Traditional foods for the Autumn Festival include watermelon, stewed meat, dumplings, autumn peaches, eggplants and so on.

1, eat watermelon

Jiangnan region in the autumn this day to "gnaw autumn", that is, eat watermelon. Legend has it that, during the Ming Dynasty, there was a year in Nanjing, many people suffer from dysentery sores, some people follow the example of Luzhou Province, Cui Xianggong's daughter eating melon so that the "dysentery" scars heal themselves, the results are really so, and then gradually formed a custom, every year when the fall, the family cut food watermelon, known as the "gnawing autumn".

Republic of China

Republic of China published the "Capital" records: "the day before the fall, food watermelon, called gnawing autumn." There is the meaning of welcoming the fall, and later people ate watermelon on the day of Autumn, also known as "gnawing autumn".

2, eat stewed meat

Autumn, folk have "stick autumn fat" said. "Stick autumn fat" in Beijing, Hebei area folk popular. On this day, ordinary people eat stewed meat, more sophisticated people eat white meat, stewed meat, as well as meat dumplings, stewed chicken, stewed duck, braised fish and so on.

3, dumplings

In Shandong, the custom of the Autumn Festival is to make dumplings, which the people call 'Bite Autumn'. On the day of Autumn, the older people will be in the middle of the hall, for a bowl full of grains and cereals, on top of which three incense sticks are inserted, praying for a good harvest after the "Autumn". And most people will be in the autumn moment after the chopping of meat dumplings, the whole family gathered around the "bite autumn".

4, eat autumn peach

Past in Hangzhou around the popular food autumn peach. Autumn adults and children have to eat autumn peach, each person a, eat the core to stay up. Wait until New Year's Eve this day, the peach kernel thrown into the fireplace burned to ashes, people believe that this can be exempted from the plague of the year.

5, eat eggplant

Folk proverbs have planted eggplants in the summer, fall to eat eggplant said. Autumn is a good time to eat eggplant. In this season to eat some eggplant can reduce the "fire", in addition to the autumn dry. The eggplant harvested in the fall is called "autumn eggplant", with a unique fragrance and tender texture, so the flavor is better than ordinary eggplant.

Refer to: Phoenix.com - Autumn festival dietary practices, sticking autumn fat, nibbling on the autumn

Refer to: People.com - What to eat in the autumn?