In culture, peach is a polysemous symbol system. In people's cultural concept, peach contains primitive beliefs of totem worship and reproductive worship, which has folk symbolic significance of fertility, auspiciousness and longevity. These symbolic meanings exist in national psychology in various forms, and are extended, developed, integrated and mutated through folk activities: peach blossom symbolizes spring, love, beauty and ideal world; Branches and trees are used to exorcise evil spirits and seek happiness, which stems from the animism concept in folk witchcraft belief; Peach and fruit blend into China's fairy tales, which means longevity, health and fertility. The flowers, leaves, branches and fruits of peach trees all shine with the light of folk culture, and the life consciousness expressed in them is closely infiltrated in the texture of peach culture in China.
Peaches symbolize longevity. Peach is the most common symbol of longevity, and longevity peach is used to celebrate the birthday of the elderly. Some people often hang a picture with three peaches and five bats in the hall, which means "Five Blessingg with three peaches".
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Question 2: Peaches symbolize good luck. What does the peach symbolize? Peaches are one of our favorite fruits, especially in dry autumn, which is also the harvest season of peaches. Peaches are the best moist fruits. Peaches can also play an auxiliary therapeutic role in some diseases and maintain our skin. Such good fruit is our favorite. Peaches are not only delicious, but also have a good metaphor in China. Usually, when the elderly celebrate their birthdays, people will put on birthday peaches, which means longevity. Many people will hang a birthday girl with a big peach at home, which also represents the health and longevity of the elderly. What are the auspicious symbols of peaches in China? Let's get to know them through the following stories. Are you familiar with The Journey to the West, China's four classical novels? There are many wonderful fragments in this famous book, and there are wonderful descriptions about eating flat peaches and living longer in the classic The Journey to the West. Since ancient times, peaches have always been regarded as a symbol of good luck and longevity. People think that peach is the fruit of the immortal family, and it can live long after eating, so it has the reputation of Xiantao and longevity fruit. There is also a saying that eating peaches is lucky. Peaches have many meanings. The love for peach blossoms first comes from peach blossoms. Among all the flowers, peach blossom has the most perfect femininity, gorgeous, charming and charming, all of which are exciting. Therefore, the ancients regarded peach blossom luck as a good luck for men to get the opposite sex, and thought it was a fate that everyone in the world hoped for. The ancients also used peach wood to make peach symbols, peach people and peach swords to ward off evil spirits. Peach represents auspiciousness and peach also symbolizes longevity, but it has been said for a long time. Because peach has the above auspicious symbol, it has been regarded as auspicious symbol by painters and sculptors for thousands of years, or painted in nave, or carved on walls and furniture at home. Especially for the old people's birthdays, it is essential to present a painting and a peach art, and the old people will be very happy. This is also the reason why the birthday boy always holds a huge peach in his hand in auspicious paintings. With people's auspicious worship of peaches, there are many requirements for painting and carving peaches, such as painting a pair of peaches instead of one. The more peaches you draw, the longer your life will be, which also reflects people's good desire to love life and pursue longevity. Through the above story, our understanding of peaches has increased a lot. It turns out that peaches are not only delicious, but also have so many stories behind them. And the content of the story is so colorful. Although peach wood is a superstitious saying to ward off evil spirits and hold peaches for a long life, it all embodies people's good wishes. Didn't Qi Baishi, an ancient painter in China, also paint pictures about peaches? It turns out that there are so many beautiful stories behind a Momo that we have learned a lot.
Question 3: What does peach symbolize in China culture? China is the hometown of peach, which has been cultivated for more than 3000 years. There are more than 3,000 kinds of peaches in the world, accounting for more than 1/4 of China, which can be divided into two categories: edible peaches and ornamental peaches. Ornamental peaches are mainly ornamental peaches, including pink, purplish red, silver red, crimson, purplish red, orange red, vermilion, etc ... It is really colorful and pleasing to the eye.
China traditional culture uses "five" to sum up all the substances in the world: five elements, five internal organs, five grains, five animals, five vegetables, five fruits, five tones, five gases, five colors, five flavors, five senses, five bodies and five aspirations. Among them, five fruits are peach, plum, apricot, pear and jujube, and peach is the first of the five fruits. It can be seen that people attach importance to peaches.
There are many beautiful myths and legends about peaches in China. According to legend, peaches are fruits eaten by immortals. If you eat first-class peaches, you can "live with heaven and earth and live with the sun and the moon"; Eating second-class peaches can "ascend to heaven and live forever"; After eating third-class peaches, you can also "become immortal and gain enlightenment, and your body is light." Because of this, peaches are called "Xiantao" and "Shoutao". In The Journey to the West, on the birthday of the heavenly queen, a flat peach festival was held to entertain the immortals. Although this is a myth, it also shows that peaches are by no means comparable to ordinary fruits. As for the Monkey King the Monkey King and his descendants, peaches are their food.
