What do you eat at the autumnal equinox? You must eat four kinds of food in the autumn equinox.
1. On the occasion of the "autumn equinox" of eggs, many places in China will hold interesting "vertical egg" games or competitions on this day. Don't forget to eat the eggs after beating the "vertical eggs" Eggs are very nutritious
2. Autumn vegetable "Autumn vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "autumn is good". On the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables.
3, white radish Eating more white radish in autumn can effectively alleviate autumn dryness. White radish has the functions of promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, accelerating gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Eating more radishes to ventilate up and down without coughing can also relieve constipation.
4. Tremella is flat and non-toxic. Not only has the effect of invigorating spleen and appetizing, but also has the effect of invigorating qi and clearing intestines. It can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, beauty beauty. Its medicinal value is the same as ginseng and velvet antler, and it has the reputation of "the crown among bacteria". The royal nobles of past dynasties regarded tremella as "a product to prolong life" and "a medicine to live forever". Tremella can also improve dry and itchy skin caused by autumn dryness. Eating tremella can make the skin white and tender and elastic.
The autumnal equinox is the sixteenth of the twenty-four solar terms.
On the day of the autumnal equinox, the sun shines almost directly on the equator of the earth, and the length of day and night is the same all over the world (regardless of the refraction of the sun light by the atmosphere and the shadow of the morning). In ancient times, there was a saying that "the sun is sacrificed in spring and the moon is sacrificed in autumn". The autumnal equinox used to be the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, but now the Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, since 20 18, the annual autumnal equinox has been established as "China Farmers Harvest Festival".