Apples to Apples

Over the past few weeks I have seen a lot more apples being sold by the street vendors. I never thought much about it until today when Pastor Liu explained it at church. The word for "apple" is "ping guo" which sounds similar to the word for "peace" which is "he ping" (add in the tones and it does anyway). So by giving out apples, they're giving out "peace" for the holiday season and the start of the new year.