{"id":3940,"date":"2026-09-08T09:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:37:03","slug":"symbolisme-grenade-culture-chinoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/fr\/pomegranate-symbolism-chinese-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Symbolisme de la grenade dans la culture chinoise : explication"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3940\" class=\"elementor elementor-3940\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc18d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"adc18d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e01c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e01c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Quick Answer: What Does the Pomegranate Symbolize in Chinese Culture?<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">In Chinese culture, the pomegranate (\u77f3\u69b4, sh\u00edliu) most often symbolizes many descendants and the continuation of a family line. Its many seeds made it an especially effective image for this wish, but the meaning is not automatic: the fruit\u2019s form, companion motifs, inscription, object type, and historical setting all matter.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Many descendants:<\/strong> A ripe or open fruit displaying numerous seeds is the clearest form of this traditional association.<\/li><li><strong>Wedding wishes:<\/strong> On bridal textiles, gifts, and images of children, it can express hopes for a flourishing household and future generations.<\/li><li><strong>The Three Abundances:<\/strong> In the Three Abundances (\u4e09\u591a, s\u0101ndu\u014d), pomegranate represents many descendants, peach represents longevity, and Buddha\u2019s hand citron represents blessings.<\/li><li><strong>Buddhist associations:<\/strong> In a clearly Buddhist setting, pomegranate may relate to Hariti (\u8bc3\u5229\u5e1d\u6bcd, H\u0113l\u00ecd\u00ecm\u01d4), children, protection, or one of Buddhism\u2019s blessed fruits.<\/li><li><strong>Seasonal beauty and decoration:<\/strong> Pomegranate flowers, leafy branches, and fruit scrolls can also function as elegant botanical decoration rather than a complete rebus.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">These are traditional cultural interpretations, not supernatural claims. A pomegranate image cannot cause pregnancy, wealth, longevity, protection, or good fortune.<\/p><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 144px; top: -4.75347px;\"><div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06679af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06679af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af274a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af274a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">A pomegranate is one of the most recognizable fruit motifs in Chinese decorative art, yet \u201cpomegranate means fertility\u201d is only the beginning of an accurate interpretation. An eighteenth-century agate carving shaped as ripe pomegranates makes the many-seed rebus especially prominent.<sup>[4]<\/sup> An early fifteenth-century blue-and-white bowl instead places pomegranates within a formal scroll design associated with imperial porcelain. The same plant can therefore carry an auspicious wish, participate in a larger motif, or serve primarily as ornament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The most reliable approach is context first. Look at whether the fruit is open, whether seeds or boys are emphasized, what other plants appear, what kind of object bears the design, and whether an inscription or religious figure narrows the reading. This method preserves the pomegranate\u2019s best-documented meaning without treating every blossom or fruit as a coded message.<\/p>\n\n<h2>How to Read Pomegranate Motifs by Form and Context<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Visual form changes the strength and specificity of a pomegranate reading. An open fruit filled with seeds gives the descendant association its clearest visual support. A blossom or closed fruit may still participate in an auspicious composition, but it requires more help from the surrounding image.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Visual clue<\/th><th>Likely role<\/th><th>What supports the reading<\/th><th>What not to assume<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Pomegranate flower without fruit<\/td><td>Seasonal beauty, early-summer imagery, or one element in a larger wish<\/td><td>Companion flowers, recipient, inscription, or gift context<\/td><td>That every red blossom promises children, romance, or wealth<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Closed whole fruit<\/td><td>Botanical decoration or a less explicit reference to fruitfulness<\/td><td>Object function, repeated fruit, auspicious companions, or title<\/td><td>That a closed fruit has one fixed meaning in every medium<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Split fruit with visible seeds<\/td><td>The strongest visual cue for numerous descendants<\/td><td>Seeds, boys, bridal use, family-oriented inscription, or gift setting<\/td><td>Any literal power to influence fertility<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Flowering or fruiting branch<\/td><td>Natural vitality, seasonal display, or decorative scrollwork<\/td><td>The wider composition and the conventions of the medium<\/td><td>That a whole tree necessarily means family unity<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Seeds emphasized with children or text<\/td><td>A rebus for many children or descendants; in modern use, sometimes cohesion<\/td><td>Historical date and the specific figures, words, or design purpose<\/td><td>That ancient lineage imagery and modern social metaphors are identical<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The medium matters as much as the form. A bridal robe, hardstone tabletop carving, court porcelain bowl, modern poster, and personal tattoo do not share one interpretive rule. A museum label may identify a rebus because the object supplies enough evidence; a contemporary viewer should not detach that conclusion from the object that supports it.