Zheng Banqiao once inscribed a poem on a "Han Plum Map": "There is nothing wrong at the end of the Year in the Han family, and the plum blossoms will be planted for the New Year." "Mr. Itabashi is a person who knows the hardships of the people, when he resigns the old and welcomes the new, the poor house does not have much to do, the owner cut a plum blossom from the ice and snow, and inserted it in the shallow ice water of a crude clay pot, which can also add a little new year's festive atmosphere." 、
Wang Zengqi wrote in his essay "Confessions of the Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty" that he had seen an old painting: a hut, an old man holding a crock pot in his hand, with a plum blossom in it, was about to put it on the case, the title: "The mountain family Chinese New Year's Eve nothing else, and the plum blossoms are planted for the New Year." "The old painting that Mr. Wang Zengqi saw, I don't know if it is the "Hanmeitu" of Mr. Itabashi's inscription poem, if so, there is a discrepancy in Mr. Wang's memory, if not, what Mr. Wang saw may be a painting similar to the "Hanmeitu" inscribed by Mr. Itabashi. In any case, from the "Hanmeitu" inscribed by Mr. Banqiao and the old paintings seen by Mr. Wang Zengqi, it can be seen that in the celebration of the New Year, there should be some flowers related to things.
This year, my family's New Year flowers are full of flowers. A few days ago, my wife moved the su xin lamei placed on the balcony to the upstairs corridor, and I found it when I smelled the plum blossoms. After pruning, the shape of this plum has been much better, and now it is the time to blossom, and there are more than a hundred flower buds in a tree, although it is not spectacular, it is also quite impressive. This suxin plum has been planted for several years, this year there is some weather, now less than 30% of the flower buds have bloomed, and by the new year, it should be the time when it blooms at its peak.
The red camellia on the balcony has long been opened, perhaps it has become accustomed to its long flowering period, and the red camellia is not dazzling between the turquoise and oily leaves, but it can not be seen. However, the red flowers of camellias are suitable for the New Year.
Ruixiang, with a rich floral fragrance, it blooms every New Year.' I have two Phnom Penh Ruixiang plants in my house, and the oblong leaves are studded with a beautiful circle of phnom penhs, which is very beautiful. In the summer, I often look at it on the balcony to see it pull out a new layer of leaves, and before long, another layer of new leaves is drawn out and growing vigorously. This year, the two Ruixiang plants are much longer than last year when they changed pots, they are in high pots, standing side by side like a decent, looking forward to each other, and I am also looking forward to them to bloom early. In the past few days, I have found that the top of each branch of the two Ruixiang plants has a small cluster of purple-red flower buds gathered at the top of each branch. In two days, Ruixiang will open, then move indoors, and in the New Year, there will be a room full of Ruixiang aroma.
A few days ago, I moved back two pots of flower-inducing peonies, and counted them, and the two pots of flower-inducing peonies have more than ten flower buds. When moving, I accidentally lost a peony bud, and when the bud landed, I actually made a hissing sound, and my heart was shocked at first, and there was some slight heartache, and I was about to open it. Picking up the peony bud, it was very tight, and there was a little sinking weight, and I felt more and more pity. A few years ago during the Spring Festival, a friend also gave me a pot of flower-inducing peonies, I put the pot of peonies in front of the sunny window sill, every day with a small spout to spray it with water several times, the peony flower bloomed very large, purple flowers and tender green leaves contrasted, really pleasing. Although I have moved home twice, the peony is still on the balcony of my house, and every spring there are still large and beautiful peonies. These two pots of peonies, like the last one, are also purple and red, and in the New Year, they must be blooming fresh, rich and beautiful.
In the New Year, you should also raise a pot of daffodils with water, the daffodil bulb should be carefully carved, and the onion-like leaves drawn from its bulb are separated from different angles to be more attractive. To raise daffodils, I like to use the oval pot of Longquan celadon porcelain, and it is best to have a slightly darker color. In the New Year, daffodils bloom, the leaves are emerald green, the flowers are white and yellow, how good. If you are patient, cut some red paper strips, and put a red paper circle on each leaf of the daffodil, it will be more beautiful and more festive.
In the New Year's flower event, there should also be some flowers. Flowers can be purchased from the flower market or you can choose and source your own. Cutting a few plum branches, or plum branches, using porcelain gall bottles, or plum bottles, with the branches to create momentum, is good. Zhou Shuangjuan once used a bronze bottle to insert plums, which is also ancient.
In the autumn, I found many Southern Tianzhu next to the hills by the river. In the winter, the fruit of The Southern Tianzhu has been red, and even the branches and leaves have been cut off with fruits, and a few branches of the Southern Tianzhu have come back and inserted them in the bottle, which is warm and red.
In the New Year, there are flowers to see, and there is some fresh and cute meaning.
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Night Reading Columnist/Zhang Tongsheng
Edit/Wild Idle II
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