What are the customs and activities of the Millennium solar terms?

The main customs of Bailu solar terms are picking clear dew, brewing grain wine, drinking Bailu tea, offering sacrifices to Yu Wang, eating longan, drinking Bailu rice wine, picking ten kinds of white rice and eating sweet potatoes. In addition, agricultural activities in the Millennium mainly include irrigation and heat preservation. At this time, it is prone to low temperature weather, and it is necessary to prevent low temperature chilling injury and pests and diseases.

The custom of solar terms in the Millennium

Millennium, the fifteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, mainly falls on September 7-9 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The arrival of the Millennium solar terms means that the sultry summer is basically over, and it is a turning point from sultry to cool in autumn. But while cooling, the autumnal equinox dries the water in the air, so the air is relatively dry. This dry climate is called "autumn dryness", so pay attention to hydration.

In China, Bailu mainly has the custom of picking clear dew, brewing grain wine and drinking Bailu tea. Among them, picking dew is the most special custom in the Millennium. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica recorded that "when the autumn dew is numerous, it is gathered on a plate and fried like a cake, which makes people not hungry." There is also a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, tea is needed, and autumn dew is needed". At this time, the tea tree has experienced the summer heat, and when it grows best, the tea at this time is the best.