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Touching the Autumn for a Son
Women go out in groups on an autumn night. Each picks a melon by groping in the field and takes it home. People regard success in this endeavour as a lucky sign of having a boy. This practice is called "touching the autumn".
It is a folk custom of Nanjing that women play a game called "touching the autumn" on Mid-Autumn night. They grope in the dark in the fields of Jasmine Garden. If they get melons or beans, it is regarded as an auspicious sign foretelling the bearing of a boy.
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