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What are the customs of 24 solar terms in autumn? An inventory of customs around the beginning of au

Today is the beginning of autumn in 24 solar terms. It's autumn after the beginning of autumn. Is autumn very pleasant? When it comes to the customs of beginning of autumn, people only know "sticking to the autumn fat". In fact, the customs of beginning of autumn are different in different places. What are the customs of beginning of autumn?

The custom of starting autumn

1. Eat watermelon

There is a custom of eating watermelon in autumn all over Jiangsu Province, which is called "nibbling autumn". On the day of the beginning of autumn, it is often the last time to eat watermelon in the year. People think that after the beginning of autumn, the weather will be cool in the morning and evening, and eating cool things will have an impact on the stomach, so they will not eat watermelon after the beginning of autumn.

2. Eat autumn peach

At the beginning of autumn, adults and children should eat autumn peaches, one for each. After eating, keep the kernel. On New Year's Eve, the peaches are thrown into a stove and burned to ashes, which is believed to be able to avoid a year's plague.

3. Eat cool cake

In the hearts of Jinhua citizens, it is an essential traditional custom to eat watermelon and cool cake in autumn. What is a cool cake? It is made of sweet potato starch and poured into a bowl. Stay the next morning and get together. It looks like a round and clear white jade, then it is cut into small pieces, sprinkled with sugar, vinegar and mint, cool and refreshing, sour and sweet.

4. Eat 'Fuyuan'

The solar term of the beginning of autumn is the prosperous period of longan in Taiwan. It is believed that after eating longan meat, the offspring will become a great official, and longan is also known as "Fuyuan". Therefore, there is a common saying: eat Fuyuan, give birth to children, and give birth to grandchildren.

5. Eating adzuki bean

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and in the beginning of autumn, we must use well water to take small red beans. Take seven to fourteen small red beans and swallow them with well water. When you take them, you should face west. It is said that you can avoid diarrhea in one autumn.

6, eat 'slag'

Laixi area of Shandong Province is popular to eat "dregs" at the beginning of autumn, a kind of small tofu made of bean paste and green vegetables, and there is a common saying that "when you eat dregs at the beginning of autumn, adults and children will neither vomit nor pull". Autumn is a high incidence period of gastrointestinal diseases, and folk customs in many areas have the meaning of treating diseases and praying for a year of health. Sichuan and Shandong are typical representatives of this kind of folk custom.

7. Weighing people by hanging scales

During the Qing Dynasty, it was popular among the people of Jiaxing to weigh children by hanging scales on that day, and then compare their weight with that at the beginning of summer to check whether they were fat or thin. Weight loss was called "bitter summer". At that time, people believed that since they were thin, they needed 'toning', which is commonly known as' sticking autumn fat 'at the beginning of autumn.

8. Stick autumn fat

There is a folk saying: start autumn, stick autumn fat, winter to spring to good health. It is said that after the day is cool, people should eat more meat to supplement the deficiency caused by poor appetite and sweating in the dog days, so as to improve immunity. However, many netizens said that their life is not as good as before. They have eaten well in normal days and pay attention to maintenance in summer, so they don't need special food supplements on the day of the beginning of autumn.

9. Loach

Wuxi people also have an interesting saying that they will meet with liloach on the day of Liqiu. If there is strong wind and heavy rain in autumn, loach in rice field will stand straight in the water. So every autumn, experienced people in Wuxi will catch a loach and put it in the water to predict whether there will be strong wind and heavy rain in this autumn.

10. Eat dumplings

Of course, Shenyang has to "grab autumn fat" to make dumplings (eating cucumbers will get thinner and thinner, eating eggplant will get fatter and fatter). There is a saying in the Northeast: lying down is better than sitting, and dumplings are better than eating. The beginning of autumn is usually eating dumplings or steamed buns. It's often called "grabbing fat in autumn". I snatch a dumpling from your bowl. In autumn, I can be strong and make up for the oil and water lost in summer.

11, called water

Before, people in Suqian used to fill water containers with the same size before and after the beginning of autumn, and then weigh them. If the water before the beginning of autumn is heavy, it means that the water is heavy, so there is less rain in autumn. If the water is heavy after the beginning of autumn, there will be more rain in autumn, which may lead to autumn waterlogging. In Huai'an, fishermen on the lake also have the habit of calling water in the beginning of autumn. According to the water quality, it is speculated that the autumn water rises and falls, while the water weight is an ominous omen. The old saying is that the autumn water rises and sells fishing nets.

12. Eat eggs

In addition, on the day of the beginning of autumn, there are other customs such as eating eggs and peaches in other areas of China. The egg, the nature is flat, fills the vital energy deficiency, has the tranquility and the mind nourishing function. Eggs do not hurt the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for infants, pregnant women, puerperas and patients, but it is not suitable to eat more than one or two eggs a day.

13, pray for blessing

In the Wujin area of Changzhou, an autumn festival will be held to commemorate the Bodhisattva, praying for good weather and peace. In addition, because of the frequent locust disasters in Changzhou in ancient times, farmers would plant pennants in rice fields on the first day of autumn to drive away locusts. People in Yancheng also spread the saying of "fighting for autumn and seizing happiness", which has a history of at least two or three thousand years.