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24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Start of Autumn

(Chinaculture.org) Updated: 2015-08-07 17:33 Comments

24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Start of Autumn

People buy pork at a market in Liaocheng city, Shandong province, Aug 7, 2016. [Photo by Zhao Yuguo/Asianewsphoto]

Fleshing out in autumn

On the first day of the Start of Autumn, usually people will weigh themselves and compare their weight to what it was at the Start of Summer. If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to flesh out by eating many different kinds of delicious food, especially meat.

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