When is the Autumnal Equinox in 2017? What can’t you eat during the Autumnal Equinox?
China's 24 solar terms are an ancient timekeeping calendar in our country and the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people. The Autumnal Equinox is one of them. So when is the Autumnal Equinox in 2017? What can’t you eat during the Autumnal Equinox? Let’s follow the editor to learn more about it. The eighth month of the lunar calendar is called the month of osmanthus, because the streets are filled with the fragrance of osmanthus in August, bringing more beautiful atmosphere to the golden autumn season. Let's enjoy the golden autumn of the eighth month of the lunar calendar with this fragrance of osmanthus.When is the Autumnal Equinox in 2017?The Autumnal Equinox, the sixteenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, usually falls between September 22 and 24 of the Gregorian calendar each year. The climate in the south begins to enter autumn from this solar term. First, the sun reaches 180° of ecliptic longitude (autumnal equinox) on this day, and the sun almost directly shines on the earth's equator, and the day and night are equal in length everywhere in the world (without considering the refraction of sunlight by the atmosphere and the morning and evening shadows). After the autumnal equinox, the sun's point continues to move from the equator to the southern hemisphere, and the days begin to become shorter and the nights longer (the day is shorter than the night) in all parts of the northern hemisphere, and the days begin to become longer and the nights shorter (the day is longer than the night) in all parts of the southern hemisphere. Therefore, the autumnal equinox is also called the autumnal equinox.During the autumnal equinox, most parts of my country have entered the cool autumn. The cold air moving south meets the gradually weakening warm and humid air, resulting in repeated precipitation and repeated drops in temperature. As people often say, it is the time when "one autumn rain brings one cold day", but the daily precipitation after the autumnal equinox will not be large. At this time, field farming in the south and north was different. In North my country, there is an agricultural proverb that says: "White Dew comes early, Cold Dew comes late, and it is the right time to plant wheat during the Autumnal Equinox." The proverb clearly stipulates the time for sowing winter wheat in the region; and "White clouds come during the Autumnal Equinox, and good songs and rice planting are everywhere" reflects the time for sowing rice in the Jiangnan region. In addition, the working people's taboos about the Autumnal Equinox were also summarized into proverbs, such as "The only thing to fear during the Autumnal Equinox is thunder and lightning, so what if the rice price is higher?" What can’t you eat during the Autumnal Equinox?In autumn, it is better to eat more warm food and less cold food to protect the stomach. If you eat too much cold food or raw, cold, or unclean fruits, it will lead to internal heat, and toxins will be retained in the body, causing diarrhea, dysentery, etc. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "autumn melons upset the stomach". The elderly, children and the weak should be especially careful.1. Avoid spicy, hot, fragrant and dry foods in autumn: spicy foods and seasonings such as garlic, onion, ginger, star anise, fennel, etc. Eating too much of them can cause dryness and damage yin, aggravate internal heat, and allow dryness to invade the human body. 2. Avoid eating greasy fried foods in autumn: Fried chicken legs, fried quail and other greasy fried foods are difficult to digest after eating in autumn and easily accumulate in the stomach and intestines. In addition, the spleen and stomach functions are weak, and eating greasy fried foods will aggravate the stagnant heat in the body, which is not conducive to the body's adaptation to the dry characteristics of autumn. 3. Avoid eating aquatic plants raw in autumn: Autumn is the season for harvesting most aquatic plants, and it is also the season with the most metacercariae. Such as water chestnuts, wild rice shoots, water caltrops, etc., most of them are white, crisp, cool and refreshing, taste delicious, and have medical effects such as clearing away heat and detoxifying, stimulating appetite and digestion, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough. However, eating this type of aquatic plants raw can easily lead to infection with the ginger worm, causing inflammation, bleeding, edema, and even ulcers in the intestinal mucosa, usually accompanied by diarrhea and loss of appetite. After being infected, children will experience facial edema, developmental delay, intellectual impairment, etc. In severe cases, a few people may die from exhaustion or collapse. Therefore, it is taboo to eat aquatic plants raw in autumn. 4. Avoid eating fatty and sweet foods in autumn: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that autumn is the season for the lungs, and the lungs are responsible for spicy tastes. If the lung qi is too much, it often leads to liver qi depression. Autumn dryness can easily damage body fluids. Therefore, in terms of diet, the focus is on preventing dryness and protecting yin, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and avoiding eating fatty and sweet foods. |
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