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ATTENTION ALL SHADOWPEACH SHIPPERS!

oh boy do i have some news for you

*clears throat*

The phrase Bitten Peach/Shared Peach is a byword for homosexuality and is a symbol of love between men in China. This phrase originates from a story that happened during the Zhou Dynasty. Duke Ling (a married man) was madly in love with his courtesan, Mizi Xia and the two were in an extramartial relationship but the Duke was very open about his love for the other man. The event that this phrase comes from was when the two of them were walking through a garden together. Mizi Xia picked a peach and took a single bite. It tasted really sweet, and decided to give it to Duke Ling. The Duke praised him, saying:

"How sincere is your love for me! You forgot your appetite and thought only of giving me good things to eat!”

Since then, the phrase Bitten Peach has been used to signify love between gay men in China.

hm i wonder who else gave a peach to someone after taking a single bite

Excuse me while I go cry in a corner now..

the way this scene has a chokehold on me :)