What's the point of eating melons in spring?

The custom of eating beigua in spring is not only to welcome the spring, but also to have more than one year. Another way of saying that beginning of spring eats North Melon is that he is lucky in the south, especially the one with the handle of North Melon. Therefore, after the melons are ripe, the children can't wait to surround the pot, hoping that their parents can give them the piece with the handle to show their love.

China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and the key is spring. There is a folk saying that "a year's plan lies in spring". In the past, beginning of spring was both an ancient solar term and an important festival. There is a folk saying that "if you eat melons in spring, you will live to be eighty-eight", and melons refer to pumpkins, that is, jiaozi with pumpkin stuffing or steamed stuffed buns with pumpkin stuffing on the same day in beginning of spring. Mature pumpkins can be stored for a long time, usually in the next spring.