The old birthday girl painted in folk New Year pictures always holds a peach in his hand-"Shoutao". On your birthday, you should steam peach-shaped steamed bread, or make round steamed bread with solid or hollow stuffing, pinch the peach tip at the top, cut it with a bamboo knife or roll out a peach-shaped groove from top to bottom with the back of the knife, the peach tip is slightly bent, dyed red, and steamed into "longevity peach" in a cage. On the birthday of the elderly, dedicated to the elderly, in order to bless the elderly health and longevity.
Not only peach has immortal life, but also peach wood has gods, and her prestige among the people is greater than peach's. As early as the pre-Qin ancient books, it was recorded that peach trees can ward off evil spirits, and monsters run away when they see them. Peach tree means to ward off evil spirits in China culture. There are usually peach tree symbols or couplets made of peach trees outside the door.
Peaches come in all shapes and colors. According to Li Shizhen's records, its colors are red peach, red peach, green peach, barnyard grass peach, white peach, spades, golden peach, silver peach and rouge peach. There are cotton peaches, nectarines, royal peaches, square peaches and flat peaches named after "shape" In modern times, there are countless varieties of peaches, including spring peaches, summer peaches, autumn peaches and winter peaches. According to the month, Jiangxi has April white, Beijing has May fresh, Zhejiang has June tour, Northeast has July red, Nanjing has August birthday, Shanxi has September chrysanthemum, Henan has October peach, Hebei has November snow peach and December snow buried. Nowadays, with greenhouse cultivation, fresh peaches can be eaten all year round, achieving the goal of "peach blossoms bloom in all seasons" and eight fresh fruits are constantly available. "
Question 4: The symbolic meaning of peaches is one of our favorite fruits, especially in dry autumn, which is also the season of peach harvest. Peaches are the best moisturizing fruits. Peaches can also play an auxiliary therapeutic role in some diseases and maintain our skin. Such good fruit is our favorite. Peaches are not only delicious, but also have a good metaphor in China. Usually, when the elderly celebrate their birthdays, people will put on birthday peaches, which means longevity. Many people will hang a birthday girl with a big peach at home, which also represents the health and longevity of the elderly.
Question 5: What is the symbolic meaning of peach trees? Peachtree people regard peaches as a symbol of longevity. Whenever the older generation celebrates their birthdays, the younger generation often presents peach trees. To bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, we should pull peach symbols in front of every household and pray for peace.
Question 6: What does peach mean? Go to Fiona Fang and enjoy the greenery.
Question 7: What was the symbol of peach in ancient times? 1. From wood, mega sound. Original meaning: fruit name)
2.[ Peach]
Peach, peach fruit also. -Shuo Wen
The peach flew away. -"Poetry? Nan Zhou? Yao Tao
There are peaches in the garden. -"Poetry? Feng Wei? Peaches in the garden
3. admire. Small deciduous tree of Rosaceae. It has red, pink or white flowers in spring. The fruit is slightly spherical with fluff on the surface. Peach (broom made of peach branches. Superstition holds that ghosts are afraid of peach trees sweeping away. Peach three and plum four (peach trees bear fruit in three years, plum trees bear fruit in four years); Peach bow and reed arrow (peach bamboo bow, reed arrow) Old customs are used to ward off evil spirits); Peach seal (carved with peach wood to ward off evil spirits); Taolin (Peach Blossom Garden)
4.[ Peach]
Give me a peach. -"Poetry? Daya? restrain
Simple peach kernel trimmer. -Ming? Xue Wei is a dousu.
5. Another example is: Tao Lai Li Answer (mutual gift); Eat peaches and plums (gifts, bribes)
6. refers to peach blossom [peach blossom]
Hua Ru Tao Li-"Poetry? Zhao Nan? What is Z? "
7. Another example: peach blossom steamed dumplings (a kind of pasta with an opening like peach blossom, similar to the opening of steamed buns); The son of Yao Tao (figuratively speaking, a talented woman like a peach blossom); Peach paper (peach paper. A paper name in the past); Peach blossom (also describes female appearance); Peach slices (peach petals) It also refers to the color like peach blossoms-often used to describe a woman's face. Such as: Yao Tao (pretty girl); Peach blossom face (describing women and flowers as beautiful); Yao Tao Liu Mei (describing women as young and beautiful); Yao Tao bride (a beautiful young newlywed); Peach blossom makeup (one of ancient women's makeup. Wipe your cheeks lightly with rouge); Peach blossom face (the face of a woman as beautiful as a peach blossom); Peach cheeks (peach cheeks pink face. Describe a woman's pink cheeks)
8. Refers to other peach-shaped fruits [a peach-shaped thing]. Such as: cotton peach
9. Peach blossom season [spring warms bloom]. Such as: Yao Tao Li Yan (peaches and plums are in full bloom. Generally refers to the beauty of spring); Peach blossom flooding (peach blossom season flood)
Question 8: What does a peach stand for? It seems to be just a habit, which has no special significance.
