Beginning of autumn is divided into three periods: "A cool breeze blows gently; Waiting for the white dew to fall; Wait for three cool. " The arrival of cool wind: when the temperature changes, people will feel cool when the wind blows, and the wind at this time is different from the hot wind in summer; White dew falls: there will be white fog in the morning, which has not yet condensed; Cicada: Cicada that feels gloomy in autumn also begins to sing.
The ancients regarded "beginning of autumn" as an important moment at the turn of summer and autumn. Like other solar terms, some dietary customs in beginning of autumn have been passed down since ancient times, most of which are related to disease prevention. As the saying goes, "Food is the most important thing for the people", and the ancients adjusted their bodies according to different seasonal foods to reduce diseases.
You should know that Tibet conforms to the natural laws of spring, summer, autumn and winter. If you want to prolong your life, you should conform to it and follow it.
Although it is said that "an autumn rain and a cold", it is still dog days in beginning of autumn, and the weather is still very hot. The so-called "half fire in July, osmanthus steaming in August" and "autumn tiger" are quite fierce, so we have to guard against them. The climate in this period is characterized by high temperature, low pressure, high humidity and low wind speed. At this time, heat is easy to consume gas and damage body fluids, and health preservation should focus on clearing heat and drying dampness, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, and supporting yang, so most of beginning of autumn's dietary customs are related to this.
Eat eggplant
Early autumn is a good time to eat eggplant.
There is a folk proverb: "Eggplant grows in summer, and beginning of autumn eats eggplant". Early autumn is a good time to eat eggplant, because people think that to deal with the "autumn tiger", we should eat some foods that clear away heat and relieve summer heat, such as eggplant. Chinese medicine believes that eggplant is sweet, cold and non-toxic. Into the spleen, stomach and intestine, it has the effects of clearing away heat, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain. In addition, eggplant is the only fleshy vegetable, suitable for people who want to stick to autumn fertilizer but have no money to buy meat.
Eat watermelon
Watermelon can stimulate appetite, help digestion, quench thirst, relieve summer heat, induce diuresis, promote metabolism and nourish nutrition.
China folks have the custom of "biting autumn" on the day of beginning of autumn, that is, eating watermelon on the day of beginning of autumn, which means biting autumn tiger with watermelon to welcome the cool autumn.
The ancients believed that eating watermelon in beginning of autumn could dispel the evil in early autumn, nourish the five internal organs and avoid diarrhea in winter and spring. In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Dao's "Huangdi's Theory of Four Qi Regulating Spirit" recorded this: "beginning of autumn can avoid diarrhea by eating melons and biting autumn."
According to the custom of Guinness Miscellanies in Qing Dynasty, people slept Chen Bing melon, steamed preserved eggplant and Elsholtzia soup in the yard the day before in beginning of autumn, and ate them in beginning of autumn on the same day to clear away heat and relieve summer heat and avoid dysentery. Xiangxieyin is an ancient prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, which consists of Xiangxieyin, white lentils and Magnolia officinalis. Has the effects of relieving summer-heat, eliminating dampness and stopping dysentery.
Eat meat
The delicious brown sugar braised pork cooked by teacher Chou-heung.
In beginning of autumn, there is a folk custom of "pasting autumn fat". People in "bitter summer" have a bad appetite and want to replenish calories before the weather turns cold, so eating stew is the first choice. Stewed meat can not only supplement essential nutrients such as fat, protein and various trace elements, but also enhance the body's resistance. In addition, all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines used for stewing meat have the effects of eliminating plague, removing dampness, tonifying deficiency and stopping diarrhea.
Beginning of autumn solar terms are the prosperous period of longan in Taiwan Province. Longan is known as "South Longan and North Ginseng" because of its high nutritional content. After beginning of autumn, the weather became cold. Eating longan has a warming effect on people with allergies, dizziness and cold limbs, especially on anemia, insomnia and forgetfulness. This is a good health tonic.
Eat small red beans
Zhejiang has the custom of beginning of autumn sending small red beans with autumn water. Take 7~ 14 adzuki beans and swallow them with well water. Face west when you take it. It is said that they will not get dysentery in autumn.
Beginning of autumn's tonic needs to regulate the spleen and stomach first, and should focus on clearing away heat and promoting diuresis and strengthening the spleen. Small red beans just have this effect, which can expel the evil of damp-heat in the body in time and promote the recovery of spleen and stomach function. At the same time, adzuki beans also have the function of enriching blood, which can lay the foundation for tonic in autumn and winter.
Have a cool cake.
There is a custom in Jinhua, Zhejiang, that beginning of autumn will eat cold cakes on this day. Is to boil sweet potato starch into soup and pour it into a bowl. Wait until the next morning to form a whole piece. It looks like a round and clear white jade, and then it is cut into small pieces and sprinkled with sugar, vinegar and mint. Cool and refreshing, sweet and sour appetizer. Jinhua Gaoliang is made of pure natural raw materials, which has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, detoxifying and eliminating dampness, yin beauty, moistening dryness and caring skin.