The weather in Beijing in early September

Sitting around in the study in the afternoon, I feel that reading is very difficult, I can't stand the heat, and I am sweating all over. But after a while, when I opened the window, a cool breeze blew away the summer heat, and my spirit did not feel refreshed. I checked my calendar, and it turns out that today is 14: 54, beginning of autumn. Ah, so it's autumn.

Beginning of autumn is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, which marks the arrival of autumn.

As the saying goes, "It is cold in beginning of autumn in the morning and hot in beginning of autumn at night", which means that if beginning of autumn time is in the morning, the weather will be cool; Beginning of autumn time in the afternoon, it will be hot for a while. This year should belong to "late autumn".

Because my birthday is in autumn, my feelings for autumn have a long history.

Today, let's talk about the topic related to "autumn".

The language of autumn

In junior high school textbooks, the famous scientist Mr. Zhu Kezhen's article "Natural Language" vividly compares the phenology of various places to "natural language". So, what is the language of autumn?

Autumn is the transitional season when the weather turns from hot to cold, and then from cold to cold.

The word "autumn" consists of the word "valley" and the word "fire", indicating the maturity of the five grains.

In autumn, in the north temperate zone, the most representative languages are cool wind, frost dew and cold.

In fact, autumn is divided into three stages:

At the beginning, a cool breeze came. "Zhou Yu" said: Fire sees cool breeze. The temperature changes and the cold begins.

Wait, the Millennium falls. After the heavy rain, the cool wind came and the weather dropped. Those white beads have not yet condensed, so the white dew drips, showing the white of autumn gold.

Third class, chilling. Chilling, "Er Ya" said chilling, small and blue.

Although there is a saying that it is autumn, throw away the fan. However, although the "beginning of autumn" solar term has arrived, it does not mean that the autumn climate has arrived. At this time, most areas have not yet entered the autumn climate. Traditional Chinese medicine calls the period from beginning of autumn to the autumnal equinox "long summer".

Due to the vast territory of China, the climate is very different. Qiu Lai's earliest Heilongjiang and northern Xinjiang will also fall in mid-August, and Beijing will begin to enjoy the autumn wind in early September. Autumn in Qinhuai will begin in mid-September, and it will blow to Hengyang, Hunan in early October. The news of autumn won't reach Leizhou Peninsula until the middle of 1 1. When the footsteps of autumn reach Yaxian County in Hainan, the end of the world, it's almost the New Year.

Autumn custom

The customs of autumn vary from time to time, but they all show a strong cultural atmosphere.

In the Song Dynasty, on the day of beginning of autumn, the plane tree planted in the flowerpot was moved into the palace. It's time for "beginning of autumn". Tai Shigong shouted, "Autumn is here." After the play, the phoenix tree dropped one or two leaves to express autumn.

In summer, people lose appetite, eat less and lose weight slightly. With the autumn wind, I have a big appetite and want to make up for the loss in summer. The solution is to "paste autumn fat", eat meat first and paste fat meat together.

Tianjin and other places pay attention to eating watermelon or cantaloupe from beginning of autumn on this day, which means "biting autumn", which means that it is hot in summer, and you will take a bite when you arrive in beginning of autumn.

On beginning of autumn night, there is a custom of "touching autumn" in the north of Yancheng, Jiangsu. Autumn is a mature season, and all kinds of melons and fruits in the fields are fragrant, which makes people drool early. Everyone is eager to have a good addiction at the touch of autumn. Many families want to leave some ripe fruits in the fields for people to touch autumn.

On this night, local people can touch all kinds of melons and fruits in private or collective melon gardens. People who have lost "Qiu" will not swear no matter how much they lose.

This custom began in the Yuan Dynasty. According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a peasant uprising army appeared in the Huaihe River Basin. The soldiers who participated in the uprising were all farmers. They suffered from the military disaster of the Yuan army and hated the harassment of soldiers. This team has strict discipline, and Qiu has not committed any criminal acts. One day, the rebels moved to the bank of Huaihe River, and it was inconvenient to disturb the people at night, so they camped in the open air. Several soldiers were so hungry that they picked some melons and fruits in the field to satisfy their hunger. The commander-in-chief found out about it, and he was going to punish the soldiers. After the villagers learned about it, they pleaded with the coach. In order to excuse the soldiers' mistakes, an old man casually said, "Don't touch the autumn in August and steal things." The soldiers were pardoned for this. That day happened to be the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and since then, there has been the custom of "touching autumn".

The taste of autumn

"I quit filariasis this morning, and the business surge has been surprising. The sky accepts the colors of summer and leaves move in autumn. " In China's classical poems, autumn gives people a profound and rich feeling. Some people think that autumn is bleak, others think that autumn is generous and heroic.

Song Yu, a great poet in the Warring States Period, chanted in Nine Arguments: "Alas, autumn is the spirit! The bleak vegetation shakes down and becomes weak. " The autumn atmosphere makes people feel sad, and the bleak autumn wind will keep blowing down the vegetation and gradually decline and wither.

In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, in the late autumn, the poet Li Bai boarded the Xieshou North Building in Xuancheng, full of poetry: the river is picturesque and the mountains look at the clear sky at night. Between the two rivers, one lake is like a bright mirror; The two bridges on the river look like rainbows falling from the sky. Orange forest pomelo is set off in the cold smoke of kitchen smoke; Autumn is boundless, and the phoenix tree has become old. Who will go to the North Building to thank the public?

Express your depression and sadness to the fullest, giving people a feeling of loneliness and melancholy.

When autumn comes, most people feel sad and lonely. But Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: Since ancient times, every autumn has been lonely. I say autumn is better than spring. There is no one in the clear sky in Wan Li, and a crane, Ling Yunfei, has aroused my meditation on the blue sky.

He said frankly that autumn is better than spring! On a sunny day, a white crane flapped its wings and struggled to push away the surrounding clouds and fly deep into the sky. This scene led my high poem to the outside of the cloud nine.

Generous feelings, intense emotions and calm posture make us feel the unique charm of autumn strongly.

There are always endless topics about autumn. But recently, due to the epidemic, I can't go hiking in autumn, and I look forward to getting rid of the plague as soon as possible.

When the weather is getting colder and colder, I will invite some friends to take an autumn trip, taste green tea, climb the cold mountain, see the red leaves, soak in the autumn wind, see the autumn rain, listen to the cold rain banana and appreciate the insects in the lake.

I believe my wish will come true.