Ancient orchard Sweet Honey

The sweetness of the fruit, the sweetness of honey, and the sweetness produced by the grain in the chewing process ... These are the most direct ways of taste the sweetness of the ancients.

Different from modern people as "heat beasts", a few centuries ago, the sweetness brought by sugar matter was still a more luxurious taste -not everyone could enjoy the taste of sweetness brought by sugar.

In the era when productive forces were not overflowing, the fresh and natural sweetness of fruits is undoubtedly charming and even rare.

In historical documents, we often see fruits, honey, pastries, and valuable items such as gold and silver, silk, porcelain, and jade, and bear the role of "social currency" as a reward or gift to provide a channel for people's courtesy.

▲ The fruits placed in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Gu Yizhong's "Han Xizai Night Banquet"

Palace Museum

However, in terms of types, the "sweet fruits" on the tongue of the ancients are not scarce.

In fact, compared with many areas in the world with abundant products in the world, the richness of ancient Chinese orchards can be described as "fruitful".

▲ Southern Song Dynasty Lu Zonggui "Auspicious Map"

Boston Art Collection

China is one of the world's fruit tree origin, and there are many types of fruits. From the perspective of the Book of Songs, during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties -Tao, Li, Gan Tang (a certain kind of belonging to the genus Rosaceae), plum, mulberry, 苌 Chu (kiwi), jujube ... Land grows mature.

It was just that the ancients regarded them as "fruits" at that time.

Take Chu Chu (kiwi), for example, in ancient times, it did not eat it. Many literati species kiwi as watching plants in their yard.

▲ "Ape Monkey Picking Fruit Picture" (partial)

Song Anonymous Palace Museum

In addition, from the frequency of Tao Li in the Book of Songs, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Taozi plums were already more common fruits.

▲ "Peach Chi Cui Ben Map"

Southern Song Li Zhi American Flier Art Museum

Except peach. Plum, apricot, pear, 杏 (similar to today's sand fruit), jujube, mulberry, hawthorn, persimmon, cherry ... and other fruits to appear on the tip of people's tongue very early.

Judging from the allusions of the "Orange Crossing Huai Huai" in "Huainanzi", as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the ancients moved to transplanting fruit trees.

▲ Southern Song Dynasty Lin Chun "Orange Yellow and Orange Green Picture"

Taipei Palace Museum Collection

Before the Song Dynasty, the northern economy and culture were more prosperous. Therefore, in various documents, the northern represents fruit peaches, Li, jujube, pear, etc., occupying the taste of ancient fruits.

As the south gradually incorporated into the economic and cultural circle, the beautiful and colorful southern fruits -orange, grapefruit, orange, orange, litchi, longan, forestry (also known as blossoms), coriander, bayberry ... began to exude charm.

▲ "Mountain Bird Map"

The Museum of the Palace Museum in the Southern Song Dynasty

▲ "Fruits to Poultry Map"

Southern Song Dynasty Palace Palace Museum

The most well -known in the southern fruits is the litchi that "excellent classes and unprepared fruits and unique fruit".

The ancients also wrote "departure".

▲ "Li Zhiba Zhao Guo Tu"

Southern Song Dynasty Anonymous Taipei Palace Museum Tibetan

In addition to the fruits native to China, "Bo Lai Fruit" also greatly enriches the taste of ancient orchards.

In the Han Dynasty, grapes were introduced, and the wild grapes were hybridized to form a new variety. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Chang'an City was already "households in the garden, connecting the shade of the shade."

▲ "Grape Squirrel Picture"

The crowns of the Ming and Zhou Dynasties Taipei Palace Museum Tibetan

At the same time, there are pomegranates that have been passed in. At the end of the Han Dynasty, they have taken root in ordinary people's homes, which seems to be more common than grape planting.

Ancient poets often entered poetry with pomegranate. Cao Zhi called "pomegranate plant vestibular, green leaves shake green." Pomegranate wine was also on the same as wine.

▲ "Better in the sky"

Yuan Annal Taipei Palace Museum

Song Jin, Khitan broke back, got watermelon species, and passed into the Mainland.

In the evening, the American fruits such as pineapple, dragon fruit, and strawberries were passed in.

In the Qing Dynasty, European apples were introduced to my country, and gradually replaced the traditional Chinese and Lin Yiguo (Mian Apple) ...

If you go back to the history of "fruit taste", it can even be said that the sweetness of the sweetness of people's tongue is also our historical and cultural changes to a certain extent.

▲ "Wu Ruitu" (partial)

Qinglang Shining Palace Museum Tibetan

In ancient Chinese painting, brocade, porcelain, works with fruit as the theme are colorful and have their own styles.

The collected "Qing Qianlong Powder San Duo Tao Tai Bai Zun" small mouth and thin lips, the shoulders to the bottom are gradually placed, and the feet are shallow.

▲ Qing Qianlong Fanlong San Duo Tao Zun Fu Fu Museum Collection

Peach, pomegranate, lychee, these three fruits are combined, which is the three multi -lines of traditional auspicious patterns, also called three fruit patterns.

"Zhuangzi" said: "Yao watched Huafeng, Huafeng Zhu said:" Make the holy life, make the saints blessed, and make the sage more men. "The people later used" Huafeng Sanzhu "as a blessing.

The three multi -lines are the artistic expression of "longevity, blessing, and multi -child" to Huafeng San.

Generally, the "three multi -line" is mainly composed of peaches, pomegranates and bergamot. Common on pink and blue and white porcelain, the embroidery brocade works are also used.

▲ Qing Qianlong Blue Di Fushou Sanduo Turtle Back Tattoos Palace Palace Museum Tibetan

▲ The Saint Wang Xizhi's "Fast Snow In the Snow", the head of the bag used also used a three -pointed brocade.

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