Qiu Siao: qiu? Siao is pronounced as piǎo

Qiu Biao means: once autumn begins, people eat stew to replenish the body fat lost in the summer. This is called Autumn fat.

Chinese people have a saying about autumn fat. In summer, due to lack of sleep, sweating, low appetite and other reasons, the body loses weight and physical fitness declines. Therefore, after the beginning of autumn, the body's shortcomings should be made up through diet therapy. Tie Qiubi originated in Beijing. Beijingers have enjoyed delicious food since ancient times. For example, they eat spring pancakes at the beginning of spring, cook noodles during Grain Rain, make rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, and stew large meats at the beginning of autumn. They are jokingly called Tie Qiubi.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a theory of bitter summer, and people in summer often have symptoms of relative sub-health of the spleen and stomach. There are both seasonal factors and psychological factors, and the body is also in a state of consumption. Once autumn begins, people eat stewed meat to replenish the body fat lost in the summer, which is called autumn fat. This custom spreads widely from north to south. Folks in Guangdong also have the habit of taking supplements during the alternating seasons. For example, when the autumn wind blows, eating cured meat is one of the customs of Guangdong's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day festivals.

Eating autumn fat is a custom, which basically occurs on the day of Beginning of Autumn. Since the weather is very hot in summer, everyone's appetite is bad and people will become thinner. Therefore, on the day of Beginning of Autumn, it is necessary to eat some meat to make up for the previous thinness

The Beginning of Autumn is one of the twenty-four solar terms. The 13th solar term is the beginning of autumn on August 7, 8 or 9 every year. On this day, there is a folk saying of "posting autumn fat". It is popular among the people to weigh people on a hanging scale on the day of Beginning of Autumn, and compare their weight with that of Beginning of Summer to check whether they are fat or thin. Weight loss is called "Bitter Summer". At that time, people often only judged health based on fatness and thinness. Of course, if you lose weight, you need to "make up for it." The way to make up for it is to "put on autumn fat." Eat delicious delicacies, and of course, eating meat is the first choice. "Put on fat with meat."