The Origin and Customs of beginning of autumn

First, the origin of beginning of autumn

"beginning of autumn" is also a sign of bumper harvest. The so-called "autumn is not cool and the seeds are not yellow" is more conducive to beginning of autumn's harvest. Beginning of autumn means that summer will cool down and autumn will begin. This is a solar term that reflects the season. According to "Twenty-four solar terms": "Autumn is also contending, and things gather here". Beginning of autumn not only indicates that hot summer is coming, but also autumn is coming. It also means that the vegetation begins to bear fruit and children, and the harvest season is here. The ancients regarded beginning of autumn as an important moment at the turn of summer and autumn, and always attached great importance to this solar term, so it was also called "beginning of autumn".

Second, what are the customs in beginning of autumn?

Since the Republic of China, in the vast rural areas, people are used to predicting the hot and cold weather in beginning of autumn during the day or 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. The main customs in beginning of autumn are: beginning of autumn Festival, autumn touching, autumn busy parties, autumn fat stickers and so on. Beginning of autumn Festival, also known as July Festival, means a year's harvest for farmers, and it is also a good solar term.