According to legend, Cui Hu, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty, went for an outing in the suburbs during the Qingming Festival and met a girl in a peach grove. At this time, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the girl's cheeks are pink, which is particularly touching. Cui Hu asked the girl for a bowl of water to drink and then left, but the girl's face was unforgettable for a long time. In the second year of Qingming, Cui Hu came to Taolin again, only to see the peach blossom without the girl. It turned out that the girl had died because she missed him, and Cui Hu was in great pain. A fairy felt this, revived the girl and completed this beautiful marriage. And peach blossom is the witness of this touching love. Flower Expo
Peach blossoms are in full bloom in spring, and she is as beautiful as rosy clouds. It is said that both Tang and Yang Guifei like peach blossoms. Thousands of peach blossoms are planted in the forbidden garden. Every time the peach blossom is in full bloom, it will be in Taoyuan. Every time the emperor will take it off and put it on his favorite princess's head, saying, "This flower can help her charm." Peach blossoms are so beautiful, so in ancient times, some people used peach blossoms to wash their faces, thinking that this would make their appearance more beautiful. Flower Expo
There is also a folk legend in China: Kuafu chased the sun before he died and threw Shenmu away, turning it into a peach forest. The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China were all made of red boards, also called Taofu. Until now, people still believe that mahogany products can ward off ghosts and evil spirits. Peach, on the other hand, means longevity. Give the old people a birthday and give them a plate of longevity peaches to show that they wish them a long and healthy life.
People in China have a tradition of watching and eating peaches, but only a few people know the origin of peaches, and why peaches grow like hearts and divide into two petals, why they have a hard core, and why people wait until peaches become soft and red before eating. This stems from a tragic love story.
Three thousand years ago in China, there lived several families in a quiet mountain village in the north. There lived a brave and hardworking young man on the top of the mountain. His name is Tao Zi, and he is deeply loved by the villagers because of his enthusiasm for helping others. There lived a girl named Xiaomei on the mountainside. She is smart, beautiful and good at singing and dancing. Tao Zi always regards Xiaomei as his sister and often goes to chat and sing with her. They are always full of laughter when they are together, and gradually they fall in love. Their love came quietly, nourishing their hearts. However, Xiaomei knows that she is the flower fairy of the Jade Emperor and will soon become an immortal. She loves Tao Zi deeply and is afraid that her departure will disrupt Tao Zi's life and hurt Tao Zi's heart. So one day, she told Tao Zi coldly: "In fact, I love a very strong man. If you can't control your emotions, it proves that you are not strong enough! When you are strong enough to suppress your feelings for me, you will get my love. " Since then, Xiaomei has never seen Tao Zi again.
What Xiaomei said was deeply imprinted in Tao Zi's heart. He is in a dilemma: if he loves Xiaomei, will Xiaomei dislike herself? If you don't love Xiaomei, you will lose Xiaomei. His heart was boiling and cold, his face lost its color and his heart began to become stiff. In an encounter with Xiaomei, Tao Zi described her pain. He told Xiaomei, "My heart became cold and hard. How hard it is for me to love you! Sister and brother don't believe that you don't like me. I just want to see if your heart is as cold as my love! "
For these young people, life is no longer meaningful. They took out their cold hearts, verified each other and died together. Therefore, "love is colder than love" has become a topic that makes people cry for a while. The villagers were deeply moved by their affection and buried them together. There was a lot of thunder that night and it rained all night. The villagers can only listen to the sound of rain hitting the path at home, and no one dares to go out and see what is happening outside. At dawn, the rain stopped, and the villagers saw a small tree growing on their cemetery, which was full of pink flowers. It turned out that Tao Zi's body turned into a trunk. In order to commemorate him, the villagers called this tree a peach tree. A little beautification has made a peach blossom, and the soul has ascended to heaven. Because of the lust for human truth, Hua Xian's seat has been arranged in heaven. Tianmu read her true feelings and named her the Peach Blossom Empress, specializing in human love and seeking heirs.
That summer, people were surprised to find that peach trees were full of fresh fruits, like two overlapping hearts. People who know this story are afraid that peach trees will be sad, and always wait until the fruits turn red and soft before picking them.
Even so, there is still a shell inside the peach to protect a hard heart. Since then, people always use peach blossoms to express their love, and use hard peach wood as a symbol of peach to ward off evil spirits!