Among the 24 solar terms, beginning of autumn does not mean the end of hot summer. According to 24 solar terms's ranking, beginning of autumn is followed by a summer solar term. It was still very hot from beginning of autumn to the summer vacation, and I came out after the summer vacation. Since the summer vacation, the summer vacation has gradually subsided. After beginning of autumn, the Yin and Yang qi of nature began to change, and everything sank with the sun's qi, and began to move from lush to mature. In ancient agricultural society, beginning of autumn was of great significance to agriculture.

As the saying goes, "It's cool in early autumn in the morning and hot in early autumn at night", that is to say, if beginning of autumn is early, the weather will soon get cold, and if beginning of autumn is late, the temperature will continue to rise. Generally speaking, beginning of autumn is between June and July in the lunar calendar. If beginning of autumn is in June of the lunar calendar, it is considered as "early autumn"; if beginning of autumn is not in July, it is certainly considered as "late autumn". Beginning of autumn time in 2023 is June 22nd of the lunar calendar, so. 2023 belongs to early autumn.

Early autumn custom

1, autumn festival begins

This custom began in the Zhou Dynasty. On the day of beginning of autumn, the emperor personally led the princes and doctors of three counties and six counties to welcome autumn in this suburb and held a sacrificial ceremony.

2. After "autumn fertilizer"

In early autumn, people are popular to weigh themselves with hanging scales and compare them with those in long summer. Because people in summer have no appetite, and most of them are thinner. With the autumn wind, my appetite is wide open, and the way to make up for the loss in summer is to "paste autumn fat": beginning of autumn eats stew, barbecue, braised pork, etc., and "paste fat with meat".

3. Eating Autumn

Some places are also called "biting autumn". Eating watermelon or cantaloupe on this day in beginning of autumn is called "biting autumn", which means it is extremely hot in hot summer. Take a bite when you get to beginning of autumn. Or eat watermelon and soju together, which is considered a good omen by the people.