Despite its foreign origins in both physical reality and artistic representation, the pomegranate has been able to express even more of its charm in China. Well suiting the Chinese national spirit, it has long been broadly popular among the people, as well as marking a pleasant footnote in the history of cultural and artistic interchange between East and West. (Chuang Po-ho / photo courtesy of the author / tr. by Peter Eberly)
石榴無論實物本身或美術表現意匠，都來自域外，但在中國，卻更能發揮它的魅力，長久以來，它一直配合著中國人的民族性，深為民間廣泛喜愛，也為中西藝術文化交流史留下一段佳話。