How did "all kinds" come from?
The idiom "Variety" originated from the army: "Five Flowers" refers to the five-element array (gold, wood, water, fire and earth), and "Eight Gates" refers to the eight gates array of gossip. The word wǔ huā bā mén with various pronunciations originally refers to five-line array and eight-door array. These are two ancient tactics with many changes. Metaphor is changeable or changeable. Source: Sun Jiagan, New Knowledge in Yuchu: "On the west of the dragon symbol, the peaks are chaotic, with four columns like Pingsha Wanmu, eight doors and five flowers." The provincial government in Hubei was really a "model government" at that time, and everyone in the Committee had it. (Guo Moruo's Revolutionary Spring and Autumn Northern Expedition) The original meaning of Wuhua 1 "Wuhua". Jin Juhua: A woman who sells camellias. 2. Kapok: refers to a doctor who treats people in the street. 3. Narcissus: refers to the singer in the restaurant. 4. Pyracantha: refers to jugglers. Native ox flower: refers to a porter with eight doors and one towel; Refers to a fortune teller with two doors; Refers to a person who has three doors selling herbs; Refers to a juggler with four doors; A juggler with five doors; A storyteller with six doors; Refers to a street singer with seven doors; Refers to a person who puts up a tent and pastes eight doors with paper; Refers to a person who sings on a high platform.