Poetry: We are simply gathered here.

In other words, China people's festivals are actually looking for a reason to eat. Jiaozi should be eaten in winter solstice, Laba should drink porridge, and big fish and meat should be eaten in New Year.

Every holiday celebration, the busiest thing for every household is to buy ingredients and cook a big meal. If there is no delicious food, the day when everyone celebrates together must be bleak.

So, beginning of autumn, what should we eat?

Eating eggplant is the best choice.

The custom of eating eggplant in beginning of autumn comes from a legend in Ming Dynasty.

It is said that one of the soldiers under General Chang Yuchun stole a cantaloupe from a farmer after Xu Da, the general of Ming Dynasty, laid down Beiping House, the capital of Yuan Dynasty.

Chang Yuchun is very strict with soldiers, and soldiers who steal melons should be put to death. At this time, the peasants came out and said that there was a custom in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was not stealing for beginning of autumn to pick melons.

Chang Yuchun pardoned the soldiers. Unexpectedly, as soon as the melon pickers in beginning of autumn were innocent, other soldiers began to snatch melons.

In order to reward soldiers, Chang Yuchun found a substitute for autumn fertilizer-the only eggplant with meat and meat flavor among vegetables.

Therefore, the custom of eating eggplant in beginning of autumn has been passed down.