When is Bailu in 2021, which day in the lunar calendar
The time of the Bailu solar term in 2021 is at 17:12:46 on September 7, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, which is the first day of the eighth lunar month.When the white dew arrives, it means that the temperature around us is gradually dropping, and it is necessary to prevent the cold in the morning and evening.
Introduction to Bailu
Bailu is the solar term with the largest temperature difference between day and night.Before and after the white dew, the residual heat of summer gradually disappeared, the yin of heaven and earth rose and spread, the weather gradually turned cooler, and the dew in the morning became thicker and thicker, and condensed into a layer of white water droplets on the grass.It belongs to gold, golden and white, so it is described as "white dew", hence the name "white dew".According to the observation of nature, the ancients of China divided Bailu into three phases:"First, the geese come, the second is the return of the black birds, and the third is the birds to keep their shame." This means that in this solar term, the geese and swallows wait for the birds to fly south to escape the cold., Bainiao began to store dried fruits and grains for winter.
The time of Bailu in 2021
Bailu is the fifteenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in autumn, indicating the end of the Mengqiu season and the beginning of the mid-autumn season.In the beginning, it is an important season that reflects the temperature changes in nature.Bailu is the end of the Shen month of the Ganzhi calendar and the beginning of the You month.The time point is from September 7th to 9th every year in the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 165 degrees of ecliptic longitude.Therefore, the white dew time in 2021 is at 17:12:46 pm on September 7, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, which is the first day of the eighth lunar month in the Xin Chou year of the lunar calendar.
Folk Customs of Bailu
Receiving Qinglu
Chinese folks have the custom of "collecting Qinglu" in Bailu solar term, Li Shizhen’s "Compendium of Materia Medica" in Ming Dynasty The above records:"When the autumn dew is prosperous, it is collected in a plate, fried like a glutinous rice cake, which makes people not hungry." , the muscles are lustrous." "The dew on the flowers makes people look good." Therefore, collecting Qinglu has become the most special "ceremony" of Bailu.
Drinking white dew tea
Bailu tea is the tea that is picked in the white dew season.There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, you need to drink tea, autumn white dew", at this time After the sweltering heat of summer, the tea tree of Bailu is another good growth period before and after Bailu.Bailu tea is neither as fresh and tender as spring tea, without brewing, nor as dry and bitter as summer tea.Taking a sip, the mouth and teeth are filled with the taste of glycol, which is very popular among old tea drinkers.
Eat sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes are rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, and the sugar content reaches 15% to 20%.It has anti-cancer, heart protection, prevention of emphysema, diabetes, weight loss and other effects.Traditional Chinese medicine regards sweet potato as a good medicine and has the reputation of "longevity food".Li Shizhen’s "Compendium of Materia Medica" said:"Sweet potato nourishes deficiency, invigorates the spleen and appetizers, and strengthens kidney yin." Folks believe that Bailu eats sweet potatoes so that the stomach will not get sour after a meal, so farmers used to eat sweet potatoes on Bailu Festival in the old days.
Sipping rice wine
Xingning, Sandu and Lijiang in Zixing, Hunan have always had the custom of making wine.Every year when the Bailu Festival arrives, every family makes wine, and they must drink "local wine" when welcoming guests.The wine is made from five grains such as glutinous rice and sorghum.It is warm and slightly sweet, and is called "white dew rice wine".
Jiangsu and Zhejiang also have the custom of brewing white dew rice wine.In the old days, when Bailu arrived every year in the countryside in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, every family made wine to entertain guests, and people often brought Bailu rice wine to the city.Until the 1930s and 1940s, there were still zero copies of white dew rice wine in Nanjing city hotels, and then gradually disappeared.
Sacrificing to King Yu
The common people living on the banks of Taihu Lake in Jiangsu will sacrifice to King Yu during the Bailu season.King Yu is the legendary hero of flood control, Dayu, and the fishermen by the Taihu Lake call him "Waterway Bodhisattva".Every year on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Qingming Festival, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and the Bailu season, there will be incense parties offering sacrifices to King Yu.Among them, the Qingming Festival and Bailu Spring and Autumn Festivals are the largest and last for a week.
Eating longan
Fuzhou, Fujian has a traditional custom called "white dew must eat longan".Folk means that eating longan on the day of Bailu has a wonderful effect of nourishing the body.Because longan itself has many functions such as invigorating the spleen, nourishing blood, soothing the nerves, moisturizing and beautifying, and can also treat various diseases such as anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia, etc., and the longan before Bailu has a big sweet taste and good taste, so Bailu eats it.Longan couldn’t be better.
Ten Kinds of White
There is also the custom of Bailu Festival in Wenzhou, Zhejiang and other places.In Cangnan, Pingyang and other places, people collect "ten kinds of white" (there is also a saying "three kinds of white") on this day to simmer black-bone white-haired chicken (or duck).arthritis).These "ten kinds of white" are 10 kinds of herbs with the word "white", such as white hibiscus, white hair bitter, etc., to correspond to "white dew" literally.
Autumn Society
Autumn Society and Spring Society are both "community days" to worship the land god in ancient times.The Autumn Society is generally held on the fifth E-day after the beginning of the autumn, about forty days after the beginning of the autumn, usually around the white dew and the autumn equinox.It is a festive event to celebrate the harvest and worship the gods.In the Song Dynasty, there were the customs of eating cakes, drinking alcohol, and women returning home.Tang Han Zong’s poem "Invisibility", this body wishes to be Jun Jiayan, and will not return when the Autumn Society returns."Tokyo Menghualu · Liqiu" records that the August Autumn Society, each with the company’s cakes and wines to send their relatives.
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