In Jiangnan, after the cold dew festival, the autumn mood gradually became stronger.
Autumn can be specific to a mountain, a tree, a flower, and a fruit.
For example, a tomato.
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Pure persimmons
A persimmon tree, which has survived for more than a hundred years, is often planted by the elders or the elders themselves.
People in the mountains like to be slow, willing to wait, persimmons in the tree red, people only pick one, like a red lantern, one fell, the other is bright again.
Ripe persimmons are red and fresh, pure red, and atmospheric red.
"Strong delicacies stimulate the taste buds, but gentle delicacies stay in the heart." This sentence, used to describe the taste of persimmons, is the most appropriate.
Chen Zhongzhong described eating persimmons as follows: "When eating, one hand squeezes the handle, the other hand gently pinches the thin skin, tears it off, and the thin skin is conveniently and completely removed, revealing a bright red gravy, soft as egg yolk, but it does not flow, swallowed into the mouth, silkless and seedless, with a wisp of honey fragrance." ”
Persimmons are full of allure and seductive, with a very human pyrotechnic smell; persimmons are innocent and innocent, and they seem to be far away from the world.
Such a style is unique among fruits.
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Beautiful persimmon cake
Persimmons, red on mountain trees, are beautiful; red on window sills and roofs is also beauty.
There is a tradition of sunning in the countryside, after the unripe persimmons are peeled, spread out in bamboo plaques, neatly arranged, red, yellow and yellow, waiting for the care of time. After weathering the wind and frost, being exposed to cold dew, and being soothed by the autumn sun, there is a taste accumulated by time.
Only to see it covered with white frost, fingers gently pinched, even with the heart of the fruit syrup also shaken up, the tongue just touched, the frosting melted, and then bite, the outer layer is tight and chewy, the inner layer is soft and sticky, delicate and sweet with a little astringency.
And it is this "astringency" that makes people taste the true color of persimmons - the green and wild nature from the mountains.
Mr. Lu Xun wrote in his diary: "At night, I ate half of the hidden persimmon frosted sugar, and suddenly I thought that there were not many sores on the corners of my mouth, so it was better to eat it fresh." ”
What is persimmon sugar?
Henan is rich in persimmons, they will knock down the frosting on the persimmon cake, and then boil it into persimmon frosted sugar, thin small round slices, orange, eat cool and cool, can cure mouth sores.
Time is invisible, time is imprinted, when persimmons become persimmon cakes, that is, from late autumn to early winter, persimmon cakes become the most beloved dried fruit preserves by the stove.
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Qi Baishi's persimmons
Persimmons are auspicious and have always been loved by literati and inkers. For example, Qi Baishi's persimmons are not only beautifully painted, but the title is the finishing touch.
Draw a persimmon and a cabbage, that is called "I Innocence"; draw a branch of a red persimmon, it is "Everything is as Expected"; a quail bird stands next to the persimmon, that is, "Everything is Smooth"...
Persimmon leaves are fat and slippery, and can be pro book.
The ancients had two allusions to writing with leaves: one was Zheng Qian's stored persimmon, and the other was Huai su planted banana.
Zheng Qian, a writer, calligrapher, and poet of the Tang Dynasty, was also proficient in astronomical geography.
When he was young, he was particularly poor and could only live in the Chang'an Ci'en Temple. I wanted to practice calligraphy but was so poor that I couldn't even afford to buy paper, so I picked up the fallen leaves under the persimmon trees in the temple and piled them in the house. Every day, I practiced writing on the leaves, used several rooms of leaves, and finally became a generation of calligraphers.
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Favorite crispy persimmon
Over the autumn of these years, I have written several articles about persimmons, so many readers know that I especially like persimmons.
Last year, a reader who works in Taiyuan sent me persimmons twice, her hometown is Yuncheng, Shanxi, rich in apples, pears, cherries and persimmons, from January to October, persimmons are hung with branches, and the sparseness of persimmon trees in Jiangnan is different from the scenery, but it is equally attractive.
Every time she went back to her hometown, she would go around the fruit grove, and I asked her to take a lot of videos and make a video number (posted on the back of today's article), if I had the opportunity, I really wanted to go to the persimmon forest in the north, faithfully recording the enticing scene with a long lens.
When I wrote this article, a reader in Jiangnan gave me a handmade persimmon, which is different from the fruitful fruit on the tree, this persimmon is alone, although it is a handicraft, but the color seems to be natural, although it is small and exquisite, but it is still charming.
No one can represent autumn more than persimmons.
No one can better represent the Chinese style than persimmon red.