How many days until the beginning of autumn in 2018? What are the customs and habits during the Beginning of Autumn?
The Beginning of Autumn, as the first solar term in autumn, is a turning point of the season. The arrival of the Beginning of Autumn marks the beginning of the early autumn. After that, the weather will slowly turn cooler from the scorching heat of midsummer. How many days will it take until the Beginning of Autumn in 2018? What are the customs and habits during the Beginning of Autumn? The sixth lunar month of 2018 also ushered in summer. Follow the Fortune Teller website and we will accompany you through a hot summer.How many days until the beginning of autumn in 2018?Tuesday, August 7, 2018 (June 26, Wuxu Year (Year of the Dog), there are 5 days left until the Beginning of Autumn 2018. The Beginning of Autumn is the 13th solar term in the 24 solar terms. It falls between August 7 and 9 of the Gregorian calendar every year. It is the end of the Wei month in the Ganzhi calendar and the beginning of the Shen month.What are the customs and habits of Liqiu?It is a popular folk custom to weigh people on the day of the Beginning of Autumn and compare their weight with that at the Beginning of Summer. Because people have no appetite in the summer and their meals are light and simple, after two or three months, big trouble usually arises: they have to lose some weight. With the arrival of autumn wind, appetite opens up. People want to eat something delicious to increase nutrition and make up for the loss in summer. The way to make up for it is to "put on weight in autumn": on the day of the Beginning of Autumn, eat all kinds of meat, stewed meat, roasted meat, braised pork, etc., "put on weight with meat"."Putting on weight in autumn" is popular among the people in Beijing and Hebei. On this day, ordinary people eat stewed meat, while more sophisticated families eat boiled meat, braised meat, meat-stuffed dumplings, stewed chicken, stewed duck, braised fish, etc. Autumn "Gnawing Autumn" is also called "Biting Autumn" in some places. People in Tianjin pay attention to eating watermelon or cantaloupe on the day of the Beginning of Autumn, which is called "biting the autumn". It means that the scorching summer heat is unbearable, so when the Beginning of Autumn comes, people will bite it. Jiangsu and other places also eat watermelon on the day of the Beginning of Autumn to "bite autumn", which is said to prevent autumn prickly heat. In Zhejiang and other places, people have the habit of eating watermelon and liquor together on the Beginning of Autumn day, which is believed to prevent malaria. People in the city buy a watermelon on the day of the Beginning of Autumn and take it home. The whole family gathers together to eat it, which is called the Beginning of Autumn. The country people, on the other hand, eat autumn fruits in a much more unrestrained way. They sat on the ground in groups of three or five in the melon shed and under the shade of the trees, munching on red-fleshed watermelons, green-fleshed cantaloupes, white sweet potatoes, and golden corn cobs. The joyful act of chewing autumn fruits actually expresses the joy of a good harvest. Autumn Festival was originally a day for worshiping the land god in autumn. It began in the Han Dynasty. Later generations set the Autumn Festival on the fifth day after the beginning of autumn. At this point the harvest target has been achieved, and both the government and the people offer sacrifices to the gods to express their gratitude on this day. In the Song Dynasty, there was a custom of eating cakes, drinking wine, and women returning to their parents' homes during the Autumn Festival. The poem "Not Seen" by Han Wei of the Tang Dynasty reads: "I wish to be a swallow in your house, and I will not return even when the Autumn Festival comes." In some places, the sayings of "building a community", "worshiping the community gods" and "cooking community porridge" are still popular today. The Autumn Busy Season Fair is usually held in July or August of the lunar calendar. It is a business and trade conference to prepare for the Autumn Busy Season. Some are held in conjunction with temple fairs, while others are trade fairs held solely for the busy autumn season. Its goal is to exchange production tools, sell livestock, exchange food and daily necessities, etc. Its scale is similar to that of the summer busy fair, with a mule and horse market, a grain market, a farm tool production market, cloth, and a Beijing-Guangzhou grocery market. Nowadays, such gatherings are called "Economic and Trade Exchange Conferences." During the festival, there will be drama performances, horse racing, monkey shows and other cultural programs to liven up the party. |
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