Peach blossoms have multiple meanings in ancient China. In different moods or contexts, they symbolize spring, love, longevity, a good life, disciples, etc.
(1) Peach blossoms symbolize spring. Peach blossoms bloom in early spring and have been a symbol of spring since ancient times. "Peach blossoms are as red as jade, and they must be as charming as those of the past." As a synonym for spring and beauty, peach blossoms are worthy of people's love. Wu Rong said in the poem "Peach Blossom" that "the trees are full of delicate flowers and blooming red, and thousands of red branches are shining in spring."
(2) Peach blossoms symbolize love. The flower language and its representative meaning are the captives of love. In ancient China, peach blossoms have always been inseparable from the word love. Ancient people often talked about peach blossom luck in divination, which means that peach blossoms can bring people the opportunity of love. Ancient poets often combined peach blossoms with love. In addition to using poems such as "One peach blossom tree is a poem, and a thousand trees are full of flowers, who is crazy about it?" to express their yearning for love, they are also often used to lament the fate of beauties.
(3) Peach blossom symbolizes longevity. "Tai Qing Fang" says, "Pick peach blossoms on March 3rd and soak them in wine to cure all diseases and improve color." The fruit formed by peach blossoms, peach fruit, is also regarded as a thing that prolongs life, which leads to Many stories, such as the Queen Mother's Peach Club, call peach "Shou peach".
Peach blossoms, the blooming flowers of peach trees, belong to the Rosaceae family. The leaves are oval-lanceolate, and the drupe is nearly spherical. It is mainly divided into two categories: peach fruit and flower peach. Peach blossom is native to central and northern China and is now widely grown in temperate countries and regions around the world. Its reproduction is mainly done by grafting.
Peach likes light and requires good ventilation; it likes good drainage and is drought-tolerant; it is afraid of waterlogging. If it is flooded for 3 to 5 days, the leaves will fall off in mild cases and die in severe cases. It is cold-resistant and can generally survive the winter in the open field in East and North China.
Peach blossoms should be grown in light loam soil, and the moisture should be kept at half moisture. It is not intolerant to alkaline soil and does not like soil that is too sticky. It does not choose fertilizers. The rest of its ecological habits are roughly similar to plum blossoms. However, the growth potential and branching power are stronger than plum blossoms, but they are not durable and begin to decline from about 20 years old.