Beginning of autumn is approaching, and the old man said that this year is "early autumn, autumn change". What's the story? Early knowledge

Old people in rural areas call it "early autumn, dressing for autumn", which means that autumn will come earlier and we should add clothes in time. Beginning of autumn is the thirteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and it is the beginning of autumn. The bucket refers to the southwest, and the sun reaches the longitude of 135, and it is celebrated on August 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar every year. "Reason" means the beginning; "Autumn" means that the grain is ripe.

The change of the whole nature is a step-by-step process, and beginning of autumn is a turning point in which the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy. In nature, everything begins to mature from luxuriance. Beginning of autumn is the third hot solar term among the 24 solar terms, second only to Daxia and Xiaoxia.

Traditional customs in early autumn:

1, offering sacrifices to the land god

Autumn is the harvest season, and people have the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest.

2, gnawing autumn melons

In the south, there is a custom of "beginning of autumn gnawing at autumn melons", and eating more watermelons in autumn.

3. Paste autumn fertilizer

People weigh themselves with hanging scales in early autumn and compare them with those in long summer to test their obesity. Of course, weight loss needs to be "supplemented", and the way to make up is to "paste autumn fertilizer".

4, basking in autumn

Sunbathing in autumn is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-beginning of autumn (one of the 24 solar terms)