In a few days, it will be Bailu in the 24 solar terms. After Bailu, the weather will gradually become cold. Bailu refers to the water drops formed by condensation of water vapor on the ground or near earth objects when the weather turns cool. For example, grass and trees will be covered with dew in the morning. Bailu solar term is the beginning of the cool season. Bailu is also the solar term with the largest temperature difference between day and night throughout the year. As the saying goes, "Bailu is cold at night and hot at day" It's cold all night long.
Bailu solar term means that the temperature of Bailu solar term begins to drop, and the weather turns cool. The water vapor in the air often condenses into white dew on plants and other objects at night, hence the name "Bailu". Bailu solar term means the condensation of water vapor in the lower atmosphere, and also reflects the process of gradual decline of air temperature and the degree of decline of air temperature The White Dew Festival is cold at night and hot at night
Dew is a drop of water formed by condensation of water vapor on the ground or near earth objects due to the decrease of temperature. People will obviously feel that the hot summer has passed, and the cool autumn has arrived, which obviously reflects the seasonal transition from summer to autumn.
Customs of Bailu
There is a traditional saying in Fuzhou that "White Dew must eat longan". The folk meaning is that eating longan on the day of Bailu has the miraculous effect of Tonifying the body. Longan itself has many effects, such as tonifying qi and spleen, nourishing blood and calming nerves, moistening and beautifying skin, etc. it can also treat anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia and many other diseases. Moreover, before Bailu, longan is big, with small kernel and sweet taste, so Bailu can never eat longan better, no matter whether it is not It's a real tonic. If you eat it, it's tonic. So people in Fuzhou are used to this traditional custom.
Wenzhou and other places in Zhejiang Province have the custom of Bailu Festival. People in Cangnan, Pingyang and other places gather ten kinds of white on this day (also known as "three kinds of white") to simmer black bone and white hair chicken (or duck), which is said to nourish the body and remove the wind (arthritis) after eating. This "ten kinds of white" is ten kinds of herbs with the word "white", such as hibiscus, white hair bitter, etc., to correspond with "White Dew" literally.
Wencheng, people think Bailu can eat sweet potato and sweet potato silk all year round without stomach acid, so farmers used to eat sweet potato on Bailu Festival.
Old Nanjing people are very fond of Bailu tea. After the hot summer, Bailu tea is a good time for its growth. Bailu tea is not as fresh and tender as spring tea, not soaked, nor as dry and bitter as summer tea, but has a unique sweet and mellow fragrance, especially loved by old tea customers. There is also the custom of brewing Bailu rice wine in the old Nanjing of Southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the old days, Bailu rice wine was made in the countryside of Jiangsu and Zhejiang every year to entertain guests. People often brought Bailu rice wine to the city. Bailu rice wine is brewed from glutinous rice, sorghum and other grains, which is slightly sweet, so it is called Bailu rice wine.
Bailu season is also the day when people of Taihu Lake sacrifice Yu king. Yu Wang is the legendary hero of water control, Dayu. Fishermen near Taihu Lake call him "water Bodhisattva". On the eighth day of the first month, the Qingming Festival, the seventh day of the seventh day of the seventh month and the Bailu festival every year, there will be an incense festival for Yu king. Among them, Qingming Festival and Bailu spring and Autumn Festival are the largest, lasting for a week.
At the same time, they also offered sacrifices to the God of land, the God of flowers, the silkworm flower girl, the door god, the God of house, and Jiang Taigong. During the activity, "fighting fishermen and murderers" is a play that must be performed. It places people's hope and yearning for a better life.