When Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, his family was very poor, and he often ate every meal. One year at the beginning of the frost festival, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had not eaten for two days, was so hungry that his eyes turned black that he 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.
After this story spread among the people, it gradually formed the custom of eating persimmons in the first frost. However, the first frost persimmon is very delicate. Generally, you should eat persimmon with frost, which is cool, sweet and delicious.
In some parts of China, people eat red persimmons in the first frost season. In the eyes of local people, this can not only keep out the cold and keep warm, but also strengthen the bones and muscles. The old man in Quanzhou said that if you eat persimmons in the first frost and diced persimmons in the first frost, your nose will not run. In some places, the explanation of this custom is that the first frost will eat shuttlecock on this day, otherwise his lips will crack all winter.
The custom of the first frost:
1, drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums:
Meteorology, the first frost in autumn is generally called "first frost" or "chrysanthemum frost", because chrysanthemums are in full bloom at this time, which is a good time to enjoy chrysanthemums. In ancient times, there was a saying that "frost blooms chrysanthemums", so climbing mountains and enjoying chrysanthemums in the first frost became an elegant activity. The first frost season is when autumn chrysanthemums are in full bloom. Many places in China will hold chrysanthemum parties at this time to enjoy chrysanthemums and drink alcohol to show their respect and love for chrysanthemums.
2, eat ducks:
In southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province, the first frost will take supplements on this day, which is often called "sticky autumn fertilizer" in the north. There is a proverb in southern Fujian called "it is better to make up the first frost in one year", which fully expresses the people in Fujian and Taiwan's attention to the first frost solar terms. Every time the first frost comes, the ducks in Fujian and Taiwan will sell well.
Step 3 eat beef:
Residents in Yulin, Guangxi are used to eating fried noodles with beef river for breakfast, fried radish with beef for lunch or dinner, or beef brisket pot to replenish energy and pray for warmth and strength in winter. Besides beef, mutton and rabbit meat, it is also suitable for the first frost.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-First Frost.