Areca catechu is an evergreen tree of Palmae, native to East India. Its dry end is straight, without transverse branches, just like a coconut tree. The trunk has knots and pinnate leaves, which grow at the top of the tree and the leaves are arranged in all directions. Seen from a distance, it looks like a phoenix tail. Some people say that the betel nut tree is the most graceful, because it is always so chic and elegant, revealing the unique demeanor of the south. Therefore, betel nut trees are often listed as the landscape trees that can best represent the tropical atmosphere in southern China.
Areca catechu not only has high ornamental value, but also has high economic value. It was the aborigines in Malaysia who first discovered how to eat it. They chopped up the fruit and wrapped it in pepper leaves, which is said to help digestion. Ancient medical books also said that betel nut can help digestion and cure diseases, and it is always an effective medicine. After chewing betel nut, people often feel excited, blushing and sweating slightly, just like drinking wine. In the past, people living in mountainous areas often came to eat areca to keep out the cold and relieve fatigue after intense work.
Areca nut is also one of the four southern medicines in China. Hainan province is the main producing area of betel nut in China, and winter is the harvest season of betel nut. There are stalls selling betel nuts in the streets of Wanning, Lingshui, Ding 'an and other counties and cities in the main producing areas. Apart from enjoying the natural scenery of Bao Dao, visitors to Hainan also have many charming customs and feelings, among which "visiting betel nuts" is one.
According to local introductions and ancient records, there has been a long-standing custom of betel nut hospitality in Hainan. As early as "Southern Vegetation-Betel Nut", it was recorded that "if you make friends with people who are more expensive than tourists, you must present this fruit first". Southern Vegetation was a rice crop in the Jin Dynasty, and it was written in 304. It is the earliest botanical monograph in China. During the Song Dynasty, the outside of the ridge replied, "The guest has no tea, but only takes betel nut as a gift." Hainan people have always regarded betel nut as a superior gift, and think that "associating with non-betel nut is not a gift to relatives, friends and guests". More than 800 years ago, Su Dongpo, who was exiled to Hainan Island, described a girl in the Li family with betel nuts and jasmine flowers in her mouth. It can be seen that the custom that Hainan people love eat areca, grow betel nuts and eat areca has been widely spread.
Today, Li compatriots in Wanning, Lingshui and Wuzhishan still regard betel nut as a symbol of beauty and friendship. When guests come to the door, the host holds out betel nuts to entertain them first. Even people who can't chew betel nut should take a bite in return. On holidays, every household has betel nuts to worship the VIPs and relatives of the New Year.
Eat areca and Hainan are very particular. Slice betel nut first, then grind it into powder with seasoning (make it into paste with shell powder), and roll it up with betel nut leaves. Then put it in your mouth and chew it slowly. It tasted astringent at first, with green water. After spitting out green water, it gave birth to Tenzin. After eating it, it was red and dizzy, just like being drunk. Just like Su Dongpo's improvisation, "Two blushes are charming, and Nong is drunk betel nut".
Betel nut is also a symbol of young people's love. Once a young man takes a fancy to a girl, he first presents betel nut (commonly known as betel nut) to the woman's home to show his intention of proposing marriage. If the woman accepts, it means that she is engaged. Betel nut is an essential product when holding a wedding. The bride and groom should present betel nuts to relatives and friends who come to congratulate them as a token of their respect.
Taiwan Province residents have many hobbies of eat areca. "Betel nut grows on a big tree, whoever climbs it first will try it ..." This song is very popular in Taiwan Province Province, which also shows the people's love for betel nut in Taiwan Province Province. In Taiwan Province Province, as long as you pay attention to observation, you will find that in many places, people are chewing a betel nut in their mouths, and there are no chewing gum or cigarettes.
Areca catechu is an evergreen tree of Palmae, native to East India. Its dry end is straight, without transverse branches, just like a coconut tree. The trunk has knots and pinnate leaves, which grow at the top of the tree and the leaves are arranged in all directions. Seen from a distance, it looks like a phoenix tail. Some people say that the betel nut tree is the most graceful, because it is always so chic and elegant, revealing the unique demeanor of the south. Therefore, betel nut trees are often listed as the landscape trees that can best represent the tropical atmosphere in southern China.
Areca catechu not only has high ornamental value, but also has high economic value. It was the aborigines in Malaysia who first discovered how to eat it. They chopped up the fruit and wrapped it in pepper leaves, which is said to help digestion. Ancient medical books also said that betel nut can help digestion and cure diseases, and it is always an effective medicine. After chewing betel nut, people often feel excited, blushing and sweating slightly, just like drinking wine. In the past, people living in mountainous areas often came to eat areca to keep out the cold and relieve fatigue after intense work.
