What is the meaning of "flat peach" in New Year pictures?

Flat peach: the homonym of peach means to escape, which means to escape from disease and disaster in the new year; A symbol of longevity, usually held by the birthday girl.

Buddha's finger: homophonic with "Fu", symbolizing blessing, usually held by a lucky star.

Carp: a symbol of more than a year, generally held by Lu Xing.

Flat peach is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful appearance, bright color, delicious taste, tender meat, tough and easy peeling skin, rich juice, rich flavor and instant melting in the mouth. Flat peach not only has good color, fragrance and taste, but also contains certain protein, fat, vitamins and various minerals. It is exported to Hong Kong, Macao and overseas 100 tons every year, which is favored by people. Flat peach is one of the more precious fruits and a kind of peach. It is oblate, and the top is sunken to form a small nest. Its skin is dark yellow, and there is a blush on the top. It tastes sweet and juicy and deserves the name of "Xiantao". Flat peach is a heterogeneous peach tree with curved branches. The flat peaches produced have the reputation of "fairy fruit" and "longevity peach". The fruit has a flat appearance, dark yellow skin and yellow flesh, which is not only beautiful, but also delicious.

Flat peach is also a kind of peach in ancient Han mythology. According to Shan Hai Jing quoted by Lun Heng Ding Gui: "There is a crescent moon in the sea, and there is a big peach tree on the mountain, which bends three thousand miles."

Related legends

The Queen Mother of the West is a fairy who lives in Kunlun Mountain in western China. Every year, the eighth day of the seventh lunar month is the Christmas day for the Queen Mother of Yaochi. "The queen mother flat peach garden has three thousand six hundred peach trees. There are 1200 plants in front, with tiny flowers and fruits. After cooking for 3000 years, people will become immortals after eating them. There are 1200 strains in the middle, which have been cooked for 6000 years. When people eat Xia Ju, they can fly high and live forever. There are 1200 plants in the back, with purple thread and fine nucleus, which are ripe for 9 thousand years. People eat life like heaven and earth, and the sun and the moon are the same. "

Legend has it that the story of the Queen Mother's flat peach party and the Monkey King eating Xiantao secretly has long been sung by the people, adding charm to people's taste of peaches. Folk, people pray with peaches, called Shoutuan Shoutao. It is always indispensable at birthday parties. In traditional New Year pictures, longevity peach is the content of expression. For example, the combination of peaches and ganoderma lucidum is called immortal longevity, and the combination of bats is called longevity, which is more common in the picture of flat peaches offering longevity, intended to prolong life. Peach is always associated with immortals and longevity because of its rich nutritional value.