Gradually, it means new coolness and good autumn.

It's another cool and beautiful autumn. The meaning is introduced as follows:

It means that after summer, the summer heat gradually disappears and the autumn cool gradually picks up. As the saying goes, "When it is still hot in summer, it is like an autumn tiger", and the fiery "autumn tiger" will still be down a peg or two for a while.

There is a saying in the south that "18 pots of summer heat makes the weather naturally cool", which means that people should take a bath with a pot of water every day after the summer heat. After washing 18 pots, I really felt the cool autumn after the Millennium. Although the weather did not turn cold immediately, at this time, it has already shown the characteristics of early autumn. A cool breeze blows gently in the morning and evening, and it will rain in Mao Mao from time to time. It is "there is a new cool autumn".

The summer vacation is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival in time, and some activities to worship ancestors and think about the past are also included in the solar terms custom. For example, there is often the custom of putting river lanterns near the water. This custom originated from Buddhist bonsai, which means to comfort the dead and repay the kindness of adoptive parents. Later, it added the meaning of praying for the well-being of relatives and a bumper harvest of rice.

River lanterns are usually made of paper and have different shapes, some like boats, some like lotus flowers, and some like bowls and pots. The lamp paper is coated with wax and contains candles. After lighting, let it float on the water. The moon is bright in the sky, and the shadows on the water are flashing, such as stars falling into the water, which is beautiful.

Summer is the turn of summer and autumn, and the human body is vulnerable to "dryness and evil". People eat more cool and nourishing things to relieve summer heat and prevent dryness. Duck meat is sweet and cool, and has obvious effect of relieving autumn dryness, so it is very suitable as a moistening food for summer heat. As the saying goes, "a duck in July and a half, an impression in August and a half", the duck in the middle of July in the lunar calendar is the fattest.

Eating ducks at this time is also a good way to win the lottery. There is an old saying in Jiangsu that "ducks are sent in summer, and every family is disease-free". In summer, stew an old duck pot or fry a piece of duck, and invite neighbors to taste the first bowl. There are various ways to eat ducks in summer, such as radish old duck soup for clearing away heat and moistening lung, steamed duck with mellow sweet wine, and babao duck stuffed with various ingredients, which are both nutritious and delicious and mouth-watering.

Sour plum soup is also a good product to eliminate dryness. As the saying goes, "Sour plum soup in summer, all the internal heat disappears". The main ingredient of sour plum soup in the north is hawthorn, while dark plum is used in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a kind of small green plum with small core and thick meat in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. After natural drying, smoked with charcoal, the prepared ebony has a faint smoke smell, and the lips and teeth remain fragrant. Boil dark plum with rock sugar, licorice, dried tangerine peel, fresh mint and roselle, and a pot of sour plum soup will soon be boiled, which is sweet and slightly salty.