Why do you want to eat pears in solar terms?

There is a folk custom of "eating pears in surprise". There is no trace of when pears were eaten, but there is such a story circulating among the people in Qixian County.

According to legend, Qu Ji, a well-known Shanxi merchant at sea, is the eldest son of Shangdang County. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took his two sons, Xin and Yi, and traded the Party's pears for coarse cloth and red dates in Qixian for profit. Over time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County.

During the Yongzheng period, the Fourteenth Canal reached the west exit, which was the day of surprise attack. His father took out pears for him to eat. He said that his ancestors sold pears to start a business and settled in Qixian after hardships. Today, you went to the west exit in surprise. Eating pears is to make you not forget your ancestors, work hard to start a business and honor your ancestors. Qu Baichuan went west to become rich in business and named the shop name "Changyuan Hou".

Other sayings of eating pears in shock:

1. It is because of this solar term that everything recovers! The season of fright is still cold at first glance. In addition to paying attention to cold and warmth, the dry climate is also easy to make people thirsty and cough. Therefore, people have the custom of eating pears, which can be eaten raw, steamed, juiced, roasted and cooked. At this time, diet and daily life should follow the nature of the liver. Eating pears is helpful to temper, make the five internal organs calm, and enhance physical fitness to resist the invasion of germs.

2. There are many kinds of ancient creatures, and some infectious diseases have no 100% specific medicine. The day when they are shocked is the time when all insects wake up. Eating pears is to remind everyone to take precautions.

It may be because "pear" and "plow" are homophonic.

4. The custom of solar terms: the custom of shocking the whole family to eat pears. In northern Jiangsu and Shanxi, there are "shocking the whole family to eat pears and being energetic all year round!" Folk proverbs. Some people say that "pear" is homophonic with "separation". It is said that eating pears can keep pests away from crops and get a bumper harvest in 2008.