QUESTION:
Shandong apples are thought to be the juiciest
of all apples on earth - a testament to the
soil, water and hundreds, if not thousands,
of years experience of growing apples.
Fruit often features in Chinese romance stories
as they were thought to represent heaven and
love.
What special power were peaches thought to
have:
A. The power to make two people fall in love;
B. The power to bring people back to life;
C. The power to re-grow hair when men had
become bald.
D. The power to keep your lungs healthy.
ANSWERS:
D is right! According to Chinese
folklore, peaches not only kept lungs healthy,
but those grown in a mythical garden were
the fruit of eternal life. Maybe there is
some correlation between the huge number of
smokers in China and this myth!
