Why eat pears?

One is the homonym "Li" of "pear". On this day, people eat pears, which means to stay away from pests and diseases.

Second, when the fright comes, mid-spring is approaching, the temperature difference changes greatly, the weather is dry, and pears are eaten.

Eating pears in surprise is mainly a folk custom in the north. In the north, Shanxi pears are the most famous, and there is a folk saying that "eating pears in surprise makes you feel refreshed all year round". And some places in Shanxi hold traditional pear flower temple fairs every year. According to the inscription, it originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has a history of 1500 years.

On the origin of panic eating pears;

Qu Ji, a famous scholar of Shanxi merchants in China, 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 exchanged coarse cloth and red dates with Shangdang and pears in Qixian for profit. Over time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County.

During the Yongzheng period, the 14th Qubaichuan sailed to the Western Ocean, which was a day of shock. His father took out pears for him to eat, saying that his ancestors had gone through hardships and settled in Qixian County. Today, you are going to the west, 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".

Later, westerners followed suit and ate pears, mostly with the intention of "leaving home to start a business". Later, they were shocked and ate pears, and they also had the idea of "trying to honor their ancestors."