Why are pomegranate flowers so popular?

Although pomegranate is an exotic plant, it is particularly loved by the Chinese people, not only because of its beautiful flowers and fruits, which are red and sweet, but also because pomegranate has very rich and beautiful connotations and It has symbolic meaning, so it has been loved by people since ancient times!

Pomegranate is loved by people, first of all because of its fiery flowers, green trees and red flowers, brilliant and stunning. There are thousands of poems praising the beauty of pomegranate flowers, like fire and clouds. "The blood drops from the sun will drip to the ground. The wind blows and the flames are about to burn people" (Bai Juyi's "Mountain Pomegranate Sends Yuan Jiu"), "On a beautiful woman's jade hairpin, it only seems to burn the green cloud servant girl." (Du Mu's "Mountain Pomegranate") , "Who knows how to dye scarlet sacs with orangutan blood, and moisten the green clouds with fragrance. You Feng mistakenly recognizes the fire on the branches, and rushes through the short wall with the fuming wind" ("Pomegranate Flower" by Zhang Hongfan, a poet of the Yuan Dynasty, "Pomegranate flowers make the street lustful" Burning, all the branches and blossoms have fallen into the clouds. Thousands of households can’t buy them all, and the only thing left is to dye the daughter’s red dress.” (Ming Jiang Yikui’s “Yanjing May Song”) ("Ode to Pomegranate" by Jiang Yan of the Southern and Northern Dynasties)

We Chinese have always liked the color red. The fiery red pomegranate flowers in full bloom not only symbolize prosperity and beauty, but also the prosperous days that the people look forward to. Therefore, many Chinese people like to plant one or two pomegranate trees in front of their courtyards, hoping that their lives will be as prosperous as pomegranate flowers.

The scorching sun will turn the trees into full bloom and the thousands of flowers will spark fire. Exquisite.

Gaohuai is not close to the spring breeze, and the liver and gallbladder will be red when the abdomen is broken.

"After the light rain, the little lotus is turning, and the pomegranate flowers are blooming." Every May, The fiery red pomegranate flowers are extremely delicate, and the fifth month of the lunar calendar is also commonly known as the pomegranate moon. In the lonely summer with few flowers, the bright red pomegranates are particularly dazzling among the green bushes, making people feel a warm and cheerful atmosphere. Pan Yue wrote in "An Pomegranate Ode": "Looking at it from a distance, it shines like a Sui Dynasty pearl shining into the deep abyss; looking at it carefully, it shines like a row of stars rising from the clouds. Thousands of rooms are in the same membrane, and thousands of sons are like one, to ward off hunger and cure thirst. "Relieve awakening and stop drunkenness." Xia Houzhan of the Western Jin Dynasty "Pomegranate Ode": "Looking at the beautiful trees in the flower garden, I admire the wonderful growth of pomegranates, nourishing the roots in the soil, and spreading their branches in the orchid garden." Jiang Yan of the Southern Dynasties "Ode to Pomegranates". ": "Beautiful trees, who admires them? The green leaves are now green, the red flowers are falling, the spring rocks are shining brightly, the mountains and seas are covered with fragrance, the beauty remains unchanged, and the frost and snow change it." Cao Zhi even compared the blooming of pomegranates to Beautiful girl: "Pomegranates are planted in the front yard, and the green leaves are swaying. The flowers are burning fiercely, bright and glorious." Poets describe the blooming pomegranate flowers as "the day is bright on the green oil branches" and "the flames are burning in succession" , it can be said that everything is in full bloom. The poet Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty sang a poem about the solitary pomegranate, "A little red in the green bush, it doesn't need to be more beautiful in spring", which is the finishing touch to praise the beautiful pomegranate flowers.

Pomegranates are particularly beautiful except for their flowers. In addition to being extremely gorgeous, there are also many beautiful names: Wodan, Anshiliu, Ruoliu, Danruo, Jinyao, Jinpang, Tulin, Tianjiang, etc. Dan means red, although pomegranate flowers have various other colors. , but fiery red is the most common, so the color left to people is fiery red. May in the lunar calendar is the season when pomegranate flowers bloom most beautifully, so May is also known as the "Pomegranate Moon".

