1, Lunar 7? Between (Gregorian calendar 8? 7? )? Autumn is a traditional festival with a long history. As early as the Zhou dynasty, every? Qiuna? , day? The head of the three princes and nine princes? Is the husband here? Autumn in the suburbs, elevator? Sacrificial ceremony. In the Han Dynasty, this custom was followed, and animals were sacrificed to show Qiu Lai's intention to promote martial arts. ? Sometimes? Autumn accounts for? God? Hot and cold? Vulgar. Cui Yan made four orders in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Korea? Autumn, cold; At night? Autumn is the end of the heat. " Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, is it this autumn? Take it? Vulgar. Take seven and four? , to the well? Swallow, when to take it? North Korea? It is said that this is ok? Don't have dysentery in autumn.

2. Official Sacrifice

Official sacrificial activities are more of a symbol and ceremony. In the folk, whether for farming or daily life, people's feelings about seasonal changes are undoubtedly more direct and sensitive. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, there are many folk festivals and customs in beginning of autumn. Because autumn is the harvest season, the "purpose" of beginning of autumn Festival activities is also very clear.

3. Various folk sacrificial activities

Folk sacrifices naturally pray for the smooth farming, so the first thing to worship is the land god. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, farmers usually send all kinds of prepared sacrifices to the fields in early autumn to pray for a bumper harvest. In some places in Guizhou, there is also the custom of tasting new food on the tenth day around beginning of autumn. Farmers use new rice to cook for farmers, and then give the rice to their elders at home. In addition, in Changzhou, the custom of beginning of autumn's visit to General Liu Meng still remains. Liu Meng, whose real name was Liu Chengzhong, was the commander-in-chief of the Jianghuai area in the late Yuan Dynasty. It is said that he made great contributions to exterminating locusts when he was in power in the local area. After death, he was gradually felt and sacrificed by local people. Later, in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, due to various coincidences, the Qing government officially ordered a national spring and autumn festival to guard against the plague of locusts. Now the folk customs around Changzhou should have been left over at that time.

Sacrifice expansion:

Speaking of sacrifice, I remember being woken up by my grandfather at two or three in the morning on New Year's Eve when I was a child. We took three animals (pig's head, chicken and fish) to the Earth Temple for sacrifice. We should set off firecrackers first, then kneel down three times and knock nine times, and pray for good weather and good harvests in the coming year. My grandfather has been a farmer for generations. He lives on several plots of land and is very strict about the sacrifice of the land. Maybe in the past, beginning of autumn paid more attention to sacrifice, but now even in the New Year, few people go to sacrifice, so it is not easy to get together.

Sacrificial culture

Sacrifice has always been sacred in China. When I was a child, adults always told children not to play around in advance when doing ceremonies or worshipping. This is also piety to sacrifice. Of course, every place has its own set of different rules, sometimes what can't be done and what must be done, which have been handed down by our ancestors for thousands of years. In my family, grandpa usually presides over such things, which are mainly divided into two types: ancestor worship and thank-you stoves. "Xie Zao" is also a traditional folk custom. Although there are differences in different places, the purpose is the same. Kitchen God reported to the Jade Emperor in the sky. He has been busy for a whole year, keeping the kitchen fire burning and eating safely. In order to express gratitude to him, people gave him a farewell dinner, which was called Xie Zao.

Brief introduction of solar terms in beginning of autumn:

The 13 solar term in 24 solar terms is the first solar term in autumn, which marks the official start of the Qiu Meng season and generally indicates that the hot summer is coming, and autumn is coming, and its date is between August 7th and 9th in the Gregorian calendar every year.

Autumn doesn't mean the hot weather is over. Beginning of autumn is still in the summer heat period, and the summer heat will not come out until the second solar term in autumn, and the weather is still very hot in early autumn. The so-called "heat is in the dog days", which is also called "beginning of autumn falls later", and there is at least "falling" hot weather after beginning of autumn. According to the calculation method of "dog days", the days of "beginning of autumn" are often in the middle of dog days, that is to say, the heat is not over, and the real coolness usually comes after the Millennium solar terms.

Customs in early autumn:

1, later autumn fat?

Sticking autumn fat is a folk custom in early autumn. On this day in early autumn, people will weigh people with hanging scales and compare them with those in long summer. Because people have no appetite in summer,

The food is light and simple, and you lose weight in two or three months. So when I arrived in early autumn, the weather became cool and my appetite was wide open. I want to eat something good, supplement some nutrition and make up for it.

The loss in summer is called "pasting autumn fertilizer".

2. Autumn?

On this day in beginning of autumn, people will have the custom of eating watermelon, which is called "eating autumn". An old man said that after this day, you can't eat watermelon any more. Therefore, people are standing.

In autumn, I will buy a watermelon and go home, and the whole family will eat it around. This is autumn.

3. Eat jiaozi?

Beginning of autumn's eating jiaozi is also called "grabbing autumn fat". If I catch a jiaozi in your bowl, I will be strong in autumn and make up for the oil and water lost in summer.