One, the origin of autumn

As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the day of autumn, the son of God personally rate the three dukes and nine ministers of the vassals to the western suburbs of the welcome autumn, held a sacrificial ceremony. The Han Dynasty followed this custom, and kill the beast to sacrifice, said the fall to Yangwu meaning. Folk have in the Autumn divination weather hot and cold customs. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation, and gradually became a traditional time to reflect the seasons.

Two, the customs of autumn

1, sacrifices to the God of the land: autumn is the season of harvest, the folk have sacrificed to the God of the land, to celebrate the custom of the harvest.

2, gnawing autumn melon: in the south, there is "autumn gnawing autumn melon" custom, in the autumn of the day to eat more watermelon, in order to prevent the autumn dryness, the formation of custom over time. The Republic of China published the "capital of the record": "the day before the fall, food watermelon, known as gnawing autumn." Also has the meaning of welcoming the arrival of autumn.

3, stick autumn fat: folk popular in the autumn this day to hanging scales to weigh people, the weight of the summer with the contrast to test the fat and thin, weight loss is called "bitter summer". At that time, people's judgment of health, often only fat and thin as a standard. The way to make up for this is to "put on the fall fat", which is the way to make up for the thinness.

Autumn climate change

Entering the fall means that rainfall, storms, humidity, etc., is at a turning point in the year, tends to decline or decrease. Seasonal transition, rainfall, storms, dryness and humidity in the southern region changes significantly.

In the northern region, the change is obvious temperature. After entering the fall, in nature, the yin and yang qi began to shift, everything began to grow from luxuriant tend to depression and maturity, the climate began to transition from the summer rainy hot and humid to the fall of the less rainy dry climate.