According to what people have always said, "canopy, fishbowl, pomegranate tree, Mr. Fat Dog, Fat Girl" is a vivid portrayal of the life of well-off people in the old Beijing. In the summer in the courtyard set up a canopy to shade the sun, the courtyard placed in a large goldfish tank, screen in front of a few pots of pomegranates; the family invited the teacher to teach the children homework, raising a fat dog, and even the servants are eating white and fat. Life is well-fed, well-clothed, well-fed, well-fed, well-fed.

But the phrase is an outright curse and is distinctly derogatory. The origin of the phrase is recorded in the book Old Beijing Zoji, written by Mr. Xia Renhu, a native of Jiangning, Jiangsu Province. He was once a lifer in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and worked as an imperial historian.

"The natives of the capital, outside of the scholars and businessmen. There are several kinds of people, all eat in the official, said the clerks, inherited from generation to generation, in order to long children and grandchildren. Originally originated in Zhejiang and Shao as much, the rate has a thick capital, living very extravagant. Summer must be pergola, the yard must be listed porcelain tank to raise fish, rows of giant pots to plant pomegranates. No children to read, but also must extend a seat, to show broad. Ridiculers for the joint cloud: 'canopy fish tank pomegranate tree, Mr. fat dog fat girl.' The habit is also."

The so-called "all eat in the official" is not the same as today's civil servants, but they are in the performance of their duties, using different methods to enrich themselves. These people were the best at planning and getting money. As the saying goes, "A magistrate is better than a present administrator".

Thus, the meaning of this sentence is undoubtedly a great satire on these people's unrighteousness in acquiring wealth, their extravagant life, and their tendency to be vulgar, and it is a standard scolding word.

Through this article, I want to let you understand the history, but the times are different, we do not need to be more serious. Canopy fishbowl pomegranate tree, Mr. fat dog fat girl, now this sentence sent Beijing people to the courtyard cozy life nostalgia.