As the saying goes, "men are afraid of persimmons and women are afraid of pears, and sows are most afraid of watermelons." What do you mean?

It is said that "women are afraid of pears" because pears are cold and it is useless to eat too much. In particular, women need to keep warm regularly. Pears can quench their thirst, but they can't be eaten in excess, otherwise it will easily lead to physical discomfort, especially women should avoid cold food during their physiological period. In addition, pear is homophonic with "Li". Presumably, many friends have heard others say that it is unlucky to eat pears separately. Although it is feudal, it reflects the people's cherish of a better life.

Persimmon trees are also very common fruit trees in rural areas. Especially in autumn after summer, persimmons in Huang Cancan are always mouth watering. However, when we beat our parents, we are often told to eat less persimmons. We were all crying at that time, and now we want to dissuade our parents or we will really ask for it. The so-called "men are afraid of persimmons" actually means that they are afraid of eating too much, because persimmon pulp contains tannic acid, which not only reacts with iron in the body, thus affecting the absorption of iron, but also easily combines with protein to form stomach persimmon stone, which shows that although it is delicious, it cannot be greedy.

As for the last sentence that makes people laugh, "sows are most afraid of watermelon skin" itself does not make much sense. The purpose is also that when people create proverbs, they deliberately add rhymes to echo the previous sentence. The metaphor in this poem is somewhat similar. Friends who grew up in the countryside are certainly no strangers to feeding pigs. When I was a child, I often threw watermelon skin into the pig trough as pig food. Now that I think about it, I'm really ashamed. It turns out that watermelon skin is cold, too. We ordinary people eat too much watermelon and occasionally have diarrhea, and pigs are no exception. Eating too much watermelon skin will also cause diarrhea. I hope the pigs at that time can forgive us.

Generally speaking, although these proverbs have no scientific basis in ancient times, people have come to the conclusion that eating too much is bad for their health through long-term observation. Now that science is developed, it has fully proved this point. It can be seen that although the ancients could not tell why, the view of persuading people to eat less was correct. Therefore, when we study folk culture, we should not generalize. For example, this sentence in the title is puzzling at first glance, but it is quite reasonable to examine it carefully. It can be seen that the ancient people's earnest warnings are not all feudal dross.