Autumn Equinox is one of the twenty-four solar terms, the arrival of the autumn equinox heralds the gradual intensification of autumn, signaling that most parts of China have entered the cool autumn, and then the temperature gradually decreases and gets colder. The date is between September 22nd and 24th on the Gregorian calendar each year. Autumn equinox should pay special attention to the prevention of autumn dryness, the most important when the number of adequate hydration. In the diet to clear and warm mainly, to eat more sesame seeds, walnuts, glutinous rice and other moist food. Approved by the CPC Central Committee and approved by the State Council, since 2018, the annual autumn equinox will be set up as the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival".

Representative Allegory

Indicates the middle of autumn, day and night are equal in length

Climate Characteristics

The difference between day and night temperatures gradually increases, and temperatures fall day by day

Season

Autumn

Time

22 or 23 or 24 September every year

Climate of the Autumn Equinox

The Autumn Equinox At this time of year, most parts of China have entered the cool fall season, when the cold air moving south meets the gradually decaying warm and humid air, producing precipitation and a drop in temperature over and over again. As people often say, it is already time for "an autumn rain and a cold", but the daily precipitation after the autumnal equinox will not be very large. At this time, field cultivation varies between the north and the south.

In China's northern China, there is a farming proverb that says: "White dew early, cold dew late, the autumn equinox planting wheat at the right time." The proverb clearly specifies the time for sowing winter wheat in the region; while "the weather of the autumn equinox white clouds, everywhere good song good rice planting" reflects the time for sowing rice in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, the working people of the autumn equinox taboo is also summarized into proverbs, such as "the autumn equinox is only afraid of thunder and lightning flash, more expensive how to come to the price of rice".