Autumn Begins、Start of Autumn、Beginning of Autumn

Start of Autumn就是“立秋”的意思，也可以说成Beginning of Autumn，其中autumn是“秋天”的意思，多用于英国，美国则一般用fall来表示。常见词组有：early autumn、late autumn等。

例句：“Autumn Begins” is the 13th solar term in the 24 solar terms. It’s on August 8 or 9 every year meaning the beginning of the fall.

“立秋”是24节气中的第13个节气。它发生在每年的8月8日或8月9日，意味着秋天的开始。

立秋传统习俗

Traditions around this time include “touch the autumn”, “get the autumn fat” and so on.

这段时间的传统习俗包括“摸秋”“贴秋膘”等。

“Touch the autumn” happens on the day of August 15,when all the married women who still haven’t got children go to the filed in the midnight, find and touch the melon seeds, with the accompany of her sister-in-law or other females.

“摸秋”是在8月15日，在当天所有结了婚但还没孩子的女人在午夜来到天地中，在弟媳或其他女性的陪伴下摸瓜苗。

It’s also popular to “get the autumn fat”. Since people have little appetite during the hot summer and often lose some weight, the beginning of autumn will simulate appetite again.

“贴秋膘”也同样十分流行。因为在炎热的夏季人们食欲不佳，通常都会减重，秋天到来又能刺激食欲。