There is a folk saying that "summer sowing grows eggplant and beginning of autumn eats eggplant". Early autumn is a good time to eat eggplant. Folk custom beginning of autumn put melons, steamed preserved eggplant and fragrant soup in the yard the day before, and beginning of autumn ate them, which is said to have a good health preserving effect.

2. Prevention of dysentery: People in the Tang and Song Dynasties ate red beans in autumn.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been a custom for people to put adzuki beans in autumn water when they are in beginning of autumn-take seven to fourteen adzuki beans, swallow them with well water, and face west when taking them, so it is said that dysentery in autumn can be avoided. We can also follow the example of the ancients and eat some adzuki beans in beginning of autumn to make nutrition porridge, which tastes better.

3. Anti-diarrhea green vegetable tofu can not be less

Beginning of autumn is popular in Laixi, Shandong Province to eat "dregs", which is a kind of small tofu made of soybean milk and vegetables. There is a saying that "adults and children don't spit or pull after eating beginning of autumn dregs". So many dietary customs are mostly to prevent dysentery, which shows the awareness of prevention of autumn diarrhea.

4. "Stick on autumn fertilizer" and eat some meat

After the intense heat, most people lost a little weight. With the autumn wind, my appetite is wide open. I want to eat something good and supplement some nutrition to make up for the loss in summer. Northerners call it "autumn fat paste".