Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Start of Autumn

2014-08-06 07:15

By (chinadaily.com.cn)

Eating gourds

During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), people would put gourds outside for a day before the Start of Autumn, and eat them on Start of Autumn day to drive off the summer heat. Today people in Tianjing still keep this custom, believing that eating melons such as towel gourd, white gourd and bitter gourd can prevent diarrhea in autumn and the coming winter and spring.

Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Start of Autumn

Towel gourds.[Photo/IC]


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