Beginning of Autumn is the 13th solar term in the 24 solar terms. It begins on August 7 and ends on August 23 this year. It indicates the hot summer shall pass away, the autumn is drawing near and the weather turns cold gradually.
When it comes to this season, the leaves of the phoenix tree start to fall, thus there is a saying of “One leave falls, autumn arrives.” People can feel the wind is getting cool and see fogs in the morning sometimes. It’s also a season of harvest.
One of the most popular traditions around this time is “to get the autumn fat”. People have little appetite and light diets in summer, so they usually lose some weight. However a cooler weather after the day of Beginning of Autumn stimulates their appetite and they usually have oily and meat dishes for the lost in summer.
“Beginning of Autumn” is the most important time to protect one’s lung. People should not eat too much spring onions and ginger. Food such as sesame, sticky rice, honey, loquat and dairy food will be very good to the stomach.“
