Autumn is an important chapter in the flow of the four seasons. In traditional Chinese time, "Liqiu" in 24 knots, like a delicate key, gently opened the door of autumn, is regarded as the beginning of the season.
In the summer, Yuwei has not yet completely faded, but the air has quietly seeped into an imperceptible coolness. Today, the thirteenth of the twenty-four knots marks the official beginning of the Meng Qiu Festival.
"Establishment", "Autumn", "Autumn", "Autumn", also, everything converges. It is from the book "The Seventy-Two Solution". The ancients used to accurately depict the essence of Liqiu. It is not just a node in meteorology, but also a state and wisdom of life.
Shaanxi, as the core region in the middle of the Yellow River, the development of its agricultural civilization is deeply imprinted with the nourishment of the Yellow River. Alluvial accumulation of the Yellow River brings fertile soil and irrigation support the prosperity of agriculture.
When the cold wind arrives: "The cool wind winds around the room, the chills sing high willow." The most intuitive feeling is - the wind changes. It's no longer a summer heat wave, but a cool and refreshing "golden wind". This cool wind is the first greeting letter sent in autumn.
The white dew falls: As the temperature difference between day and night increases, crystal dew begins to condense on the earth. This pure white dew is like a cool breath exhale from the earth in the morning, heralding a deeper autumn day approaching.
The three chilling chimneys sing the last song of life at the branch. Their chants are no longer as loud and urgent as summer, but they become a unique background sound in autumn, also triggering the wisps of the literati ink.
Liqiu is a turning point in the season, but also a moment of thought settling and looking back. In this symbol of harvest and hope, walk into the Yellow River Cultural Museum of Shaanxi, follow the interpreters to search for Liqiu imprints in relics, like tracing back to the source of Chinese civilization.
In this autumn, let us go to a millennium covenant with the Yellow River, draw wisdom in the long river of history, stand firm on the fertile soil of civilization, and guard this mother river that carries national memory and future.
