Today is White Dew丨The dew is white from tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown

Bright moon and green mountains at night, high mountains and white dew in autumn.

——Excerpt from Li Jiao's "Morning in the Mountain on the Qixi Festival" (Tang Dynasty)

September 7, 23:32

We usher in the third solar term of autumn - Bailu

This means that mid-autumn has begun

Autumn sky, lonely wild geese

The moon is bright and the dew is white, looking forward to reunion

Autumn wind blows and white dew appears

White Dew

In the morning, I often see the petals of grass and trees

See many crystal clear dewdrops

This is water vapor condensing when it gets cold at night.

In ancient times

People match the four seasons with the five elements

Five Elements Correspond to Five Colors

According to the autumn belongs to white

The word "white" is used to describe the autumn dew.

So it is called "Bailu"

The autumn water is clear and the autumn dew is white

Just like this cool autumn season

Open, bright and cool

Three phases of Bailu

The first sign of the arrival of wild geese

The swan goose is an important biological indicator in the history of ancient phenological observation. During the White Dew season, the swan goose comes from the northern desert and flies back to its wintering place.

Second Migratory Bird Returns

Xuanniao is a mythical bird in ancient mythology and legends, and its initial appearance is similar to that of a swallow. In the warm spring, the Xuanniao arrives, flying side by side; in the cool autumn, the Xuanniao returns, bringing its family with it.

Three migratory birds raise shy

The Book of Rites said: "The food that is raised is the food that is kept." At this time of year, all birds also need to store food in preparation for the winter.

White Dew Customs

White Dew Eat White

Eating longan: The White Dew season coincides with the best time for longan, and people in Fuzhou must eat longan at this time.

Eating White Food: In Cangnan, Pingyang and other places in Zhejiang Province, people collect "ten kinds of white (herbs with the word "white" in them)" on the day of Bailu, and add them to old chickens and ducks with black bones and white feathers to make a pot of nourishing soup.

Bailu Tea Wine

As the proverb goes, "Spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, the best time to drink tea is in autumn when the White Dew comes." During the White Dew season, tea trees enter their best growth period. The tea brewed with tea leaves from this season is sweet and fragrant, which quenches thirst and prevents dryness, and has a unique autumn charm.

In the countryside around Jiangsu and Zhejiang, when the White Dew Festival arrives, every household entertains guests with White Dew rice wine made from glutinous rice, sorghum and other grains.

In addition, the diet should follow the principle of "nourishing qi and moistening dryness", and appropriately choose foods such as almonds, white fungus, and snow pears.

Comprehensive sources: Xinhuanet, CCTV News, People's Daily Online, etc.

"Every autumn rain brings a chill, every white dew brings a frost."

Bailu is the solar term with the biggest temperature difference between day and night in a year. Remember to remind the person you care about.

The weather is getting cold, so put on more clothes.

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