What are the customs and habits in your hometown when you are in beginning of autumn?
In our hometown, beginning of autumn is going to worship the land god. This custom actually existed a long time ago. Because for us farmers, autumn is the harvest season. In our primary school textbooks, we know that we sow in spring and harvest in autumn, because autumn is the time for us farmers to recover crops, and it is also the happiest time for us and the harvest time for farmers' uncles. Therefore, on this day, we basically worship the land god to thank the land god for his gratitude and care this year, which is also a good year.
In other places, when you are in early autumn, longan, or longan meat as the saying goes, is very popular. Because when I was in early autumn, it was the rich period of longan in Taiwan Province Province. I believe that longan meat is a particularly meaningful fruit in their place, also called Fuyuan, because it looks full, so it is very lucky. The main moral is to let people who will eat longan meat be promoted to a higher position, become big officials and win the first prize. There are also some places that are very romantic. When they start in autumn, they will pray for lanterns and make a wish for good weather this year and next, so as to make the country prosperous and people safe.
There are many areas in the south. When you are in beginning of autumn, you must eat watermelon once. When you eat watermelon, it means the weather will get cold. When you eat watermelon for the last time, you will stop eating watermelon in early autumn. It is their unique customs and habits.