What traditional food does southern beginning of autumn eat?

The traditional foods eaten in early autumn in the south are as follows:

1, beginning of autumn eats watermelon.

On this day in beginning of autumn, a great tradition in the south is to eat watermelon, which is called "biting autumn" and is also called "biting autumn" in some places. People think that eating watermelon on this day can not only relieve summer heat, but also prevent diseases, which also means sending away summer and welcoming autumn. Common "autumn bite" fruits include watermelon, peach and wax gourd. Even expanding to different crops such as sweet potato and corn is actually a joy of harvest.

2. beginning of autumn eats meat

Autumn is the most suitable tonic season for human body. On this day in beginning of autumn, the custom of "pasting autumn fertilizer" prevailed in Beijing and Hebei. Because it is hot in summer, people generally have no appetite and tend to lose weight. Of course, we should improve our life and eat more meat to make up for the energy we consume in the hot summer in early autumn. Most of its meat is cooked into braised pork, boiled meat or stewed chicken and duck.

3. beginning of autumn eats autumn peaches

In the south of the Yangtze River, beginning of autumn has the custom of eating autumn peaches. Peaches are called "Shoutao" and "Xiantao" and have always been regarded as auspicious things in traditional culture. Eating peaches in early autumn conveys people's happiness for the future. After eating peaches, you should leave the peach stones until New Year's Eve, and then burn them quietly, praying for good weather and good luck in the coming year.

4. beginning of autumn eats "slag"

In some areas, it is very popular for beginning of autumn to eat "dross". This dregs refers to bean curd dregs, which is cooked by adding some chopped vegetable leaves to the pot. Bean curd residue is a good food for cleaning the stomach. People think that if beginning of autumn eats tofu dregs on this day, adults and children will not have diarrhea and other gastrointestinal problems all autumn, which means praying for health.

5. beginning of autumn eats jiaozi.

Folk call it the custom of eating jiaozi in beginning of autumn solar terms, also known as "biting autumn". At this time, because of the summer heat, people have a bad appetite, and many people will lose weight. After beginning of autumn, the weather became colder. So it is also one of the ways to come back and "make up". Eating jiaozi is also a way to chop meat into jiaozi, and the whole family will get together to "bite autumn", which also means that autumn can keep fit.