The custom of eating eggplant in beginning of autumn comes from a legend in Ming Dynasty. It is said that one of the soldiers under General Chang Yuchun stole a cantaloupe from a farmer after Xu Da, the general of Ming Dynasty, laid down Beiping House, the capital of Yuan Dynasty. Chang Yuchun is very strict with soldiers, and soldiers who steal melons should be put to death. At this time, the peasants came out and said that there was a custom in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was not stealing for beginning of autumn to pick melons. Chang Yuchun pardoned the soldiers. Unexpectedly, as soon as the melon pickers in beginning of autumn were innocent, other soldiers began to snatch melons. In order to reward soldiers, Chang Yuchun found a substitute for autumn fertilizer-the only eggplant with meat and meat flavor among vegetables. Therefore, the custom of eating eggplant in beginning of autumn has been passed down.

2. Nanjing "gnawing autumn"

Beginning of autumn solar term will be ushered in this Sunday, and beginning of autumn is the third node after the summer solstice. There is a custom of "gnawing at autumn" in beginning of autumn solar terms in old Nanjing, and there are some very interesting sayings, such as "the last 18 pots in beginning of autumn", which means that there is still a long period of heat after beginning of autumn; In addition, there is a distinction between autumn for men and autumn for women in beginning of autumn, and there is a saying that autumn is cool for men and hot for women.

3, Beijing "paste autumn fat" to eat meat

Every year in beginning of autumn, according to the custom of old Beijing, we eat meat, which means "pasting autumn fat". In front of some time-honored meat counters in Beijing, customers who buy meat products will queue up. Once in beginning of autumn, although the weather is still very hot, people's bodies are no longer wet. After all, cool autumn is coming. So I began to sprout the idea of making something delicious to make up for the deficit since summer. What should I eat? The most satisfying thing is stew! Eating stew to make up for the fat lost in summer is called "sticking autumn fertilizer"