Pomegranate tree is the love tree of ancient Rome. Pomegranate represents sweetness in love, which means love at first sight, maturity, beauty, happy life and prosperous career.
People in China regard pomegranate as a mascot and a symbol of many children and many blessings. The ancients called pomegranate "a thousand rooms with the same membrane, a thousand children are like one", "ten thousand children share the same bud, and the golden room is separated by jade", which means "many children" and symbolizes a happy marriage. When people get married, they often put pomegranates on the table in their new houses or dispose of them. Some people will give them to wish them good luck. Common auspicious paintings include "One Willow and Hundred Flowers", "Sanduo" and "Many Children and Many Blessings".
Pomegranate flower, red but not demon, gorgeous but not charming. Brilliant pomegranate flowers, such as brocade and fire, are about to drip red.
How beautiful are pomegranate flowers? There is a saying that everyone must have heard of. When a man is impressed by a woman's beauty, it is said that he falls at the feet of a pomegranate skirt. This proverb originated from Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty. Legend has it that Yang Guifei loves pomegranate flowers very much. She loves to enjoy pomegranate flowers, eat pomegranate and wear a red pomegranate skirt.
Tang Huangming planted a lot of pomegranates to please the imperial concubine. Whenever pomegranate flowers are in full bloom, he will hold a banquet in pomegranate flowers and have fun with Yang Guifei. The imperial concubine was drunk, charming and beautiful, and Tang was even more addicted to it. However, because he loved Yang Guifei so much, Tang even turned a blind eye to state affairs. Ministers were speechless with anger. As a result, many ministers were angry with Yang Guifei and refused to salute her. One day, Emperor Tang Ming once again gave a banquet to invite ministers to drink and invited Yang Guifei to dance. However, the imperial concubine raised her glass to the lips of Emperor Tang Ming and whispered to the emperor secretly, "Most of these courtiers look askance at their courtiers. They showed no courtesy or respect. I don't want to dance for them.
When Tang heard this, he felt that his beloved concubine had been wronged. Therefore, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty immediately ordered all civil and military officials to give gifts when they saw the imperial concubine, and those who refused to bow down were severely punished for deceiving the monarch.
All the ministers were helpless, so when they saw Yang Yuhuan coming in a pomegranate skirt, they all knelt down and saluted.
As a result, the story of "falling under the pomegranate skirt" has been circulated for thousands of years, and later it gradually evolved into people teasing men for their obedience to women.