Pets in pepper house are described as favorites. The ancient emperor's bridal chamber used a pepper wall, because pepper was spicy, full of seeds and sterilized. Therefore, Jiao Fang became the name of the ancient harem.

Jiao Fang, which began in the Western Han Dynasty, is the name of the palace where the Empress Weiyang Palace lived. It is also called "Jiao Fang", which is the palace where the Empress of the Han Dynasty lived. It was named after the walls were coated with pepper and mud.

The wall is coated with powder made of the flower of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, which is moist, fragrant and fertile, hence the name "Zanthoxylum bungeanum".

Pepper in the pepper house refers to pepper, not red pepper. The name Zanthoxylum bungeanum was first recorded in the Book of Songs. The Book of Songs is a collection of folk poems in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which shows that Chinese people used pepper more than 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, and pepper was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty.

Ancient people thought that the smell of pepper could ward off evil spirits. In some dynasties, the court used pepper to penetrate paint to paste walls. There are many small Zanthoxylum bungeanum fruits on the Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree, which is a symbol of offspring reproduction.

Source:

1, "The Book of Songs tang style" said: "The pepper chat is really prosperous."

2. Ban Gu's Xi Du Fu: "There is a pepper room in the harem and a room for concubines."

3. The sixteenth time of A Dream of Red Mansions: "On the second and sixth day of each month, the family members of the pepper room are invited to wait in the palace."

4. "Biography of Han Shu Cheqian Ball": "The name of Jiaoshi Temple, the residence of the queen, painted the wall with pepper mud and took its warmth."