The weather has turned green and high, today's white dew: dew stained with vegetables and grass white
Today, we welcome the fifteenth solar term of the twenty-four solar terms, as well as the third solar term of autumn - the white dew. "White Dew, Autumn Midnight, One Night Cool One Night." By the time of White Dew, the autumn wind gradually rises and the coolness becomes stronger. With the end of Mengqiu and the beginning of Mid Autumn, the temperature difference between day and night gradually increases.
According to the "Explanation of the 72 Seasons of the Moon", "White dew falls on the eighth lunar month. Autumn belongs to gold, with golden and white colors. Yin energy gradually increases, and the dew condenses and becomes white." In ancient times, people used the four seasons to match the five elements, which correspond to the five colors. Therefore, "white" was used to describe the dew in autumn, hence the name "White Dew". When the dew is white, the water vapor near the ground will condense into small water droplets when it gets cold at night, so in the early morning, you can often see crystal clear white dewdrops climbing onto the petals of grass leaves.
As the saying goes, "Spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent. When drinking tea, autumn white dew is the perfect season for tea tree growth.". At this time, the yang energy converges, and the picked tea leaves have a special fragrance. When you soak a bowl of tea in leisure time, the tea aroma often overflows, leaving only a sweet and mellow fragrance between your lips and teeth.
In the old days in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, people still had the custom of making white dew wine, using glutinous rice, sorghum and other grains to brew together. The resulting wine had a sweet taste and a fragrant aroma, often used to entertain guests.
In the Wenzhou area of Zhejiang Province, there is still a habit of "eating white". People use ten herbs with the word "white", such as white peony, white hyacinth, and atractylodes macrocephala, paired with old chickens and ducks with black bones and white hair, to simmer a pot of nourishing soup.
In this refreshing autumn season, while enjoying the beautiful autumn scenery, don't forget to add clothes and keep warm, and exchange a warning and greeting.