The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is a season of warm spring in bloom and fruitful harvest in autumn. A year's efforts have yielded fruitful results. At that time, every family had to buy delicious food and wine to celebrate the festival with the joy of harvest, thus forming a colorful Mid-Autumn Festival food custom in China.
Eat moon cakes
Eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing traditional custom in China. The weather is clear and the moon is bright, and Gui Xiang is refreshing. Everyone tastes moon cakes and enjoys the moon together. This is a unique holiday reunion. As a kind of food that looks like a full moon and contains good stuffing, moon cakes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo, a poet and gourmet, has a poem that "a small cake is like chewing the moon, with crisp and glutinous inside". As a kind of food, it is called "moon cake", which began in the Southern Song Dynasty. Steaming to lose weight. At that time, there was a folk saying in Hangzhou that "mooncakes were fed to each other, which meant Mid-Autumn Festival reunion". By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, mooncakes had become the Japanese and American styles of Mid-Autumn Festival.
Eat duck
Mulao people in Yunnan, China will buy cakes to kill ducks on August 15 to celebrate this traditional festival. In order to commemorate the three sugar sellers who sold sugar in the village and mobilized villagers to kill ghosts, every August 15, monks bought cakes to kill ducks, educating future generations not to forget the anti-aggression struggle.
Eat taro
Eating taro in Mid-Autumn Festival means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and it means not to believe in evil spirits. Qing Qianlong's "Chaozhou County Records" said: "Playing the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, cutting taro and eating it is called peeling the ghost skin." Stripping ghosts and eating ghosts is a great spirit of Zhong Kui's exorcism, which is respectable.
Eat snails
Regarding eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is recorded in the "Shunde County Records" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking at the sun in August, eating snails is still fragrant." People believe that snails can improve their eyesight in the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrition, and vitamin A is an important substance of eye visual pigment. Eating snails can improve your eyesight, which makes sense. But why must we be particularly keen on food during the Mid-Autumn Festival? It was pointed out that before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, snails were empty and there were no snails in the abdomen, so the meat was particularly fat. This is the best time to eat snails. Nowadays, in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Eat pumpkin
Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the custom of eating old pumpkins and cooking glutinous rice in August and a half is circulated in every household.
Drink osmanthus wine
Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people look up at the bright moon, smell osmanthus fragrance, think of WU GANG cutting osmanthus flowers, drink a glass of osmanthus wine, celebrate the sweetness of the family and get together, which becomes a holiday enjoyment. Osmanthus fragrans not only can be seen, but also can be eaten. Osmanthus fragrans not only can be seen, but also can be eaten. In Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there are some poems, such as "supporting the horse and fighting, drinking cinnamon pulp" and "drinking cinnamon pulp". It can be seen that China has been drinking osmanthus wine for quite a long time.
Eating lotus root box
Eating lotus root in Mid-Autumn Festival is also a sign of reunion, especially eating "lotus root box". Most people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang slice the lotus root, connect the lower ends of each two pieces together, put stuffing made of meat and clams in the middle, and fry the noodles until golden. This is also called lotus root cake, which has the same effect as moon cakes. At present, there are two main varieties of lotus root on the market, seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root. Seven-hole lotus root is widely cultivated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. This variety has excellent texture and tender, crisp, sweet and white meat. Chinese medicine believes that lotus root changes from cool to warm after cooking, which is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effects of nourishing stomach, nourishing yin and benefiting blood.
The full moon is also round.
Tips on moon cake legend
Some people think that since ancient times, eating and sending moon cakes are related to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Actually, it's not. In the early Tang Dynasty, it turned out that only the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar was a festival, and there was no fifteenth day. According to legend, Ming Taizu later visited the Moon Palace on the night of August 15th in the Tang Dynasty, so people took August 15th as the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In the middle Tang Dynasty, people began to go upstairs to enjoy the moon on the evening of August 15th, when there were no moon cakes. Speaking of moon cakes, it first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty. However, moon cakes at that time had nothing to do with the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, moon cakes were also very different from modern moon cakes, and only appeared in the food market as steamed food.
In the Ming Dynasty, moon cakes were indeed associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, there was a kind of moon cakes filled with fruits in Beijing. People made their own moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival and gave them to friends and relatives to express their reunion and congratulations. At that time, moon cakes were irregular in size and shape, with great differences and special names.
For example, in Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, local people have the custom of sitting around and sharing reunion moon cakes. There are many interesting moon cakes they make, such as crescent moon cakes specially for men, gourd moon cakes specially for women, and "Sun" specially for teenagers. & gt
Question 9: What does peach mean? It is delicious. Peach is homophonic with "escape". Therefore, you don't need peach blossoms to get married, for fear of bad omen. There are no taboos for others.