The social background of peach culture is developed from two aspects: the lag of productivity in primitive society and the grim population situation in primitive society. Then, starting with the myth of Kuafu, we capture the life information about peach in the myth of Kuafu, and draw out the cultural soil of peach culture, that is, the cultural soil rooted in totem worship and reproductive worship. The symbol and expression of peach's life meaning in folk life. First, the "prolific variety" of peaches is a symbol of fertility because it breeds life: many children are blessed, the messenger of spring means marriage. Secondly, influenced by the concept of "animism" of the ancestors, people endowed peaches with the function of preventing evil spirits, thus protecting their lives and making peaches have auspicious symbolic significance: the legend of sacred tea and the seclusion of the base derived the auspicious content of peaches; Peach's behavior of exorcising evil spirits and seeking happiness in daily life, festivals and life etiquette conveys the original belief of peach as a thing of exorcising evil spirits and seeking happiness. Thirdly, the edible and health-preserving functions of peach make people realize the importance of peach in prolonging life, and make peach have the symbolic significance of longevity. By tracing back to the historical origin of the symbolic meaning of peach longevity, this paper illustrates the embodiment of the symbolic meaning of peach longevity in folk life with examples, so that people can dig deeper into the symbolic meaning of peach longevity.
Put Peach in a cultural perspective for semiotic interpretation. It is inevitable that peach will become a folk symbol. At the same time, it analyzes the composition of peach as a folk symbol, and uses the theory of folk semiotics to explain the culture of peach which embodies life consciousness, so as to deepen its symbolic significance in folk culture. Folk symbols also convey life information. The life consciousness in China's traditional culture is consistent with the primitive way of thinking in the cultural sense. Fraser's "golden branch" effect shows the witchcraft principle of sympathetic communication between people and plants in primitive thinking, which makes the traditional life consciousness and primitive thinking mode achieve harmony in the powerful theme of life. In the development of peach culture, people's leaping thinking has always dominated the life consciousness of peach culture. The common people took peaches as the carrier and created many cultural symbols with typical significance. Of course, I also don't forget to compare the life consciousness of peach in China and Japanese folk culture. Through the analysis of Chinese and Japanese folk stories with similar peach plots, it is found that different nationalities have different understandings of life consciousness and reflect different cultural spirits. Social inheritance, evolution and development trend of peach culture in modern life. Due to the long-term precipitation of cultural factors of peach culture itself, in the unstable period when the new cultural model has not yet been formed, the main function is still dominant in the social transformation period. Of course, under the impact of modernization, due to social internal pressure and external pressure, peach culture will continue to change, and some functions of peach culture will also change accordingly. In modern life, the mysterious color of peach culture has faded and gradually developed into secularization; Peach culture develops in the direction of practicality, entertainment and aesthetics through the inheritance of people's activities. The development trend of peach culture in modern social life: some functions of peach culture will have a long-term impact; The application scope of material peach cultivation is gradually expanding; The factors of peach in the field of spiritual culture will be simplified; The progress of science and technology will attract more attention to the national tradition and style, and the peach culture will get further attention and research. Some forms of it will be exaggerated and popularized, and it will become an ornament of future life or a symbol of national spirit.
All kinds of lists and explanations, together with relevant theories, deeply explore the life consciousness contained in peach culture, which provides a thinking angle for the study of peach culture. Through the analysis of folk beliefs related to peach, the accumulation of life consciousness of peach culture in folk beliefs is analyzed with relevant theoretical methods, which will also promote the study of folk beliefs. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu wrote a poem "Peach Blossoms": "The east wind is soft outside the peach curtain, and the makeup inside the peach curtain is lazy; There are people outside the curtain of peach blossom, and people are not far from peach blossom; The east wind intends to open the curtain, and the flowers want to peek at it. The peach blossom curtain is still open outside, and the people in the curtain are thinner than the yellow flowers; ..... "The whole poem was full of sadness. Baoyu saw it, but he couldn't help crying, so everyone discussed it and built the" Peach Blossom Poetry Society ".
Since ancient times, there have been many poems about peach blossoms. For example, the Book of Songs: "Peach flies away and burns its glory." Gao Chan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: "Peach is exposed in the sky, and red apricots lean on the clouds." . Tao Yuanming, a writer in Jin Dynasty, wrote The Peach Blossom Garden, which brought people into a fascinating world.
China is the hometown of peach, which has been cultivated for more than 3000 years. There are more than 3,000 kinds of peaches in the world, of which China accounts for more than 1/4, which can be divided into two categories: edible peaches and ornamental peaches. Ornamental peaches are mainly ornamental peaches, including pink, purples, pink, silvery red, crimson, purples, orange red, vermilion, etc ... It is really colorful and pleasing to the eye.
China's traditional culture uses five elements to summarize all the substances in the world: five elements, five internal organs, five grains, five animals, five vegetables, five fruits, five tones, five gases, five colors, five flavors, five senses, five bodies and five aspirations. Among them, five fruits are peach, plum, apricot, pear and jujube, and peach is the first of the five fruits. It can be seen that people attach importance to peaches. There are many beautiful myths and legends about peaches in China. According to legend, peaches are fruits eaten by immortals. If you eat first-class peaches, you can "live with heaven and earth and live with the sun and the moon"; Eating second-class peaches can "ascend to heaven and live forever"; After eating third-class peaches, you can also "become immortal and gain enlightenment, and your body is light." Because of this, peaches are called "Xiantao" and "Shoutao". In The Journey to the West, on the birthday of the heavenly queen, a flat peach festival was held to entertain the immortals. Although this is a myth, it also shows that peaches are by no means comparable to ordinary fruits. As for the Monkey King the Monkey King and his descendants, peaches are their food.
The old birthday girl painted in folk New Year pictures always holds a peach in his hand-"Shoutao". On your birthday, you should steam peach-shaped steamed bread, or make round steamed bread with solid or hollow stuffing, pinch the peach tip at the top, cut it with a bamboo knife or roll out a peach-shaped groove from top to bottom with the back of the knife. The peach tip is slightly bent, dyed red, and steamed into "Shoutao" in a cage. On the birthday of the elderly, dedicated to the elderly, in order to bless the elderly health and longevity.
Not only peach has immortal life, but also peach wood has gods, and her prestige among the people is greater than peach's. As early as the pre-Qin ancient books, there were records that peach trees could ward off evil spirits, and all monsters ran away when they saw them. Cuihu Titu City South Village Peach Blossom Bai Juyi Dalin Temple Peach Blossom, Xia 'ao Village South Peach Blossom, Spring Festival Evening Message, Peng Lihu's late return, seeing Friends Gorge off Dongchuan, Wei Zhuang's grief, Jia Zhichunsi and Li Baishan's questions and answers, and giving them to Wang Lun. Visit the shrine again, Zhang Xu, Taohuaxi, Zhizhi, looking for swordsmen in the past 30 years, Xin Qiji, chess player, Zhu, Zhetian, and going through the customs, Li He, Song sent Shen Yazhi, Hao Ge, the country name Zhao, Xianren, Wang Changling, Ancient Lake, Meng Haoran, seeing off Yuan Gong and looking for the view of Hubei bamboo.