Hebei “Tianjin Pear”
Hebei “Tianjin Pear”: It earned the name because historically it was exported through Tianjin. According to *Records of the Grand Historian*: “The imperial pears of Zhending are as big as a fist, sweet as honey, and crisp as water chestnuts.” Zhending refers to today’s Zhengding County. During the Han Dynasty, the pears produced in the Zhengding Prefecture were used as tributes for the imperial court, hence they were called “imperial pears.”
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