Why do Chinese people like peaches so much?

Why do Chinese people like peaches so much? China is the hometown of peaches, with a cultivation history of more than 3,000 years.

There are more than 3,000 varieties of peaches in the world, and China accounts for more than 1/4. They can be divided into two categories: edible peaches and ornamental peaches.

Traditional Chinese culture uses "five" to summarize all substances in the world: five elements, five internal organs, five grains, five animals, five vegetables, five fruits, five tones, five qi, five colors, five flavors, five senses, five bodies, five wills...

Among them, the five fruits are peaches, plums, apricots, pears, and dates, with peach being the first of the five fruits.

It can be seen that people attach great importance to peaches.

There are many beautiful myths and legends about peaches in China. According to legend, peaches are the fruit eaten by gods.

In addition to the fruit itself, peach is a symbol with multiple meanings in traditional Chinese culture.

Peach blossoms symbolize spring, love, beauty and the ideal world; branches and trees are used to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck, and are derived from the concept of animism in folk witchcraft beliefs; peach fruits are integrated into Chinese fairy tales, implying longevity and health

, the meaning of fertility.

Since ancient times, there have been many poems about peach blossoms.

For example, "The Book of Songs": "The young peach blossoms are shining brightly." Gao Chan, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said, "The green peaches and dew seeds are in the sky, and the red apricots are cut against the clouds by the sun."

"The Peach Blossom Spring" by Tao Yuanming, a writer of the Jin Dynasty, has brought people into a fascinating world.

Peach meat tastes sweet and contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, as well as organic acids, sugars and volatile oils.

The gum secreted on peach tree trunks, commonly known as peach gum, can be used as an adhesive, etc. It is a polysaccharide substance that can be produced by hydrolysis.

Arabinose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, etc., are edible.