What are the customs in early autumn?
1, paste autumn fat
In early autumn, people are popular to weigh themselves with hanging scales and compare them with those in long summer. Because people have no appetite in summer, and the food is light and simple. After two or three months, they will be thinner. With the autumn wind, my appetite is wide open. I want to eat something good, supplement some nutrition and make up for the loss in summer. The way to make up for it is to "paste autumn fertilizer".
Once in early autumn, the weather is still very hot, and people no longer feel wet and sticky. After all, cool autumn is coming. So I began to sprout the idea of making something delicious to make up for the deficit since summer. Eating stew to make up for the fat lost in summer is called "sticking autumn fertilizer" So on this day, ordinary people eat stewed meat, cultured people eat boiled meat and braised pork, as well as jiaozi, stewed chicken, stewed duck and braised fish with minced meat.
2, gnawing autumn
On the day of "beginning of autumn", there is a folk custom that the whole family eats watermelons together, which is called "eating autumn". An old man said that after this day, you can't eat watermelon any more.
Therefore, when people buy a watermelon to go home in early autumn, the whole family will chew around it, that is, it will be autumn. On the other hand, farmers chew autumn more boldly. They sat in groups on the floor in the melon shed and under the shade, holding red watermelons, green watermelons, whisked sweet potatoes and golden corn cobs. What autumn expresses is actually a joy of harvest.
Experts said that beginning of autumn should not eat watermelon, but should eat less. Because watermelon is cold, eating more after "beginning of autumn" can easily lead to diarrhea.