What are the solar terms in beginning of autumn?
Beginning of autumn doesn't mean the extreme hot weather is over. Beginning of autumn is still in the summer heat period, and the summer heat will not come out until the second solar term in autumn. It's still very hot in early autumn. The so-called "heat is in the dog days" is also called "beginning of autumn drops later", and there is at least "falling" hot weather after beginning of autumn. According to the calculation method of "three volts", the day of "beginning of autumn" has passed.
It is still in the middle of squatting, which means that the heat is not over yet, and the real coolness usually comes after the Millennium solar terms. The watershed of summer heat is not in the solar terms in beginning of autumn.
After entering autumn, the climate changed from rainy and humid in summer to dry and rainy in autumn. In nature, the qi of Yin and Yang began to change, and everything gradually declined with the sinking of Yang. The most obvious change in autumn is that the leaves of vegetation change from lush green to yellow, and the leaves begin to fall and the crops begin to mature. Beginning of autumn is one of the "four seasons and eight festivals" in ancient times. People have the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest. There are also customs such as "pasting autumn fertilizer" and "biting autumn".
Characteristics of beginning of autumn
Beginning of autumn means rain, storm, humidity, etc. At the turning point of the year, it tends to decline or decrease. Seasonal changes, rainfall, rainstorm, dry and wet changes in southern China are obvious; In the northern region, these changes are not obvious, but the temperature is obvious. After entering autumn, in nature, the qi of Yin and Yang began to change, everything began to grow from lush to mature, and the climate began to transition from rainy and humid in summer to dry and rainy in autumn. The beginning of autumn does not mean the end of hot weather. As the saying goes, "the summer heat is in dog days", according to the calculation method of "dog days", beginning of autumn is often in dog days until the summer heat, so the weather is still very hot in early autumn, and it will generally get cold after the Millennium solar terms. The watershed of summer heat is in autumn, not at the turn of summer and autumn. The climate in autumn is divided into two stages, the early autumn is sultry, and the climate tends to be dry and cool after the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a season of alternating hot and cold.
The beginning of autumn customs
1, paste autumn fat
People generally weigh themselves in early autumn and compare them with those in long summer. With the autumn wind, I have a big appetite and want to eat something good to make up for the loss in summer. The remedy is to "paste autumn fertilizer": to eat delicious food, of course, meat is the first choice, the so-called "paste autumn fertilizer with meat"
Step 2 weigh the water
In the past, people filled containers of the same size with water before and after beginning of autumn and weighed them. If there is more water in front of beginning of autumn, it means there is more water, so there will be less rain in autumn; If there is a lot of water behind beginning of autumn, there will be more rain in autumn, which may lead to autumn waterlogging.
3, gnawing autumn
Chewing autumn, also known as biting autumn, is a custom of Han nationality 18 years old. That is, eating melons that day in beginning of autumn. Tianjin pays attention to eating watermelon or cantaloupe in beginning of autumn, which is called "biting autumn", which means that it is hot in summer, and you will take a bite when you arrive in beginning of autumn. Jiangsu and other places also eat watermelon to "bite the autumn" in beginning of autumn. It is said that prickly heat in autumn can be avoided. In Zhejiang and other places, beginning of autumn eats watermelon and soju every day, which is believed by the people to prevent malaria.