Why does the first frost in the twenty-four solar terms eat persimmons?

1, eating persimmons in the first frost is related to Zhu Yuanzhang. It is said that when he was young, his family was very poor, and he often ate every meal. One year in the first month, Zhu Yuanzhang was hungry for two days and suddenly saw a persimmon tree in a small village, which was covered with red persimmons. Zhu Yuanzhang ate a persimmon meal and didn't survive until he was full. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor. One year, Chu Shuang led the troops to pass by the small village again and found that the persimmon tree was still there. He thanked him and named it Lingshuang Monkey. After this story spread among the people, it gradually formed the custom of eating persimmons in the first frost.

2. Many areas in China have the custom of eating persimmons on the first frost day. As the saying goes: when you eat persimmons in the first frost, your nose won't run. Eating persimmons can not only keep out the cold and keep warm, but also nourish the bones and muscles. This is a very good food in the first frost.

Persimmon is the most popular food in the first frost. There is an old saying that persimmon is eaten in the first frost, and it is generally fully mature around the first frost. At this time, persimmon has thin skin and thick meat, delicious taste and high nutritional value. There is a proverb to prove it: the first frost picks persimmons, beginning of winter hits soft dates, the first frost doesn't pick persimmons, and the hard persimmons become soft persimmons.

4. Everything withers in autumn, which is the season when the lungs are vulnerable to invasion. At the same time, autumn dryness also makes people get angry, get acne and lose their temper. At this time, clearing fire and moistening the stomach has become the top priority of dietotherapy. Therefore, eating persimmons has naturally become the first choice at this time.

5, eating persimmons can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, but also replenish bones and muscles, and at the same time have the effect of relieving cough, which is a fruit that is very suitable for autumn.

6. Persimmons not only have the function of adapting to the autumn weather, but also contain a lot of vitamins and sugar. One persimmon can meet half of the vitamin C that a person needs in a day.

7. The first frost day is also the last solar term in autumn. The first frost means that the weather is getting colder and colder with frost, especially in the morning and evening. There is also a folk saying that eating persimmon diced in the first frost will not cause runny nose. In some places, folk customs believe that the first frost will be eaten on this day _ or his lips will crack all winter.