Start of Autumn is the 13th of the 24 solar terms. It marks the end of summer and the start of autumn. Even though autumn begins, the temperature stays high. The hot period after Start of Autumn, usually lasting 30 days, is called “Autumn Tiger”. It can be hotter than Major Heat because of less rain.
立秋是二十四节气中的第十三个节气。它标志着夏天的结束和秋天的开始。即使秋天开始了，气温仍然很高。立秋后的高温期，通常持续30天，被称为“秋老虎”。由于雨水较少，它可能比大暑更热。
On the first day of Start of Autumn, people weigh themselves and compare their weight to what it was at the Start of Summer. If someone has lost weight over the summer, they should eat a lot of delicious food, especially meat, to gain weight.
立秋的第一天，人们称体重，并将自己的体重与立夏时的体重进行比较。如果有人在夏天瘦了，他们应该吃很多美味的食物，尤其是肉，以增加体重。
In Hangzhou, people eat peaches on Start of Autumn. They keep the peach stones until New Year’s Eve, then burn them to ashes in the stove. They believe this prevents plagues (瘟疫) for the whole year. In Taiwan, it’s the harvest time for longan. People believe eating longan will help their children become important officials. In Shandong province, people make dumplings during Start of Autumn, calling it “Eating the Autumn”. Families eat dumplings together after Start of Autumn day.
在杭州，人们在立秋这天吃桃子。他们把桃核保存到除夕，然后在炉子里烧成灰烬。他们认为这可以全年防止瘟疫。在台湾，正是桂圆收获的时节。人们相信吃桂圆会帮助他们的孩子成为重要的官员。在山东省，人们在立秋时节包饺子，称之为“吃秋”。立秋后，一家人一起吃饺子。
Starting from the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, people in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, have eaten red beans on Start of Autumn day. They swallow (吞下) 7 to 14 little beans with well water, facing west to avoid dysentery (痢疾) in autumn. During the Qing Dynasty, people put gourds (葫芦) outside for a day before Start of Autumn, then ate them on Start of Autumn day to beat the summer heat. Today, people in Tianjin still do this, believing that eating melons like towel gourd, white gourd, and bitter gourd can prevent diarrhea (腹泻).
从唐代和宋代开始，浙江义乌的人们就在立秋这天吃红豆。它们面朝西用井水吞下7到14个小豆，以避免秋季痢疾。在清朝，人们在立秋前把葫芦放在外面一天，然后在立秋那天吃葫芦来避暑。今天，天津人仍然这样做，认为吃丝瓜、冬瓜、苦瓜等瓜可以预防腹泻。
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