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Pomegranate and Yang Guifei (Collection of Cultural History)
Gu Guanyuan
According to historical records, pomegranate was brought from the western regions by Zhang Qian in 138 and planted in Shanglinyuan, which was built by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty in Chang 'an. Since then, pomegranate has been cultivated in China for more than two thousand years.
Pomegranate is called "the wonder tree in the world, the fruit of Kyushu". It belongs to the deciduous shrub of pomegranate family, which usually blooms in May, but it also blooms in four seasons. Pomegranate is not only a valuable fruit, but also a medicinal material. Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty said in his Pomegranate Fu that pomegranate has the function of "quenching thirst, sobering up and stopping drunkenness". Everyone knows that Yang Guifei loves litchi. Du Mu's poem "Riding a princess in the world of mortals and laughing, no one knows it is litchi" is about her hobby. In fact, the imperial concubine also loves pomegranates, so the emperor of the Tang Dynasty planted pomegranates for her to watch in Xiqiuling and Wang Mu Temple in Huaqing Palace according to his own preferences. Few people know about it.
It is said that Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty loved to watch the drunken state of the imperial concubine, and often got her drunk and appreciated her charming state. Mei Lanfang's Peking Opera "Drunk Imperial Lady" embodies this modality. Because pomegranate can sober up, Tang peeled pomegranate and fed it in his mouth. However, these situations made the ministers dissatisfied, so they looked askance at the imperial concubine and refused to salute, which naturally made her very unhappy.
One day, Emperor Tang Ming invited his ministers to a banquet and asked the imperial concubine to play a piece of music to entertain the audience. At the best time, the imperial concubine deliberately broke a string, and the tune could not be played anymore. Don asked why? The imperial concubine took the opportunity to say that because the minister who listened to Qu didn't respect her and didn't give gifts, the God of Qu complained for her, so the string was broken. Tang knew that he knew this well, so he believed the words of the imperial concubine and made an imperial decree. In the future, regardless of ministers, anyone who can't bow down to the queen will be shot! Since then, ministers have been in awe when they see the queen.
Because Yang Guifei always wears a skirt embroidered with pomegranate flowers, those ministers privately laugh at the words "falling at the pomegranate skirt". Later, this sentence gradually spread from the court to the people and became a common saying that men fall in love with romantic women.
Overseas Edition of People's Daily (7th Edition, February 65438+February 65438, 2000)
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The origin of "falling at the feet of pomegranate skirt"
Pomegranate has red, yellow and white flowers. People especially like red flowers. Du Mu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Shan Shiliu: "A beautiful jade hairpin is only suspected of burning Cui Yun." . Although the poet did not directly write that pomegranate flowers are red, he was worried that red pomegranate flowers would burn girls' hair and hair. Praising Liu Hua is really a stroke of genius.
The author visited Huaqing Pool in Xi 'an, and specially enjoyed the deep-leaf pomegranate tree planted by Yang Guifei. Legend has it that Yang Guifei loves pomegranate flowers very much. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty loved it and planted pomegranate extensively in Xiqiuling and Wang Mu Temple in Huaqingchi. Whenever pomegranate flowers are in full bloom, the romantic son of heaven holds a banquet under pomegranate flowers.
Yang Guifei's cheeks flushed after drinking, and Tang loved to appreciate the charming drunkenness of his favorite concubine. He often compares the pink-necked hongyun dyed with wine with pomegranate flowers. Who is more gorgeous? Because Tang Gaozong loves Yang too much, regardless of state affairs, ministers dare not accuse Tang Gaozong, so they take it out on Yang and refuse to give her a gift.
Helpless, Yang Yuhuan still loves to watch pomegranate flowers and eat pomegranate, especially wearing colorful skirts embroidered with pomegranate flowers. One day, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty gave a banquet to invite ministers to drink and invited Yang Yuhuan to dance. But the imperial concubine raised her glass to the lips of Ming Chengzu and whispered to the emperor, "Most of these courtiers squint at them. They showed no courtesy or respect. I don't want to dance for them. " Hearing this, Emperor Tang Ming felt that his beloved concubine had been wronged, and immediately ordered all civil servants and military commanders to give gifts when they saw her. Those who refused to bow down were severely punished for deceiving the monarch.
All the ministers are at a loss. When they saw Yang Yuhuan coming in a pomegranate skirt, they all knelt down and bowed. Therefore, the allusion of "falling at the feet of pomegranate skirt" has been circulated for thousands of years and has become a common saying of worshipping women.