In the morning and afternoon: 2022 is late in beginning of autumn.
Noon is the definition of a day. If beginning of autumn time is in the morning, then this year's beginning of autumn is considered as "early autumn". If this time in beginning of autumn is in the afternoon, then this year's beginning of autumn is "late beginning of autumn".
Beginning of autumn time in 2022 is 20: 28: 57 on August 7, 2022, which is relatively late and belongs to late beginning of autumn.
According to the lunar month: 2022 is late in beginning of autumn.
Because the lunar month is not fixed, although beginning of autumn solar terms are traditional solar terms, they are calculated according to the lunar calendar. According to the lunar calendar, if June is beginning of autumn, it is "early autumn" and July is beginning of autumn, it is "late autumn".
Beginning of autumn time in 2022 is on August 7, 2022, on the 10th day of the seventh lunar month, so it is late in beginning of autumn.
Beginning of autumn custom
1, paste autumn fat
In beginning of autumn, there is a folk custom of "pasting autumn fat". People have a poor appetite in dog days, and many people will lose weight. Of course, if you lose weight, you should make up for it. The method is to eat delicious food in early autumn, and meat is the first choice. This custom is especially popular in the north. For example, quadrangle families in old Beijing often stew meat, fish, chickens and ducks in early autumn. Their meat is cooked into braised pork, sliced meat or elbow with homemade sauce. Some people eat meat, crab meat or melon stuffing when eating jiaozi on this day.
Take a bath
Beginning of autumn is very particular about bathing this day. Some places should be washed before the sun comes out, some places should be washed with sun-dried water, and some places are also taboo to take a bath on this day. All these stresses have a common purpose: to avoid prickly heat in autumn. Because after beginning of autumn, there is a saying that "autumn tigers" will be hot for a period of time, so some diseases such as prickly heat will still exist in midsummer. For example, the old Suzhou people have the tradition of taking warm baths in the morning in beginning of autumn. Sometimes, I cut some mint leaves from the mint tree in the yard and put them in the bath water.