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Why Pomegranate Seeds Came to Represent Descendants<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The association rests first on visible abundance. One pomegranate holds many tightly grouped seeds, so artists could show a large future family through a single compact fruit. Opening the rind makes that abundance legible, which is why split fruit is especially common in objects and images connected with descendants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Language strengthens the image. Modern Chinese normally distinguishes a plant seed, \u7c7d (z\u01d0), from a child or son, \u5b50 (z\u01d0), but the words share the same pronunciation, and \u5b50 has also served in inscriptions and older usage for both seed and offspring. The rebus is therefore \u201cmany seeds\/many children,\u201d not a claim that the word sh\u00edliu sounds like \u201cson.\u201d A tenth-century silk fragment makes the idea visual by placing boys inside pomegranates, and its museum interpretation explicitly connects seed and son.<sup>[3]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Qi Baishi\u2019s 1947 painting <em>Pomegranates<\/em> shows how the wordplay remained active in modern Chinese painting. The fruit\u2019s abundance of seeds suggests fertility and many sons, while the inscription reinforces a reading that can move between \u201cmany seeds\u201d and \u201cmany sons.\u201d The artist made the work in his ninetieth year.<sup>[5]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This meaning also reflects the patrilineal values of historical Chinese family systems, in which sons were expected to continue the family name and ancestral line. Museum descriptions often translate the motif as \u201cmany sons\u201d for that reason. The phrase records a historical social preference; it should not be presented as a modern requirement or universal Chinese family value.<\/p>\n\n<h2>How Pomegranate Symbolism Developed in China<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Han Dynasty: An Imported Fruit and a Later Origin Story<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Punica granatum<\/em> is not botanically native to China. Its accepted native range extends from northeastern T\u00fcrkiye through western and northern Pakistan, while China is listed among the places where the species was introduced.<sup>[1]<\/sup> Chinese tradition calls the fruit Anshiliu (\u5b89\u77f3\u69b4, \u0101nsh\u00edliu), a historical name associated with its western origin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A passage attributed to Zhang Hua\u2019s third-century <em>Bowuzhi<\/em> says that Zhang Qian returned from the Western Regions with pomegranate seed from \u201cTulin\u201d and \u201cAnshi.\u201d This later textual tradition underlies the familiar account that the fruit reached China after Zhang Qian\u2019s Han missions. The same modern source separates that record from a more elaborate legend in which a grateful pomegranate tree becomes a woman and follows him east.<sup>[2]<\/sup> It is safer to describe Zhang Qian\u2019s role as a longstanding transmission story rather than a detail proven by a contemporary Han record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During its early cultivation, the pomegranate was valued as an imported fruit and ornamental plant. Surviving evidence does not justify assigning every later descendant symbol to the Han period; the documented visual language becomes clearer in later art.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Tang\u2013Song Period: Early Surviving Evidence of the Descendant Motif<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">A tenth-century painted silk fragment from the late Tang to early Song period provides unusually clear early evidence. Its pomegranates contain birds and flowers in one group and boys and flowers in another. The placement of boys inside a many-seeded fruit makes offspring a plausible intended reading rather than a modern guess.<sup>[3]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This textile matters because it shows the mechanism, not simply the plant. The fruit\u2019s interior becomes a pictorial container for children. It demonstrates that the seed\u2013offspring connection was already available to elite textile design by the tenth century, without requiring the stronger and harder-to-prove claim that this is the first pomegranate fertility image ever made in China.