We often heard of an ancient poem, reed reed, white dew for frost, depicting the white dew this festival. And to the white dew this festival also have them a lot of agricultural proverbs and customs, this day, generally have the habit of drinking white dew tea. Then there are also their meanings and symbols in the fifteenth solar term.

Five days for a wait

Between us, the heat of the summer festival is divided into three, and came to the White Dew festival is also divided into three. The first wait, Hong Yan come: birds fly from north to south, big said Hong, small said geese. Second, the birds return: swallows and other migratory birds fly south to avoid the cold. Third, the birds to raise shy: birds began to store dry fruits and grains for the winter. White Dew three is said to be, White Dew day geese, and five days, and five days Xuanbird return, and five days of birds to raise shy. That is to say, every five days is a wait, white dew time in the solar calendar every year 09 September 7 ~ 9, so we add five days on the basis of this time can be deduced from the white dew in the time of each of the three wait.

The Three Waiting Time Periods

Each festival is divided into a time period, and Bai Lu is no exception. White Dew Three Waiting is said, White Dew of the day of the wild geese, and five days of the return of the basilisks, and five days of the flock of birds to raise shyness. That is to say, every five days is a wait, white dew time in the solar calendar every year 09 month 7 ~ 9, so we add five days on the basis of this time can be deduced from the time of the white dew in each of the three wait.

Eating Longan Customs

Each festival has its own customs and traditions, and the day of White Dew is to eat Longan, which is good for the body on this day. In Fuzhou, there is a tradition called "White Dew must eat longan". Folk meaning, in the white dew this day to eat longan has a great tonic body effect, in this day to eat a longan is equivalent to eat a chicken so complementary, it sounds like the feeling is too exaggerated, but there is still some truth. Because longan itself is beneficial to the spleen, blood and tranquility, emollient beauty and many other effects, but also can treat anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia and many other diseases, and before the white dew longan each big, small nuclei sweet taste good, so white dew to eat longan is no better, regardless of whether it is not really complementary, ate is to make up for it, so the people of Fuzhou are also accustomed to this traditional custom.