Start of Autumn is the 13th solar term in the 24 solar terms and the first solar term in autumn.
"Li" means "beginning". Start of Autumn marks the beginning of autumn in the solar term, and autumn is a transitional season from hot to cold, and then from cold to cold.
"Start of Autumn, July Festival", usually starts of Autumn in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, but this year in this June, and also in the middle.

The Yang qi between heaven and earth, have the law of four seasons movement: spring, summer, autumn harvest, winter collection.
Start of Autumn marks the beginning of Yin qi and Yang Qi on an equal level, and Yang Qi into the "harvest" stage.
"Close" first is the meaning of convergence: vegetation atrophy, heaven and earth to kill.
With the fall of Chinese parasol leaves, after the start of autumn, the leaves of many plants turn yellow, slowly fall, presenting a green withered situation, the autumn wind blows red maple leaves, dyed yellow Chinese parasol, numerous petals also drift with the wind, autumn insects also feel the autumn sound and call.
"Cricket, our cricket, comes to autumn."Cricket sings indefatigably to greet the coming of autumn.It is said that the call of cricket is a word, they shout is "take apart wash, take apart wash", which means to remind people, autumn is coming, the weather is cool, the quilt should be taken apart, the wash of wash.
"Harvest" is followed by the collection, the meaning of harvest, "autumn" composed of grain and fire, means the grain is ripe, spring flowers and autumn, or a sign of harvest.

Just as CAI LAN said: "We don't grow old, we only get better."