Why do Japanese people eat different fruits in different seasons? Zhihu Daily.

This is a habit, just like eating seasonal vegetables and fruits and vegetables every season. For example, China has the custom of eating jiaozi in winter solstice and Zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival, and so does Japan.

At first, the fruit of harmony was a delicate sacrifice, so its shape and significance were closely related to nature. Nowadays, people still express their feelings about seasonal changes through harmonious fruit. Similarly, seasonal fruits will tell people who have been busy all day that the season has quietly changed unconsciously.

These are the most common ~

65438+ October (Muyue): Flower cakes and white jade are good (the first month)

February (like a month): Spring soldiers (festival)

March (Yayoi): Straw cake, diamond cake (baby sacrifice)

April (Uzuki): fern cake, cherry cake (looking at flowers)

May (High Moon): Bai Bing and Zongzi (Dragon Boat Festival)

June (water without moon): water peony, water without moon (Xia Yue)

July (Wen Yue): Honey Beans and White Jade Water Mutton Soup (Tanabata)

August (Ye Yue): Amber Soup and Ghost Lantern (Bonsai)

September (Long Moon): Chrysanthemum Mutton Soup, Moon jiaozi (See the Moon).

10 month (no moon): chestnut mutton soup (new taste)

165438+ October (Frosty Moon): Haizi Cake (Haizi Day)

65438+ February (teacher left): persimmon mutton soup, ginger paste (end of the year)