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Ming\u2013Qing Period: Auspicious and Decorative Uses Side by Side<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">By the Ming and Qing dynasties, pomegranates appeared across painting, porcelain, textiles, hair ornaments, and hardstone carving. Auspicious readings became highly developed, especially where open fruit, boys, or other rebus-bearing plants made the intended wish visible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Decoration did not disappear when auspicious art flourished. A Xuande-period bowl combines pomegranates with lotus scrolls and chrysanthemum-petal forms. Its refined blue-and-white patterns belong to the standardized design language of early Ming official workshops.<sup>[6]<\/sup> That record does not prove the pomegranate was symbolically empty, but neither does the fruit alone prove a fertility message. The bowl shows why ornamental system, court context, and object function must be considered alongside symbolic possibility.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Classic Pomegranate Motifs in Chinese Art<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Open Pomegranate with Boys: A Wish for Many Descendants<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Liu Kai Bai Zi (\u69b4\u5f00\u767e\u5b50, li\u00fa k\u0101i b\u01cei z\u01d0), literally an opening pomegranate with a hundred seeds or sons, is the clearest named form of the descendant wish. \u201cHundred\u201d is an auspicious large number, not an instruction to count exactly one hundred seeds or children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The motif often overlaps with Hundred Boys (\u767e\u5b50\u56fe, b\u01ceiz\u01d0 t\u00fa) imagery, in which groups of boys play in gardens or handle auspicious objects. On a nineteenth-century woman\u2019s semiformal robe, one boy carries a large pomegranate bursting with seeds; the object label reads it as a wish for many male descendants. Elsewhere on the same robe, boys, lotus imagery, osmanthus, official headwear, and belts form other family and advancement wishes.<sup>[7]<\/sup> The full robe proves why companion motifs matter: the pomegranate contributes one part of a much larger visual sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A ripe open pomegranate could also be appropriate for a wedding or engagement gift because it directed a traditional wish toward the new household. That historical message concerned descendants and family continuity more than modern romantic love.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Pomegranate, Peach, and Buddha\u2019s Hand: The Three Abundances<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">When pomegranate, peach, and Buddha\u2019s hand citron appear together, they form the classic Three Abundances motif. A Qing-dynasty dish dated 1736\u201395 assigns the parts clearly: pomegranate wishes for many sons, peach for longevity, and Buddha\u2019s hand for blessings.<sup>[8]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Fruit<\/th><th>Role in the Three Abundances<\/th><th>Reading boundary<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Pomegranate<\/td><td>Many descendants<\/td><td>It does not independently carry the peach\u2019s longevity role<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Peach<\/td><td>Long life<\/td><td>It is the principal longevity fruit in this combination<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Buddha\u2019s hand citron<\/td><td>Blessings or good fortune<\/td><td>Its name supports the blessing rebus<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The trio expresses a combined wish for abundant blessings, long life, and descendants. A single pomegranate may still have its own established descendant association, but it does not by itself represent the complete Three Abundances formula.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Pomegranate with Other Flowers: Read the Whole Composition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">A Ming hanging scroll of pomegranate blossom, peonies, lilies, and rock shows how plants can combine into a gift message. The peony contributes wealth and prosperity, the lily contributes harmony through wordplay, and the pomegranate flower anticipates a many-seeded fruit. The museum identifies the scroll as suitable for presentation to a married woman.<sup>[9]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This example also corrects an overly rigid rule: a pomegranate flower is not always \u201conly decorative.\u201d Its meaning is less visually explicit than an open fruit, but companion flowers, recipient, color, and gift function can activate an auspicious reading. Conversely, a scrolling branch on porcelain may emphasize rhythm and craftsmanship. The interpreter\u2019s job is to identify which evidence the specific composition supplies.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Pomegranates in Buddhist Contexts: Hariti and the Blessed Fruit<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Buddhist traditions add a separate layer of meaning. Hariti (\u8bc3\u5229\u5e1d\u6bcd, H\u0113l\u00ecd\u00ecm\u01d4), also known in Chinese as Guizimu (\u9b3c\u5b50\u6bcd, Gu\u01d0z\u01d0m\u01d4), changes from a child-harming figure into a protector associated with children and mothers. One Buddhist account says the Buddha gave her a pomegranate, and broader Buddhist traditions count the pomegranate among blessed fruits.