Peach
Overview
The fruit and the wood carry separate readings: the fruit is longevity, the wood is protection. Both are ancient and both are still current.
Meaning
The peach is the emblem of longevity, and its wood is one of the tradition's principal protective materials.
Traditional Interpretation
Sources describe peach-wood charms hung at doors and peach-wood bows used in ritual, alongside the peach of immortality in the orchard of the Queen Mother of the West.
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What does peach symbolize in Chinese tradition?
The peach is the emblem of longevity, and its wood is one of the tradition's principal protective materials. The fruit and the wood carry separate readings: the fruit is longevity, the wood is protection. Both are ancient and both are still current.
What does the peach stand for?
It is one of the standard plants with an agreed reading. The peach is the emblem of longevity, and its wood is one of the tradition's principal protective materials. The wood's apotropaic use is the more practical of the two and the one that survived most directly into household custom.
How is peach read in Chinese tradition?
Sources describe peach-wood charms hung at doors and peach-wood bows used in ritual, alongside the peach of immortality in the orchard of the Queen Mother of the West. It is grouped under Wood (木) in the five-element system.
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