"When you meet a woman, you have to use your talents. Either 'a MILF, still charming', or 'a young lady, exquisite and cute'."

From : Lu Xun's "Second Collection of Qie Jie Ting's Essays: On the Fear of Human Words".

Interpretation:

Xu Niang: the Xu family of Emperor Liang Yuan, generally refers to women. Refers to a middle-aged woman who is still charming.

Cardamom Years: It means that a girl is thirteen years old. It refers to a girl’s youth. "Cardamom" is also known as "fetus-containing flower". Cardamom flowers are used to be called the cardamom years of girls at the age of thirteen or fourteen.

Extended information:

Du Mu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem for a girl in her prime. The name is called One of Two Farewell Poems. Although the name is a bit ordinary, it is The description is really beautiful, using cardamom to praise them.

"Pingping has been curling up for more than thirteen years, and the cardamom leaves are in early February. The spring breeze is ten miles away on Yangzhou Road, and it is better to roll up the bead curtain."

When you are thirteen years old, it is the best time. When I was watching, Du Mu met a flower-like girl of his age at that time, so he used the most beautiful plant in his heart to compose poems for her, just like the cardamom on the branch in early February, which had just sprouted and was in bud. Let go and wait for others to appreciate her beauty. On the ten miles of spring breeze in Yangzhou, no one could be found who was prettier than the woman in front of me. This poem is the origin of the adjective "Nianhua".