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The pomegranate is an ancient plant that originated in Western Asia.
Its fruit, but also the seeds and the flower, are nearly always associated in ancient civilizations to fertility and fecundity. Even today in some areas of Greece is tradition to break a pomegranate at weddings and New Year give to the fruits of this plant to wish prosperity and luck.
The apricot tree is native of northeastern China on the border with Russia. His presence on over 5,000 years of history. From there it spread slowly westward through Central Asia where, they say, was discovered by Alexander the Great its spread in the Mediterranean was established later by the Arabs, in fact, apricot derives from the Arabic word al-Barquq.
The apricot tree is a symbol of rebirth and healing.
The flower of the plum tree in Chinese Hua Mei, is the symbol of modest beauty, and humble strength, not ostentatious, of morality.
The cherry blossom, delicate and fragile, but at the same time tough in his prime, represents the beauty and transience of men in the world.
In Japanese symbolism embodies a message of good wishes of good luck, happiness, affection, love, but also of futility for the brevity of the life cycle of these delicate and fragile flowers from radiant beauty destined to fade within a maximum of two weeks to ' year.
The tree that produces this fruit richly sugar is coming from Japan and China.
Persimmon in the symbolism related to the plant kingdom has the special meaning of "do not believe in appearances", probably the sense stems from the characteristics of this delicious fruit, so unwelcome when immature and so sweet when he lost the substances that make it astringent. His name, in fact, in greek means "food of the gods" because good for the high percentage of sugar.
An ancient legend has it that the peach tree was born thanks to a fisherman, who after pulling ashore with difficulty a big fish, found in its belly a strange hazel, intrigued he decided to plant it after a few months grew a tree that in spring he clothes of pretty flowers with rosy shades. The first fruit that ensued was called fishing, in homage of his origin.
In western countries it is associated with the spring and is therefore a symbol of immortality and prosperity, but more generally the peach blossoms represent love, immense, lasting and immortal.
The apple is the fruit par excellence. With its spherical shape has suggested to man the totality of heaven and earth, symbol of perfection and beauty.
In Scandinavian mythology, the apple is the food of the gods. The apple is a fruit that, due to its characteristics, hit and stimulated the human imagination, the poisoned apple offered by her stepmother in Snow White and the mail from William Tell on their child's head up to New York to whom is attributed the called "The big apple".
In Japan, however, it is attributed to the ability to ward off evil, thanks to the word nashi sound which in Japanese means "does not exist."
In China is a symbol of justice, longevity, purity, wisdom in Western bud pear symbolizes affection and tenderness. In many parts of the world pear symbolizes the human heart, which it resembles in form.
The Fig Tree is the symbol of life, of light, of strength and knowledge. In ancient Greece, it was the sacred tree of Athena.
In ancient times it was practiced sicomazia, a method of divination through the Fico leaves. As a symbol of abundance is related to fertility.
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