Chapter 702: The Origin of Birthday Offerings

Although the crowd at the scene has gradually calmed down, they still feel a little unfinished. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Threes, threes, twos, twos, and still discussing with each other, the matter of the fairy child offering peaches. Everyone only felt that the fairychild's stay was too short, and it would be nice if they could stay for a while longer.

After that, the focus of the discussion gradually focused on peaches.

"By the way, why did Fairchild offer peaches, and not any other fruits, such as apples and pears. ”

"Cut! You don't even know that, it's just that you were so excited. This birthday peach represents wishing the elderly health, longevity and happiness, so there is also the word "longevity peach". Now you get it? It's a saying that has been handed down since ancient times. ”

"I'm just cutting it, of course I understand what you're saying. I mean, why is it 'Shou Peach' and not 'Shou Apple' or 'Shou Pear'?"

"This... This is how it has been passed down since ancient times. ”

"You don't know. ”

"Okay, okay, you know that. ”

"I just don't know. ”

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Why do you offer peaches for birthdays?

As soon as this question was asked, many people at the scene were stunned, yes, why offer peaches instead of other fruits?

Many people only realize that they only know what it is, but they don't know why.

They had never thought about it before, and now that someone asked it, it piqued their curiosity.

"Does anyone know why? Come, come out and tell everyone, my curiosity is aroused. ”

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"Do you know?" asked Lin Yuebai.

"Cut! How can I have time to study this? Whatever it is, anyway, I just know that the birthday celebration is a peach offering. Lu Dong said.

"That is, instead of talking about this, let's talk about what to do next? Li Fan's kid is now our common enemy. Ouyang Dong also said.

"That sinister boy!" Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth, he was still in extreme anger.

Obviously, he should have pretended to be coercive and cool, and when he was in the limelight, he was robbed of all the limelight by Li Fan.

Although the guests at the scene cared about his identity and did not mock him, they did not continue to cheer for him, nor did they continue to be shocked by him.

Lin Kun looked at Song Jingshu and said, "Jingshu, didn't you say before that you had a perfect idea that you would definitely make that kid make a fool of yourself? How about now? When are you going to make a move?"

Song Jingshu said: "Li Fan's kid can do such a powerful magic trick, which is really surprising. But don't worry, just leave it to me. Even if that kid has all kinds of skills, he will definitely lose next. Because what I want to do is not something that can be done by human beings alone. No matter how much skill that kid has, it's useless. ”

When several people around heard this, their eyes lit up at the same time, and Zhao Kuo asked eagerly: "Jingshu, what is the matter, when are you going to start?"

Song Jingshu smiled smugly and said, "You will know what is going on later, at least when will it start, well, wait." ”

When several people around saw the smug look on Song Jingshu's face, they all snorted in their hearts, and they all thought in their hearts: "What a proud fart! ”

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Lin Yuebai and the others are concerned about how to target Li Fan, and the guests on the scene are now concerned about why they are offering peaches?

"Huh, don't you all know? This can't be. ”

"Not many people really know about this estimate, who cares about this?"

"I know this, let me tell you about it. ”

"Haha! Okay, finally someone knows. Hey, you're Yi Yun of the Yi family, right?"

"Hehe, it's Brother Xie, I'm Yi Yun. ”

"Haha! I didn't think you knew me, we hadn't seen each other in years. However, Yi Yun, you tell us about this 'Shou Tao' first, and we'll talk about it later. ”

Yi Yun nodded and smiled, "Okay, no problem." ”

First of all, this peach is not an ordinary fruit in some folk sayings.

In the "Divine Sutra", there is such a record: "There is a tree in the east, fifty zhang high, and the name is peach." Its son is three feet three inches in diameter, and the core delicacy, which makes people longevity. ”

It can be seen that the peach tree is actually a sacred tree, and its fruit is "peach", which can increase life expectancy when eaten.

In addition, it is also recorded in the "Collected Memories": "The Crab Mountain went to Fusang for 50,000 miles, and it was beyond reach." The ground is cold, the peach tree is surrounded by a thousand circles, and its flowers are blue and black, long live a food. ”

The peach tree on the Crab Mountain is "long live a meal", and people eat its "peaches" to naturally prolong their lives.

This is an account of the peach tree, as well as two folklore.

The first is the legend about Sun Bin.

Legend has it that when Sun Bin was 18 years old, he left his hometown to go to Yunmeng Mountain, thousands of miles away, and worshiped Guiguzi as his teacher to learn the art of war.

This has been twelve years, and on the fifth day of the fifth month of May of a certain year, Sun Bin suddenly thought: "Today is my mother's 80th birthday." ”

So, Sun Bin asked his master for leave to go home to visit his mother.

The master picked a peach and gave it to Sun Bin and said, "You are studying art outside and failed to repay your mother's kindness, so I will give you a peach and bring it back to Lingtang for longevity." ”

Sun Bin returned home, took out the peach from his arms and handed it to his mother.

Unexpectedly, before the old mother finished eating the peaches, her face became younger, and Sun Bin was very happy to see it.

People heard that Sun Bin's mother, after eating peaches, immediately became younger, and also wanted her parents to live a long and healthy life, so they began to follow Sun Bin's example, and when his parents celebrated their birthdays, they also sent fresh peaches to celebrate their birthdays.

The act of sending a peach to celebrate his birthday has spread like this until today.

There is also a legend about the Queen Mother of the West giving peaches to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

There is a folk legend in our country that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty advocated the way of immortals, and after the Queen Mother of the West knew, she sent a messenger to inform Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, saying that she would come at a certain time.

At seven o'clock on the night of July 7, the Queen Mother of the West took a cloud chariot and came to the west side of the palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

There are three blue birds, standing on the left and right of the Queen Mother of the West.

The Queen Mother of the West gave Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty five big peaches and told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "This is an immortal fruit that only bears fruit once in 3,000 years." ”

It can be seen that this peach only bears fruit once in 3,000 years, it is an absolute fairy fruit, and mortals eat it to pay it back, and it is an absolute longevity.

Therefore, the peach gift from the Queen Mother of the West is actually the meaning of giving longevity.

All of the above is the reason why you want to offer peaches for your birthday.

Of course, if we analyze it from our current scientific point of view, we can also find the reason for wishing for a birthday and offering peaches.

Because peaches are delicious, they are not only high in fiber, but also contain vitamin E, fructose and other nutrients.

Among them, vitamin E is antioxidant and anti-aging, and fructose has the effect of nourishing and strengthening the body, especially cellulose, which is good for common diseases of the elderly, such as arteriosclerosis and constipation.

Therefore, there is a folk proverb that "I would rather eat a bite of fresh peaches than a basket of rotten apricots".

To sum up, birthday and peach offerings, whether in terms of related meanings or nutritional value itself, are the most appropriate.

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