In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, it is a rare "laurel moon" of the year. Last year in suzhou lingering garden is just in time for the osmanthus blossoms to bloom freely, standing in the "smell of wood tree incense" looking out, the stars are dotted yellow, the breeze passes, the face is a wave of cinnamon "waves", which belongs to the precious memory of the short autumn. Osmanthus flowers can be smelled, appreciated, and eaten, so when there is still half a month before the osmanthus season, we can't wait to start the countdown, looking forward to this year's thick and faint osmanthus fragrance.
01 What is the "gui" you say?
"Gui out of Hepu, born at the top of the mountain, evergreen in winter and summer, its own kind of forest, no miscellaneous trees between them." The description of the laurel trees in "Southern Grass and Trees" points out their unique forest, evergreen in all seasons, and with a transcendent and hidden atmosphere.
The laurel tree has a place in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and it is said that it is also the plant that appears the most often in the Chu Ci. However, these incarnations are the "cinnamon" of the high-purity fragrant wood in the residence of the gods, most likely the cinnamon of the camphor genus Lauraceae, and its scent substances are gathered in large quantities in the bark.
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As for the "laurel crown" we are familiar with, it is made of laurel branches and leaves.
In mythology, the sun god Apollo pursued Daphne, who did not like it and preferred to become a laurel tree. Apollo caressed the tree sadly and wept: "Since you can't be my wife, beautiful Daphne, at least you have to be my tree..." From then on, the laurel became the symbol of Apollo, and the winners of the ancient Greek races would wear a "laurel crown" on their heads. Laurel is a plant of the lauraceae family native to the Mediterranean region, whose aromatic essence is concentrated in the leaves and fruits.
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The "Gui" who can name the eighth month of the lunar calendar as "Laurel Moon" is our protagonist today - Osmanthus Flower. In another ten days and a half months, when the cooler wind takes away most of the summer heat and humidity, and the fleeting autumn is held in front of you, many places in the south of our country will flutter or dilute or fill the fragrance of osmanthus flowers. When the osmanthus bushes bloom, it is like an "incense cave", and the aroma is poured into the nasal cavity; when it is not large, if the aroma is not there, it can always be "waves" with the wind.
Osmanthus belongs to the family Xylariaceae, which is said to be named because the texture of the wood resembles the jade "Gui" and resembles the horn of the rhinoceros, native to the southwest of China, and their aroma is permeated in the small flowers.
Osmanthus is a common name for many trees in the genus Rhinoceros in China
"It is advisable to open up two acres of land, take all kinds of plants, and form a pavilion", two acres of osmanthus trees, a small pavilion hidden in the bush, osmanthus trees have always been common ornamental trees in gardens and courtyards. Smell the incense, look at the wood, and then, when the osmanthus flowers fall to the ground, take them and make food.
We love osmanthus flowers, most of the osmanthus flowers do not have a long flowering period, through tea, into the meal, this precious autumn light in the form of taste is preserved.
Osmanthus flowers are commonly found in golden laurel, dangui, silver laurel and four seasons laurel. The color ranges from cinnabar-like orange-red to silver-white, and the fragrance gradually fades
02 Icha Ceremony
It is said in the Chronicle of Long Things that the land under the osmanthus tree should be flat, clean and clean, so that "the flowers are taken to fill food when they fall to the ground." Some food notes mention that during the osmanthus season, people spread clean fabrics under the osmanthus trees, and the flowers they collect are made into sugar osmanthus flowers, which can be used as a finishing touch for sake brewing in February of the following year. Seasons, products and lifestyles are like a set of gears, tightly sewn together.
Osmanthus is rich in volatile oil, the smell is good can improve the depressed and irritable mood, the depression in the chest, perhaps it is not difficult to explain why the osmanthus sugar fried chestnuts in the autumn are so deeply liked by girls, just a warm small paper bag to reveal the fragrance is enough to be happy for a little while.
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Osmanthus can be used to relieve toothache, cough caused by kidney deficiency, cough and phlegm, abdominal pain, or warm stomach and liver, which is a good product to alleviate autumn depression and gentle body and mind. Western medicine also believes that the fragrance emitted by osmanthus flowers has a significant inhibitory effect on the growth and reproduction of tuberculosis bacteria, pneumococcus and staphylococcus.
Brewing, cake making, boiling sugar, distilling into dew, making sauces... In autumn and winter, I often eat dishes containing osmanthus flowers, which can soothe the liver, wake up the spleen and appetize, and also prevent and control the breath and dry throat caused by autumn dryness.
