As the pomegranate (shiliu 石榴) has many seeds, it is an auspicious Chinese symbol for fecundity (fertility), offspring and bearing sons. The fruit’s first character (shi 石) has a very similar pronunciation as “generations” (shi 世) and is considered a wish for generations of descendants. Also one of the Three Abundances or Three Plenties, pomegranates are the citron representing blessings and happiness and resembles the fingers of the buddha, the peach of immortality symbolizing longevity and the pomegranate. When depicted together, they form the rebus fushou sanduo (福寿三多) meaning “May you have an abundance of blessings, long life and many sons.”
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Representations of wood food offerings with a lacquer coating are often part of the array of images spread on a temple or home altar and shrines and are substitutes or additions to what is ordinarily fresh fruit and food. This one was an auspicious ornament for a Chinese bed. Very auspicious, food offerings are to communicate…
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