柚子是芸香科植物柚的成熟果实,产于我国福建、江西、广东、广西等南方地区。柚子清香、酸甜、凉润,营养丰富,药用价值很高,是人们喜食的水果之一,也是医学界公认的具食疗功效的水果。柚,俗名叫“抛”、“栾”、“橙”、“文旦”等,原产中国,有4000余年的栽培史,早在古籍《禹贡》中已有记载。西汉时,通过“丝绸之路”传往伊朗、希腊、阿拉伯等国。中国柚子的著名品种有广西沙田柚、广东金兰柚、四川平顶柚、福建文旦柚等。柚子外形浑圆,象征亲人团圆、生活美满之意,所以也是中秋佳节的应景水果。更重要的是柚子的“柚”和庇佑的“佑”同音,柚子即佑子,被人们认为有吉祥之义。柚和“有”谐音,是大柚大有的意思,过年 Grapefruit is a ripe fruit rutaceae plant pomelo, produced in Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and other southern regions. Grapefruit fragrance, sweet and sour, cool, nutrient-rich, high medicinal value, is one of the fruits of people eat, but also the medical profession recognized therapeutic effect of fruit. Pomelo, commonly known as “throw ”, “Luan ”, “orange ”, “pomelo ” and so on, originating in China, more than 4,000 years of cultivation history, as early as the ancient book “Yu Gong” Record. Western Han Dynasty, through the “Silk Road” to Iran, Greece, Arabia and other countries. Famous varieties of Chinese grapefruit are pomelo, Shantou, Guangdong Jinlan pomelo, pomelo, pomelo, Fujian pomelo and so on. Grapefruit appearance rounded, a symbol of family reunion, happy life, it is also the Mid-Autumn Festival Yingjing fruit. More importantly, grapefruit “pomelo ” and bless “bless ” homophone, grapefruit that Yoko, people are considered auspicious meaning. Pomelo and “There ” homonym, is the meaning of large grapefruit, the Chinese New Year