumn fat, eating "dregs of beans" and longan and so on, and in our hometown of Shanxi, we ate pumpkin soup as well as steamed pumpkin, can be said to be traditional and special, the taste is also authentic.

1, eat eggplant

Folk proverb "summer planted eggplant, autumn eat eggplant", autumn is a good time to eat eggplant. This fall to eat eggplant originated in the north, about this custom there is a legend. Legend has it that after Xu Da, a great general of the Ming Dynasty, defeated Beipingfu, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, one of the soldiers under the general Chang Yuchun stole a melon from a commoner. Chang Zhouchun was very strict with his soldiers, and he wanted to execute the soldier for stealing the melon. At that time, a commoner came forward and said that there was a custom in Yuandadu that one had to pick up melons and eat them at the beginning of autumn, so this was not considered as stealing. When Chang Yuchun heard this, he pardoned the soldier. Unexpectedly, as soon as it was said that those who picked up melons in the beginning of autumn were not guilty, other soldiers started to grab melons in order to "stick to the autumn fat". In order to solve this problem, Chang Yu Chun found a substitute - eggplant, the texture and taste of eggplant is a bit similar to meat, Chang Yu Chun let everyone eat eggplant to satisfy their craving. Thus, eating eggplants in the Autumn has continued to be a custom.

2, eat watermelon

Autumn to eat watermelon, originating from the ancient West. Autumn season, it is the northwest region of the watermelon picking period. Eating watermelon in the fall is also a tasting activity. Watermelon can relieve summer heat and dryness, autumn this time the weather is still hot, and into the fall weather dry, so this time to eat some watermelon for the body still has some benefits.

3, eat autumn peach

Zhejiang Hangzhou area popular in the autumn this day to eat autumn peach, peach nutritious, but also means good luck. Autumn this day, adults and children everyone should eat peaches, eat after the peach kernel to keep up. When the day of New Year's Eve, the peach kernel is thrown into the fireplace and burned, which is believed to remove the plague and bring good luck to everyone.

4, stick autumn fat

"Stick autumn fat" is recognized as an autumn custom, especially in the north, such as Beijing. On this day, the people of the capital will line up to buy meat, go home and stew a pot, to make up for the deficiency of the body after the summer. In the summer, when the weather is hot, people don't want to eat, and many of them lose weight. After entering the fall, the weather is cool, people's appetite, so they want to eat some meat to make up for the fat back, so there is a "stick autumn fat" said.

5, eat "dregs"

Some places in Shandong have autumn eat "dregs" custom, where the dregs is also "dregs". ". With bean dregs and green vegetables to do fried bean dregs, you can do also boil vegetable dregs, you can also do steamed vegetable dregs, with chili oil, are good food. In fact, autumn eat dregs is derived from the health effects of dregs, because eating dregs for the prevention of diarrhea in the fall is good, as the saying goes, "Autumn eat dregs, do not vomit not pull."

6, Taiwan to eat longan

Autumn season is the Taiwan longan's blooming period, the local people believe that the "longan" is the "blessed round", edible longan can bring good luck to themselves and their families. The local people believe that "longan" means "good luck" and eating it can bring good luck to themselves and their families.

To share with you the traditional customs of our hometown, We are in Shanxi Province, we will pay special attention to eat pumpkin in the fall. can be made of pumpkin soup,such as pumpkin red dates pork rib soup, pumpkin are home grown, safe and reliable, these pumpkin, drink this soup can not only strengthen the spleen to dispel dampness, calm the liver and clear heat, but also can be very good to replenish the body's calcium, help eliminate phlegm to stop coughing, to avoid indigestion of the phenomenon of the production of ; can also be The pumpkin steamed to eat, especially for the teeth of the elderly, autumn eat steamed pumpkin is still a good choice, everyone home to eat what food in the autumn, welcome to exchange messages Oh.