In the traditional culture of China, the idiom "quite critical" is used to describe a specific scene in autumn, that is, the leaves of buttonwood trees begin to turn from green to yellow, and then gradually fall. The moral of this idiom is that we can predict the arrival of autumn through the changes of the leaves of buttonwood trees, and then perceive the circulation of years and the changes of seasons.
According to historical records, on the day of beginning of autumn in the Song Dynasty, historians had to wait under the buttonwood planted in the palace. Whenever he saw a buttonwood tree fall, he would loudly say "Autumn is coming" to express the meaning of autumn. Therefore, there is a saying that "a phoenix tree leaves, and the world knows autumn".
The phoenix tree announces autumn, which means that the phoenix tree leaves have fallen, indicating that autumn has arrived. Beginning of autumn is the first solar term in autumn, which marks the official start of autumn. "Autumn" means cool in summer. When we arrived in early autumn, the phoenix tree began to shed its leaves, so there were words like "Autumn is known by falling leaves" and "Phoenix tree reports autumn".
What are the customs in ancient beginning of autumn?
1, called water. In the past, people filled containers of the same size with water before and after beginning of autumn and weighed them. If there is more water in front of beginning of autumn, it means there is more water, so there will be less rain in autumn; If there is a lot of water behind beginning of autumn, there will be more rain in autumn, which may lead to autumn waterlogging. Fishermen also have the habit of calling water in beginning of autumn, and guess the fluctuation of autumn water according to the water quality.
2. Autumn. Chewing autumn refers to the custom of this day or other fruits in beginning of autumn, mainly to prevent autumn dryness, moisten the lungs and produce fluid. Eating autumn is also called "beginning of autumn eats autumn melons" in the south and "biting autumn" in the north. Chewing autumn also means biting autumn, indicating the expectation and joy of harvest.
3. The beginning of Mid-Autumn Festival. Beginning of autumn Festival refers to the custom of holding celebrations at the beginning of autumn, mainly to pray for a bumper harvest and bless peace. Beginning of autumn Festival is very popular in Shandong and other areas. In some places, there are ceremonies to worship ancestors, gods and places. The beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival also means welcoming the arrival of autumn and expressing hopes and wishes for the future.