What are the customs of autumn?

Abstract: The arrival of the Beginning of Autumn means the beginning of autumn. People attach great importance to this time, so various autumn customs have been formed among the people. In the north, the custom of putting on autumn fat can be said to be very popular; people in Taiwan are popular in eating longan; and in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating autumn peaches at the beginning of autumn. In addition, there are many taboos around the Beginning of Autumn. For example, you cannot walk in the fields, have sex, or take a bath on the day of Beginning of Autumn. Let’s take a look at these autumn customs and taboos with the editor. What are some autumn customs? It is popular among the people to weigh themselves on the day of Beginning of Autumn and compare it with the weight at Beginning of Summer. The autumn breeze has whetted my appetite, and I want to eat something good to make up for the losses of summer. The way to make up for it is to "put on autumn fat": eat delicious delicacies, and of course meat is the first choice. The so-called "meat to put on fat".

Weighing water In the old days, people filled containers of the same size with water before and after the beginning of autumn, and then weighed them. If the water before the Beginning of Autumn is heavy, it means there is heavy submerged water, and there will be less rain in autumn; if the water is heavy after the Beginning of Autumn, there will be more rain in autumn, which may lead to autumn floods.

Nanqiu, also known as Qiuqiu, is a custom of the Han people every year. That means eating melons in autumn. Tianjin pays attention to eating watermelon or cantaloupe on the day of Beginning of Autumn, which is called "biting autumn", which means that the hot summer is unbearable and it is the beginning of autumn, so bite it. Jiangsu and other places also eat watermelon on the Beginning of Autumn to "bite the autumn". It is said that autumn prickly heat can be avoided. In Zhejiang and other places, people eat watermelon and shochu together on the Beginning of Autumn, which is believed to prevent malaria.

Eating "Zha" is popular in Shandong, Sichuan and other regions. It is popular to eat "Zha" in the Beginning of Autumn - a kind of small tofu made with minced beans and green vegetables. There is also a saying that "eating the dregs of Beginning of Autumn will prevent adults and children from vomiting." Don’t even pull” as the saying goes.

Autumn Bussiness Meeting The Autumn Bussiness Meeting is one of the customs of the Beginning of Autumn. It is usually held in the seventh and eighth months of the lunar calendar. It is a business and trade meeting to prepare for the autumn rush. Its purpose is to exchange production tools and sell livestock. , exchange food and daily necessities, etc.

Qiu She is also one of the customs of the Beginning of Autumn. Qiu She was originally a day for worshiping the earth god in autumn. It started in the Han Dynasty. Later generations set Qiu She on the fifth day after the beginning of autumn, when the harvest has been harvested. Afterwards, both the government and the people offered sacrifices to the gods on this day to thank them.

The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this night, married women who have not yet given birth, accompanied by their sister-in-law or other female companions, go to the fields under melon stands and bean sheds to pick melons and beans secretly, hence the name Moqiu. It is said that if you touch a pumpkin, you are likely to have a boy; if you touch a lentil, you are likely to have a girl; if you touch a white lentil, it is more auspicious. In addition to giving birth to a girl, it is also a good sign of growing old.

Eating autumn peaches has a custom of eating autumn peaches at the beginning of autumn in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. On the Beginning of Autumn, everyone eats autumn peaches, one for each person, and hides the peach core after eating the peach. On New Year's Eve, peach stones are thrown into the stove and burned to ashes. People think that this can avoid the plague for a year.

Eating "Fuyuan" during the Beginning of Autumn is the peak season for longan in Taiwan. People believe that if you eat longan meat, your descendants will become high officials, and longan is also called "Fu Yuan", so there is a saying: eating Fu Yuan will give birth to children and grandchildren.

Eating red beans has been a custom since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and in the Beginning of Autumn, people must use well water to eat red beans. Take seven to fourteen small adzuki beans and swallow them with well water. Face west when taking it. It is said that you can avoid dysentery throughout the autumn.

During the Qing Dynasty, it was popular among Jiaxing folk to use hanging scales to weigh children on this day, and then compare the weight with the Beginning of Summer to test whether they were fat or thin. Weight loss was called "Bitter Summer" ". At that time, people believed that since they were thin, they needed to "make up for it", which was commonly known as "autumn fat" at the beginning of autumn.

Wuxi people also have an interesting saying that they will meet Li Loach on the day of Beginning of Autumn. If there are strong winds and heavy rains in autumn, the loaches in the rice fields will stand upright in the water on the first day of autumn.

Eating eggs In addition, on the day of the Beginning of Autumn, there are also customs in other parts of my country such as eating eggs and peaches. Eggs are calm in nature, can replenish qi deficiency, and have the function of calming the mind and nourishing the heart.

Prayer for blessings In the Wujin area of ??Changzhou, the Autumn Festival is held at the beginning of autumn to commemorate the mighty general Bodhisattva and pray for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

What are the taboos about walking in the fields at the beginning of autumn? In the old days, there was a folk taboo against walking in the fields on the day of the beginning of autumn, because it was considered to be detrimental to the autumn harvest.

Don’t take a bath in Laixi, Shandong. Don’t take a bath on the Beginning of Autumn, otherwise you will get itchiness on your body. In Huang County, it is believed that taking a bath on the day of Beginning of Autumn will cause diarrhea after autumn.

Avoid thunder. There is a folk proverb in Xiaogan, Hubei Province: "Thunder and lightning at the beginning of autumn will cause God to harvest half of the crops." It means that if there is thunder and lightning at the beginning of autumn, God will take back half of the crops, which means that food production will be reduced.

In Shimen, Zhejiang, there is a farmer's proverb that says: "Thunderbolts in autumn will damage the late rice. There will be more thunder after autumn, and the late rice will be less harvested."; in Huaiyang, Henan, people believe that if there is thunder at the beginning of autumn, something will happen. flood.

Avoid raining early in Xinhe, Hebei Province, and avoid raining on the first day of autumn. It rains at the beginning of autumn and will continue to rain thereafter, hindering harvesting.

In Suichang, Zhejiang, there is a saying that "the beginning of autumn rain starts, and there is no grass to feed cattle." People believe that if it rains at the beginning of autumn, it will either be drought or flood after that.

It is taboo to see a rainbow in Mouping, Shandong, Nanchang, Jiangsu, Changshu, Jiangsu and other places. It is taboo to see a rainbow at the beginning of autumn because it is believed that grain production will be reduced.

Avoid having sex after the beginning of autumn. The weather is hot and dry, but the temperature difference increases and the temperature gradually decreases. The ancients believed that having sex in autumn and winter would deplete the body's yang energy, and it was the season when one needed to recharge one's energy.