Peaches and marriage

[moon88]

Dear cecil,
I read somewhere that chinese people consider
peach a marriage fruit. Is it true. Also that
single people are fed peaches to enhance their marriage luck. Is their any truth in this? Thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
1. The most famous legend of the peach is its association with immortality.
Here, the story is that the immortality peach ripens only every 1,000 years. Here, this tree stood in the famous Kun Lun mountains.
On this day that the fruit ripened, the Goddess of Heavn invited immortals to her palace for a feast. On this day, the Monkey called Sun, wondered into the garden and ate the peach. He later became an immortal because of this.
Thus, the peach is associated with longeivity.
2. The colour of the skin of the peach also brings to mind `peach blossom spring'.
Here, it is compared to the skin of a young girl. Some people associate it with a flirting or easy to be seduced girl.
Thus because of the above, it is associated with young girls.
3. `Green peach blossom' refers to a secret meeting place of lovers.
4. As for single people who are fed peaches to enhance their marriage luck, in my opinion, here are not much truth in this.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 4/27/00 2:21:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I read somewhere that chinese
people consider
peach a marriage fruit. Is it
true. Also that
single people are fed peaches
to enhance their marriage
luck. Is their any truth in
this? Thanks.