When is beginning of autumn in 2022?
What is the date of beginning of autumn in 2022?
Beginning of autumn in 2022 is August 7th, 2022, July of the year of Renyin 10.
Beginning of autumn doesn't mean that the extremely 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.
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 means rain, storm, humidity, etc. It is at the turning point of the year and tends to decrease or decline. 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.
Traditional customs in early autumn
Autumn is the harvest season, and people have the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest.
There is a custom of "beginning of autumn gnawing autumn melons" in the south. Eat more watermelons in autumn to prevent autumn dryness and form a custom for a long time. The Records of the Capital published in the Republic of China recorded: "beginning of autumn ate watermelon the day before, which is called gnawing autumn." It also means welcoming the arrival of autumn.
Sunbathing in autumn is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.
For a long time, in the vast rural areas of China, people used to predict the hot and cold weather in beginning of autumn during the day or at night. There is also the custom of tasting new things with watermelon and green beans and offering sacrifices to ancestors. On the day before beginning of autumn, Chen Bing had the customs of eating melons, steaming eggplant and frying fragrant incense.
Agricultural activities in early autumn
Before and after beginning of autumn, the temperature in most parts of China was still on the high side, various crops were growing vigorously, mid-season rice blossomed and bore fruit, single-night round stalks, soybean pods, corn silking, cotton bolling, and sweet potato tubers expanded rapidly, all of which urgently needed water. The drought in this period will cause irreparable damage to the final harvest of crops. Therefore, there are sayings that "the rice turns into rice after three rains in beginning of autumn" and "the autumn rain is falling, and gold is everywhere".
After autumn, the temperature is still high in most parts of China around beginning of autumn, and all kinds of crops grow vigorously. Mid-season rice blooms and bears fruit, stalks round overnight, soybean pods, corn ears, cotton bolls and sweet potato tubers expand rapidly, so the demand for water is very urgent. The drought in this period will cause irreparable damage to the final harvest of crops. Therefore, there are sayings that "the rice turns into rice after three rains in beginning of autumn" and "the autumn rain is falling, and gold is everywhere". Double-night growth is in a high-temperature to low-temperature environment, so we must seize the favorable opportunity of high temperature, topdressing and ploughing to strengthen management.