<sup>[10]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This does not make every Chinese pomegranate a Hariti symbol. The religious reading becomes persuasive when the fruit appears with Hariti, children, a Buddhist figure, ritual setting, or an object label that establishes the connection. A pomegranate on a secular bowl or flower painting should not be assigned to Hariti without such evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Buddhist and secular meanings can also overlap rather than remain sealed apart. A ripe open fruit may carry a wedding wish for descendants while also participating in a Buddhist story of transformed conduct and care for children. The object\u2019s imagery and documented use decide which layer is relevant.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Pomegranates in Chinese Language and Modern Symbolism<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chinese pomegranate language belongs to different periods and genres. Treating every phrase as one ancient symbolic system produces false history.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Term or image<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><th>Interpretive limit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Anshiliu<\/td><td>An old name that marks the fruit\u2019s association with western regions<\/td><td>The name is historical and botanical, not a fertility pun<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Liu Kai Bai Zi<\/td><td>A wish for many seeds or sons, usually visualized with an open fruit<\/td><td>It should not be applied mechanically to every blossom or closed fruit<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Pomegranate Skirt (\u77f3\u69b4\u88d9, sh\u00edli\u00fa q\u00fan)<\/td><td>A literary expression for a vivid red skirt and, by extension, feminine beauty or attraction<\/td><td>It does not derive from the many-descendants rebus<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Tightly clustered pomegranate seeds<\/td><td>A modern public metaphor for ethnic unity and social cohesion<\/td><td>This contemporary political language should not be projected backward onto Ming or Qing objects<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The unity metaphor draws on many seeds held closely within one rind. It is prominent in contemporary Chinese public discourse, where different ethnic groups are compared to pomegranate seeds held tightly together.<sup>[11]<\/sup> The image is intelligible through the fruit\u2019s form, but its modern social and political use is distinct from an older wish for male-line descendants.<\/p>\n\n<h2>What Pomegranates Do Not Automatically Symbolize<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The pomegranate has a strong auspicious history, but it is not a universal code for every desirable outcome. These limits prevent the most common misreadings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Not every pomegranate means fertility:<\/strong> A decorative flower-and-fruit scroll may not provide enough evidence for a specific family wish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not a general symbol of romantic love:<\/strong> In wedding art, the historical focus is usually descendants and household continuity, not romance by itself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not inherently a wealth symbol:<\/strong> Wealth may come from a companion peony, official object, coin, or inscription rather than from the pomegranate alone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not independently a longevity symbol:<\/strong> In the Three Abundances, peach owns the long-life role.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not a color formula:<\/strong> Red can support a festive composition, but color alone does not settle the meaning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not interchangeable with Western traditions:<\/strong> Greek underworld myths and Christian resurrection imagery should not be used to decode a Chinese object unless the work is deliberately cross-cultural.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not supernatural:<\/strong> Traditional images express wishes; they do not produce pregnancy, money, protection, or changes in fate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>A Six-Step Method for Interpreting a Pomegranate Design<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Identify the form.<\/strong> Is it a flower, closed fruit, split fruit, branch, or emphasized group of seeds?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date the object.<\/strong> Separate Han transmission stories, Tang\u2013Song evidence, Ming\u2013Qing decorative systems, and modern reuse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identify the setting.<\/strong> Determine whether the work is a botanical painting, wedding object, household gift, court vessel, Buddhist image, or contemporary design.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read the companions.<\/strong> Look for boys, peach, Buddha\u2019s hand, peony, lily, osmanthus, religious figures, inscriptions, and official emblems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assign one primary reading.<\/strong> Choose the interpretation best supported by the combined visual and material evidence; keep secondary possibilities clearly conditional.<\/li>\n<li><strong>State the boundary.