Because betel nut is easy to cultivate, with few pests and high price, farmers in Taiwan Province Province regard betel nut as a cash cow and call it "green diamond". In the off-season of betel nut production, one betel nut can sell one catty of eggs.
The main betel nut producing areas in Taiwan Province Province are mainly distributed in Pingtung, Nantou, Taitung, Hualien, Chiayi, Yunlin and Changhua counties, among which Shuangdong Township in Nantou County is famous for producing betel nuts. Therefore, many betel nut stalls use the brand of "Double Winter Betel Nut" to attract customers to show authenticity.
In Taiwan Province Province, betel nut, like cigarettes and tea, is a necessary food for people's communication, and its consumption is staggering. It is said that some people spend NT$ 1000 a day (equivalent to more than 200 yuan) in eat areca, setting a record in Taiwan Province Province.
In Taiwan Province Province, betel nut shops are all over the market. Small shops are generally less than 10 square meter. There are brands such as "A Juan Betel Nut" and "Alan Betel Nut" hanging on it. A young girl was sitting in a shop, wearing a topless mini skirt to attract customers. She is called "beauty of betel nut". Especially on the roadside, small shops selling betel nuts are next to each other and open 24 hours a day, which has become a landscape.
Betel nut has a nickname "River Cross". It turns out that in the folk customs of Taiwan Province Province, there is a custom of giving betel nuts away when getting married, which means "Betel nuts grow old together". Some people are ready to make peace when others are quarreling or going to court, or have reached the level of negotiation and reconciliation, and send betel nuts to each other's homes to show their sincerity in "reconciliation between enemies" and thaw old enmity. It can be seen that in Taiwan Province Province, the use of betel nut has gone far beyond its original value and completely entered the field of social morality.
Taiwan Province residents are very particular about how to eat areca. Before eating, cut the fruit, mix the "old vine leaves" and cockroach shell ash into a paste, and then put it into the cut fruit to chew. Another way to eat betel nut is to chew it with candied fruit, special lime and other ingredients, which is also delicious. It is said that a daughter-in-law who can respect betel nut and serve her in-laws is often respected and loved by her neighbors and the whole family in the Hakka countryside of Taiwan Province Province where betel nut is popular.
Taiwan Province Province calls the people in eat areca Hong Chunzu, because after chewing betel nut, his lips are bright red, just like lipstick. But if you chew betel nut often, your teeth will turn brown and black, which is very ugly. Modern medicine found that eat areca was prone to oral cancer. According to the cancer registration report of "Department of Health" in Taiwan Province Province, among the top ten cancers in Taiwan Province Province, the mortality and morbidity of oral cancer ranked seventh, and the mortality rate of oral cancer cases increased twice as fast as the total cancer mortality rate, which was closely related to betel nut chewing. Pregnant women who chew betel nut too much may cause miscarriage.
After chewing betel nut, spit the residue on the ground, red and stained, like blood, affecting public health. In urban and rural areas of Taiwan Province Province, you can often see pools of red juice that people spit out after eat areca, which is very unsightly.
With the progress of social civilization, people regard betel nut addiction as a worse bad habit than smoking. Nevertheless, just like smoking, chewing betel nut is difficult to give up once it is addictive. If you don't go to eat areca for a day, you will be listless, weak in limbs and unable to think about tea and rice. So some people say it's easier to quit smoking than to quit betel nut.
According to incomplete statistics, among the population of 22 million in Taiwan Province Province, 3 million people chew betel nuts, with an average of 1 person for every 8 people. In the past, most people in eat areca were middle-aged and elderly people who were engaged in manual labor. Now this situation has changed. People in eat areca have spread all over all walks of life, and Hong Chunzu tends to be younger. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of scholars. Dr. Li Yuanzhe, President of Academia Sinica in Taiwan Province Province, said in a speech at a conference: "When I see young people on the road in eat areca, I will persuade them like my own children, so that these young children can understand the value of life."
Because chewing betel nut is unhealthy, unsanitary and elegant, the relevant departments have made regulations prohibiting chewing betel nut in public places. Areca catechu is the most special and controversial crop in Taiwan Province Province. The attitude of Taiwan Province authorities towards betel nut cultivation is "three noes" policy, "no prohibition, no encouragement and no promotion". However, driven by high profits, farmers are still planting on a large scale. 1983, the planting area of betel nut in Taiwan Province Province was more than 5,000 hectares, and now it has exceeded 44,000 hectares, with an annual output of/kloc-0.30 million tons, which has surpassed rice and sugarcane and become the largest agricultural product in Taiwan Province Province.
According to incomplete statistics, there are as many as 500,000 betel nut vendors in Taiwan Province Province, and the related population living on betel nut industry is nearly 5 million.
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