Why does the first frost eat persimmons?

Persimmons are eaten in the first frost because persimmons are sweeter in the first frost.

Persimmon is a kind of fruit, flat and bright in color. It is native to China and has been cultivated in China for more than 1000 years. There are many varieties of persimmons, ranging from light orange to dark orange in color, from 2cm to 10cm in size and from 100g to 350g in weight. The original plant of persimmon belongs to persimmon family and is a tall deciduous tree. Besides China, Japanese, Korean and Brazil are also the main producing areas of persimmons.

Persimmon fruit is about 5-8 cm in diameter and yellow to red. Persimmon trees can resist the cold of-18 degrees. American persimmon is native to America, and its tree shape is short, occasionally reaching 10 meter. The fruit is flat, crimson to sauce-colored, 3-5 cm in diameter, and contains many large and flat seeds.

In China, there is a special persimmon variety called Mopan persimmon. The persimmon fruit in the millstone is flat and round, and there is an obvious constriction around the waist, which divides the fruit into upper and lower parts and looks like a millstone. Its fruit is big and thin, and there are many seedless juices. The average weight of a single fruit is about 230 grams, up to 500 grams and 7 centimeters in diameter. The top of the fruit is flat or slightly convex, the navel is slightly concave, the peel is orange-yellow to orange-red, tender and wrinkle-free, and the flesh is light yellow, which is suitable for raw eating.

Brief introduction of first frost

The first frost is the eighteenth of the twenty-four solar terms and the last solar term in autumn. Fight with your fingers; The solar calendar is 210; Celebrate every year on Gregorian calendar 10 year1October 23rd-24th. After entering the first solar term in first frost, the scene of late autumn is obvious, and cold air moves southward more and more frequently. The first frost does not mean "frost", but refers to the sudden drop in temperature and the large temperature difference between day and night. On the national average, "first frost" is the season with the largest temperature difference between day and night in a year.

In the first frost season, it's all over. From the morning, the sun went down to the ground, Yin Qi began to condense, and the first frost weather became colder and colder. Because "frost" is a manifestation of cold weather and large temperature difference between day and night, it is named "first frost", which means "sudden drop in temperature and large temperature difference between day and night". The first frost solar terms are characterized by cold weather in the morning and evening, hot weather at noon, large temperature difference between day and night, and obvious autumn dryness. The solar terms in the first frost mainly include the customs of enjoying chrysanthemums, eating persimmons, climbing high and overlooking, and tonic.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-First Frost.