The cool wind keeps its promise, and White Dew tells you autumn has come. With the first chill in the morning air, White Dew arrives quietly and on time, the third of the twenty-four solar terms in autumn. It is the gentlest dividing line between the two seasons. The summer heat leaves for good, and clear autumn light settles over everything.
There is an old line about this time of year: after White Dew and the Autumn Equinox, each night is cooler than the one before. The name comes from the dew itself. The gap between day and night temperatures widens, and in the early morning the grass and trees are covered in bright dew, enough to dampen your clothes as you pass. It is cool and clean, and it belongs to autumn alone.
The dry heat of midsummer is gone, and the bareness of late autumn has not arrived. At White Dew the wind is clear, the clouds are thin, the sky is high and the water runs clean. Everything slows down and softens.
At White Dew the year starts drawing in. In the fields the rice is full and the fruit is ripe, and the harvest is close. In daily life this is a good time to settle the mind and look after your health, to sleep and rise early, and to eat for the dryness in the air. The restlessness of summer gives way to an easier autumn pace.
The autumn light is good and the days are calm. We hope you enjoy what White Dew offers, and that as the weather cools you can put the past year in order and move on gently, with the composure autumn brings and good health for many years.
