culture
The phrase 拜倒在石榴裙下 - 'to prostrate oneself before the pomegranate skirt' - means to be completely smitten with a woman. It originates from a legend about the Tang Empress Wu Zetian or Yang Guifei, who wore pomegranate-red skirts and commanded men's devotion.
history
In the Tang Dynasty, pomegranate-red (石榴红) was a fashionable color for women's skirts. The color was associated with beauty, fertility, and high status. The idiom has survived into modern usage.