May. The flower god of the pomegranate flower is Zhong Kui, the legendary sage who bestowed blessings on the house in the Tang Dynasty. The pomegranate flower was also designated as the "City Flower of Xi'an" by Zhong Kui's hometown, Liu Hai's hometown, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. In folk portraits of Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui is He has a sinister face, a sword in his hand, and exposed veins. Although he looks very scary, Zhong Kui in the portrait has a bright red pomegranate flower stuck in his ear! Just like the fiery red pomegranate flower, the strong contrast leaves a deep impression on people. Although it is the poetic imagination of the ancient people to choose Zhong Kui as the pomegranate flower god, it is also the most appropriate.

In addition to the beautiful and lovely pomegranate flowers, Chinese people love pomegranates because of its rich connotations. Chinese people have always regarded the pomegranate as a mascot and a symbol of fertility and prosperity. "Pomegranate tree" is a "tree of life", which embodies the characteristics of mother's support, reproduction and fertility. Pomegranate is hailed as a good omen of prosperity, prosperity, harmony, unity, auspiciousness and reunion. The ancients said that pomegranate "thousands of houses are like a membrane, and a thousand sons are like one".

During folk weddings, pomegranates with the skin cut open and the berries exposed are often placed on the desk of the new house or elsewhere. Some people also give pomegranates as gifts to wish good luck. Common auspicious paintings include "Durian Opens and Hundreds of Sons", "Three Many", "Three Blessings of Huafeng", "Many Children and Blessings", etc.

In the Tang Dynasty, the etiquette of giving pomegranates to weddings became popular, and the myth and legend of the "Pomegranate Fairy" began to exist. In the Song Dynasty, "pomegranate fertility worship" became popular, and pomegranate couplets and riddles became popular. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, "Pomegranate Song" was popular. Garden pomegranates and potted pomegranates have become popular. People in the Song Dynasty also used the number of seeds inside the pomegranate fruit when it cracked to predict the number of people who would be admitted to the scientific examination. Over time, the term "Pomegranate is admitted to the examination" spread, which means the names on the golden examination list. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because the Mid-Autumn Festival was the season for pomegranates to be on the market, there was a folk custom of "when the moon is full on the 15th day of August, people worship the gods with pomegranate mooncakes". For more than 2,000 years, pomegranates have continued to move southward and eastward, taking root, blooming, and bearing fruit in various places. Modern pomegranate culture is becoming more and more developed, and Lintong has been nicknamed "Pomegranate City".

"The Picture of One Hundred Sons in Golden Clothes" means that high officials are prominent and surrounded by hundreds of sons.

In addition, Pomegranate has other contents that are popular among the people, including Pomegranate calligraphy and painting, Pomegranate bellybands, Pomegranate cake molds, Pomegranate seal cutting, Pomegranate paper-cutting, Pomegranate hair embroidery, Pomegranate photography, Pomegranate purses, Pomegranate carpets, Pomegranate dough sculptures , pomegranate trays, and even pomegranate ties. In ancient times, cooked pomegranate juice was used as a drink, which was very popular.

Pomegranates are also closely related to China's clothing culture. This may be because some people say that pomegranate flowers resemble the skirts of dancers. In Emperor Liang Yuan's "Wu Qi Qu", there is "hibiscus with pomegranate skirt" This is where the allusion of "Pomegranate Skirt" comes from. In ancient times, women mostly liked pomegranate red skirts, and the pigment used to dye red skirts at that time was mainly extracted from pomegranate flowers. Therefore, people also called red skirts "pomegranate skirts". Over time, "pomegranate skirts" became In ancient times, it was a name for a young woman. When people described a man as being conquered by a woman's beauty, they said he "fell under the pomegranate skirt."

The pomegranate’s fiery grace and graceful style are not only loved by the Chinese, but also by people all over the world. There is a red pomegranate on the national emblem of Spain, and the pomegranate is the national flower of Spain. Pomegranate flowers bloom in early summer. In the shade of green leaves, a fiery red light blazed, as bright as smoke, extremely gorgeous. After admiring the flowers, two or three months later, in autumn, red fruits are hanging on the branches again, just like "the fruits are hanging like stars, the light is like a glass base, like the mountains reflecting green water." It is the "elixir" It is often said that "flowers are as gorgeous as summer flowers", and the pomegranate flowers are as bright as flames, and the pomegranate fruit is also like crystal ruby ??agate. , eye-catching red, gorgeous and beautiful, with bright flowers and fruits, it is really a rare and rare fruit in the world!

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