Beginning of autumn in 2023.
Beginning of autumn, the 13 solar term in 24 solar terms, is the first solar term in autumn, which falls on August 7-9 of the Gregorian calendar every year. 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 fat and biting autumn. Beginning of autumn refers to the beginning, and autumn represents the maturity of crops.
People will eat watermelon on this day in beginning of autumn: beginning of autumn usually eats watermelon for the last time this year. People think that after beginning of autumn, it will get cold sooner or later, and eating cold food will be uncomfortable, so they don't eat watermelon after beginning of autumn. In early autumn, both adults and children should eat autumn peaches, one for each person. After eating, they will save the peach stones for New Year's Eve and throw them into the stove to burn them to ashes.
The beginning of the autumn statement
The division between morning and evening in beginning of autumn is determined by the noon of a day. If beginning of autumn time is in the morning, then this year's beginning of autumn is early autumn. If it is the afternoon of early autumn, it will be late autumn this year. Beginning of autumn time this year is two o'clock in the afternoon, so beginning of autumn is late this year. There is a folk saying that it is cold in early autumn and hot in late autumn.
This means that it will be cooler in the morning in early autumn, and it will be hotter in the afternoon after beginning of autumn. According to 15-day forecast, the highest temperature after beginning of autumn can reach 35 degrees, and the lowest temperature is 26 degrees, accompanied by periodic rainfall, which is generally cooler than before beginning of autumn. In case of late autumn, the weather will be hot for a while, which is conducive to crop growth and represents a bumper harvest in autumn.