Jiangnan has the custom of eating watermelon in early autumn. Eating fruit in beginning of autumn is called "biting autumn". Autumn peaches used to be very popular in Hangzhou. In early autumn, adults and children eat autumn peaches, one for each person, and keep the core after eating. Wait until New Year's Eve, throw the peach stones into the stove and burn them to ashes. It is thought that this will save the plague for a year.

In Beijing, Hebei and other places, it is popular among the people to "paste autumn fat" and eat delicious food. Of course, meat is the first choice, and "paste fat with meat." On this day, ordinary people eat stew, especially cook the meat and braised pork, as well as jiaozi, stewed chicken, stewed duck and braised fish.