我的家乡在江南的小城,家乡夏季漫长而炎热,熬过苦夏后家乡人有“啃秋”的习俗,“啃秋”有迎秋之意,也叫做“咬秋”。咬秋首选的食物是西瓜,人们相信夏末秋初时吃西瓜可消除暑日积结的淤气,免除腹泻、疮疖等疾病。不过在我看来入秋以后天气逐渐凉爽,西瓜上市量日趋减少,啃秋吃一吃西瓜也有依依惜别之意。家乡人很看重啃秋吃西瓜,即使多年前物资匮乏的那个时期,大多数人家不舍得买一个 My hometown is in a small town in the south of Jiangnan. My hometown is long and hot in summer. After the hard summer, my hometown people have the custom of eating gnash autumn, which is also called “bite autumn” . Bitter autumn food is the preferred choice of watermelon, people believe that early summer and early autumn to eat watermelon can eliminate summer accumulation of silt, to avoid diarrhea, sores and other diseases. However, in my opinion, after the fall of the weather gradually cool, the watermelon is increasingly reduced the amount of listing, eating autumn eating a watermelon also has the meaning of farewell. Local people are very grateful to eat autumn eat watermelon, even if the lack of material many years ago, most people are not willing to buy one