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What do you mean by sending red dates?

Generally speaking, it has the following meanings:

1 "jujube" is similar to "jujube". Generally speaking, people give the newlyweds a date, which means they want the couple to be born as soon as possible.

2. Because of its fiery red color, red dates are particularly festive, with positive energy and encouraging significance.

3, jujube, also known as jujube. It is characterized by very high vitamin content and has the reputation of "natural vitamin pill", which has the effects of nourishing yin, strengthening yang and enriching blood. Jujube is a temperate crop with strong adaptability. Therefore, sending dates may also be to let the other party eat more dates, hoping that the other party will be healthy.

4. Maybe I think red dates are delicious, and I hope the recipients will share this delicacy.

Modern pharmacology has found that jujube is rich in nutrients such as protein, sugar, organic acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, a variety of trace calcium and amino acids, so it is a beautiful meaning to give jujube to people.

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The legend about jujube:

1. It is said that jujube is a fairy fruit. Mother in heaven sent the golden couple to Yu Wang. The couple contributed to the water control on the earth. They had two dates. The golden couple couldn't resist the temptation and stole dates halfway. In a rage, the Queen Mother turned them into two jujube stones, which laid the foundation of the mortal world. The golden boy became a long jujube, and the jade girl became a short jujube.

Jujube was sweet and delicious at that time, but it was not red when it was ripe. One day, the heavenly queen came down to earth and accidentally smelled a jujube fragrance on the boundary of Lingzhou. She came to a jujube forest, and when picking dates, she was accidentally pricked by dates, and blood dripped on them. Since then, jujube has turned red, because the heavenly queen was born by a fairy, so jujube has the effects of treating diseases, protecting health and prolonging life.

Qin Shihuang repaired the Great Wall and went to Lingzhou. Men inside and outside the city were arrested, and most of them died outside. Many women in Lingzhou are infertile.

One year when the dates were ripe, several women met under a jujube tree in front of the village and told each other their worries. Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and many long red dates fell from the tree. They all ate a few mouthfuls sadly.

Soon, these women became pregnant and gave birth to children the next year. All the dolls are beautiful. Their faces are white and red. They are very popular. Adults named boys Zaowa and Zaofu, while girls named Zaocui and Zaohua.

Since then, women like to eat dates and worship them. Whoever marries a daughter-in-law also scatters dates in the bedding to show their auspicious wish to have children at an early date. Jujube gave birth to your son.