<\/strong> Separate historical symbolism from modern personal meaning and from unsupported supernatural claims.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\">For example, a Qing textile showing a boy with a split pomegranate strongly supports a descendant wish. A Xuande bowl with formal scrolling plants supports a court-decoration reading while leaving symbolic resonance possible. A modern tattoo can use pomegranate imagery for family, growth, memory, or unity, but those personal meanings should be labeled contemporary rather than passed off as one fixed ancient rule.<\/p>\n\n<h2>FAQs About Pomegranate Symbolism in Chinese Culture<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Do all pomegranate motifs symbolize fertility or many children?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">No. The reading is strongest when seeds are visible or when boys, wedding use, family inscriptions, or related motifs reinforce it. Flowers, closed fruit, and scrolling branches can also serve seasonal or decorative purposes.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Why do pomegranate seeds represent descendants?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The fruit contains many tightly grouped seeds, and z\u01d0 can refer to \u201cseed\u201d or \u201cchild\/son\u201d through a visual and spoken pun. Historical art used this combination to express hopes for numerous descendants.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Is the pomegranate a Chinese wedding symbol?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yes, it can be a traditional wedding symbol when the design or gift expresses hopes for descendants and a flourishing household. It is not, however, a universal Chinese symbol of romantic love.<\/p>\n\n<h3>What do the Three Abundances represent?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The complete trio combines pomegranate for many descendants, peach for longevity, and Buddha\u2019s hand citron for blessings. Together they express abundant descendants, long life, and good fortune.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Does a pomegranate tattoo have a fixed Chinese meaning?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">No fixed traditional tattoo rule governs its color, seed count, or placement. A modern wearer may choose family continuity, growth, abundance, or unity as a personal meaning, but that should be distinguished from documented historical motifs.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">[1] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. <a href=\"https:\/\/powo.science.kew.org\/taxon\/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A554129-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punica granatum L.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[2] National Forestry and Grassland Administration. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestry.gov.cn\/c\/www\/dzw\/581526.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u5f00\u653e\u5305\u5bb9\u7684\u77f3\u69b4\u82b1<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[3] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/39743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Textile Fragment with Boys and Birds in Pomegranates<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[4] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/essays\/chinese-hardstone-carvings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Hardstone Carvings<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[5] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/773112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pomegranates by Qi Baishi<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[6] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/44745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bowl with Pomegranates, Lotus Scrolls, and Chrysanthemum Petals<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[7] Asian Art Museum. <a href=\"https:\/\/searchcollection.asianart.org\/objects\/7\/womans-semiformal-robe-with-scenes-of-boys-at-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woman\u2019s Semiformal Robe with Scenes of Boys at Play<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[8] Philadelphia Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philamuseum.org\/objects\/210223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dish with Flowers and the Three Plenties<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[9] Cleveland Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandart.org\/art\/1915.116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flowers and Rocks<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[10] Philadelphia Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philamuseum.org\/exhibitions\/an-enduring-motif-the-pomegranate-in-textiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Enduring Motif: The Pomegranate in Textiles<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[11] Xi\u2019an FanYi University. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xafu.edu.cn\/ppcbb\/info\/1191\/7312.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201c\u77f3\u69b4\u7c7d\u201d\u7684\u6bd4\u55bb<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9couvrez ce que symbolise la grenade dans la culture chinoise, pourquoi ses graines \u00e9voquent la descendance 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