Overseas Chinese can be used as tokens of love, not because of homophonic stalks or other reasons, but because peppers are a string, which symbolizes the prosperity of future generations in ancient times. Peppers are fragrant and full of seeds. These characteristics were regarded as a symbol of beauty by the ancients. Therefore, in ancient times, many men and women made love with pepper to express their good wishes of having more children and more happiness. Maybe this is the legend. I want to give birth to a bunch of babies when I fall in love with you. You accept my Chili, which means you accept my wish to give you a bunch of babies. Moreover, because there were few seasonings in ancient times, things with special aromatic taste that can be added to dishes like this can be said to be treasures. As early as the pre-Qin period, pepper was very rare. Even then, people used pepper to worship the gods. As the saying goes, things are rare. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a special aromatic taste, which is relatively rare. Naturally, it is the best choice to worship the gods. In the Book of Songs, when Zhou Song described the hard work in Zhou Chengwang's period, he said? There is fragrance, the light of the country. Do you have pepper and its fragrance? . It means that if you put pepper in your food, it will become more fragrant. After eating this kind of food, the immortals will naturally be very happy, and can help our country to carry forward and bless the people's peace. At the same time, people also make pepper wine, which is specially used to worship ancestors and gods. For example, in the ancient harem, there was a palace where the emperor's concubines lived, called the Pepper Room Hall. Only high-ranking concubines could stay in this palace, which was enough to show the ancient people's love for pepper.