During Frost's Descent, moisture in the air condenses into frost on the ground and leaves at night. Before winter comes, cold frost arrives first. The last look back of late autumn, the eyebrow eye also disappeared gradually with this day.

Frost three characteristics

According to the observation of nature, the ancients divided Frost's Descent into three characteristics. The first characteristic is that jackals start to hunt prey in large numbers, the second stage is waiting for the trees to turn yellow, the third is that insects go into hibernation. It means that this season, the jackals hunt frequently, grass and wood decay accelerated, insects began to hibernate.

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Frost's Descent Custom

Chrysanthemum viewing

In ancient times, there is a saying that frost welcome chrysanthemums, so climbing the mountain, enjoying chrysanthemum, become the activities of Frost's Descent. Frost's Descent is right the time when autumn chrysanthemum is in full bloom, many places in our country at this time will hold chrysanthemum meetings, chrysanthemum drinking.

Climbing high and looking far

The air in the mountains and forests in autumn is fresh, and there is less floating dust and pollutants in the atmosphere. So it is refreshing to climb high and look far into the distance during Frost's Descent.

Tasting persimmon

As the saying goes, If you eat persimmon during Frost's Descent, you won't have a runny nose. People believe that eating persimmons in Frost's Descent will prevent them from catching cold and running nose in winter. In fact, since persimmons are fully mature before and after Frost's Descent, with thin skin, plump meat and delicious taste, they are loved by people, so that’s why the custom of eating persimmons during Frost's Descent has been formed.

Keeping in good health 

During Frost's Descent, autumn dryness is getting heavier. At this time, dry throat, dry nose, dry skin and other autumn dryness symptoms are easy to appear. You can eat more food to moisten dryness and nourish lungs, such as seasonal fruits such as pears and apples, which taste sweet and can produce fluid and moisten lungs. As for vegetables, people can eat more carrots, white gourd, lotus root, etc., other such as honey, tremella, lily and so on are also good choices.

Frost's Descent is the last solar term of autumn. Although it is the twilight of autumn, it is also the most colorful time in Beijing. Let's explore the colorful autumn scenery in the suburbs of Beijing.

Jinhai Lake Scenic Area

In late autumn, Jinhai Lake is surrounded by mountains and stained by forests. The colorful leaves set off each other with the shining Jinhai Lake. And the cotinus coggygria, acer truncatum, staghorn sumac, red cotinus, sophora japonica Golden Stem and many other tree species jointly rendering a poem of autumn. During the Red Leaves Festival in Jinhai Lake Scenic Area, visitors can experience the fun of enjoying the red leaves by boat and take pictures in the autumn scenery of the lake.

Address: No. 1 Baqian Plaza Road, Jinhaihu Town, Pinggu District, Beijing

Beijing Garden Expo Park

Dan maple in the expo garden in the autumn is just like fire, mountain flowers flow fragrant, colorful, intoxicating. The biggest highlight of the park is a 3km Ginkgo Avenue made up of 800 trees. The end of the road is Yongding Pagoda. The ancient tower, the green pines in the distance, and the golden ginkgo leaves constitute a fascinating autumn picture.

Address: No. 15 Shooting Range Road, Fengtai District, Beijing

Yeyahu National Wetland Park

According to the previous observation data, it has been predicted that at the end of October this year, the first group of cranes will arrive in Yeyahu National Wetland Park, followed by swallows and ducks. In early November, migratory birds from Siberia will enter Beijing, including whooper swans, gray cranes, swan geese and mallard ducks. At that time, it will be the best time to observe migratory birds. Visitors should take good care of birds while watching birds!

Address: 500 meters west of Liuhaoying Village, No. 5, Kangye Road, Kangzhuang Town, Yanqing District, Beijing