When is the beginning of autumn in 2021? What are the customs of the Beginning of Autumn?

When is the beginning of autumn in 2021? What are the customs of the Beginning of Autumn?
The Beginning of Autumn is one of the 24 solar terms, but not everyone knows when it is. So, let’s take a look at when is the Beginning of Autumn in 2021? The sixth lunar month is the sixth month of the lunar calendar. Whether the days in the sixth lunar month are good or not is also of great concern to everyone. So, come to the Shui Mo website to check whether the days in the sixth lunar month are good or not.

When is the beginning of autumn in 2021?

The dates of the Beginning of Autumn solar term in 2021 are:
August 7, 2021, Saturday, Leo (solar calendar); June 29, 2021, lunar calendar (lunar calendar)
Around the beginning of autumn, the temperature in most parts of China is still high, and various crops are growing vigorously. The medium-season rice is flowering and fruiting, the single and late rice are rounding stalks, the soybeans are setting pods, the corn is tasseling and silking, the cotton is forming bolls, and the sweet potato tubers are swelling rapidly. They all have an urgent need for water. Drought during this period will cause irreparable losses to the final harvest of crops.
As the saying goes, "There is a rain before and after autumn, and a wind before and after the White Dew." This is the conclusion people have drawn from long-term observations of rainfall and temperature drops during the Beginning of Autumn. People undoubtedly welcome the autumn rain. "When it rains at the beginning of autumn, people are happy; when it rains at the end of heat, people are sad." Under normal circumstances, "there are rainy days at the beginning of autumn and the end of heat, and there is a lot of rain in the three autumn months." Not only does it rain, but sometimes there is thunder, which indicates that "thunder at the beginning of autumn and frost after a hundred days."

What are the customs of the Beginning of Autumn?

Custom 1: Eating watermelon
There is a custom of eating watermelon on the Beginning of Autumn in all parts of Jiangsu, which is called "Kenqiu". The beginning of autumn is often the last time to eat watermelon in the year.
Custom 2: Eating "Fu Yuan"
The Beginning of Autumn is the peak production period for Taiwan longan. People believe that if they eat longan flesh, their descendants will become high-ranking officials. Longan is also called "Fuyuan", so there is a saying: Eating Fuyuan will give birth to sons and grandsons who are top scorers in the imperial examination.
Custom 3: Weighing people on a scale
During the Qing Dynasty, it was popular among the people in Jiaxing to weigh children on this day and then compare their weight with that at the beginning of summer to check whether they were fat or thin. Weight loss was called "bitter summer".
Custom 4: Eating dumplings
There is a saying in Northeast China: Sitting is not as good as lying down, and nothing tastes better than dumplings. People usually eat dumplings or steamed buns at the beginning of autumn, which is called "grabbing autumn fat". If I grab a dumpling from your bowl, I can be strong in the autumn and make up for the loss in the summer.

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