"Festivals • China" cold dew leaves colorful autumn deep crab is fat

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Spring planting is long in summer, and autumn harvest is hidden in winter

Acting according to the times and doing according to the times nourishes the endless life of a country and a nation

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The Voice of China specially planned "Solar Terms • China" to enter the beautiful China of the twenty-four solar terms.

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Today (October 8) is the seventeenth of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth of autumn's solar terms, Cold Dew. After the white dew festival, the cold increases, the temperature drops, and the dew turns from white crystal to cold condensation, so it is called "cold dew".

In the cold dew season, the yellow leaves in the north drift zero, and the autumn mood in the south begins to appear. At this time, the hairy crab has reached the most plump and fat season. In the Gangnam region, Hanlu has the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums and eating crabs. The Voice of China specially planned "Festivals • China", and Lu Jin, the festival experience officer, came to Yangcheng Lake in Kunshan, Suzhou, where fishing boats shuttled and were not bustling, and full hairy crabs were waiting for crab farmers at the bottom of the clear lake. We followed Lu Jin to harvest the most precious gifts of golden autumn.