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Golden cinnamon crab powder fried silver needles
The bean sprouts are fried with freshly peeled crab powder, so that the most tender sprouts on the land can fully absorb the delicious taste of the king of river fresh, and then add a little osmanthus to add aroma, accompanied by bamboo soup, adding a taste of elegance and deliciousness.
Osmanthus dried scallop fried rice
The dried scallops are torn into thin wires, and then cooked with rice, shrimp, etc., so that each crystal clear grain of rice is soaked with the saltiness of the dried scallops, and then mixed with golden osmanthus flowers to form a complex and fragrant fragrance, which is addictive.
Osmanthus tea
It can be brewed directly with boiling water, and after it becomes warm, it can be seasoned with some honey, which can alleviate gastrointestinal discomfort and moisturize the skin.
Sugar osmanthus flowers
Osmanthus flowers are blanched in boiling water, dried, stained with white sugar, sealed in a bottle, and can be added to desserts such as steamed taro and sake stuffed dumplings to increase the flavor of food.
Osmanthus wine
Take fresh osmanthus flowers and air-dry, add a little sugar to marinate, and then put them into white wine with rock sugar to seal and ferment. The resulting osmanthus wine is amber, mellow and mixed with fresh osmanthus aromas, which is a fine wine worthy of qiong pulp jade dew.
Osmanthus lotus seed special dessert
Fresh and elegant lotus seeds, with the effect of nourishing and nourishing the face, are most suitable for making autumn desserts, and then embellished with a few fragrant and suitable guihua petals, tasting the unique poetry of autumn.
Osmanthus can also be combined with small dates, lotus root, and glutinous rice to make an appetizing and spleen-enhancing osmanthus sugar lotus.
03 Where to go
"Osmanthus flowers leave evening colors, curtain shadows light autumn light", literati and scholars have always loved to plant this auspicious tree in front of the courtyard window that can be both observable and delicious. Their presence in cities is also becoming easier to find.
Suzhou
Osmanthus is the city flower of Suzhou. According to the data, after the Southern Song Dynasty, Suzhou people widely planted and ornamented osmanthus trees. At present, the three oldest osmanthus trees in Suzhou stand on the East Mountain of Taihu Lake, and the trees are more than 500 years old. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the gui cong in the Suzhou garden was a unique scene.
Now, the century-old osmanthus trees left in the classical garden also have a lot: the Lingering Garden's Wenmu Xiangxuan, located in the highest part of the middle of the garden, surrounded by panoramic scenery, the strong fragrance when the wind moves, and there is a connection in front of the Xuan: "The strange stones contain thousands of ancient shows, and the osmanthus flowers are fragrant in the autumn"; the Guixuan of the Small Mountain Cong guixuan in the Master of Nets Garden takes the realm of "Osmanthus Trees Growing in the Mountains" in the "Chu Ci"; in the Fragrance Pavilion of Canglang Pavilion, the osmanthus trees are already a hundred years ago, and when autumn comes, it is fragrant and simple...
Hangzhou
Lin Yifeng has a song called "Osmanthus Brewing", and the lyrics read: "Like osmanthus flowers, like sake, light love, slowly brewing." The more ancient the stars, the more they can't stare, the more focused they are, the more fragile they are, the more crystalline the dew is, the more they can't grasp it, the more persistent they are, the more lost they are..." There is a delicate cinnamon fragrance brewed under the qingxiu mountain peak and in the quiet woods.
He once talked about the background and inspiration of the creation of "Osmanthus Brewing": "In May, walking on the path next to hangzhou's West Lake, the road is full of osmanthus flowers, the harder you work, the more you can't smell it, but slowly walk, the floral fragrance occasionally comes with the wind, in order to feel the faint happiness." He probably met the four seasons of gui that bloom in all seasons, but if you walk through the West Lake of Hangzhou in the "guiyue", the fragrance of osmanthus flowers floats everywhere, and the sweetness and sorrow are mixed, and he will probably remember the trance.
Manjuelong in a valley at the southern foot of the South Peak, its osmanthus flower reputation is particularly prosperous, known as "Manlong Guiyu", when thousands of osmanthus flowers bloom, what kind of grand scenery should it be?
Shanghai
Guilin Park is surrounded by the city's quite easy to approach osmanthus community, it is said that there are more than a thousand golden gui, dangui, silver gui, four seasons of gui, after the autumn rains, along the winding trail to enjoy the gui, looking for gui, enough to enjoy.
However, the thousand acres of osmanthus forest in Jinshan, located in Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, are even more magnificent, and the fragrance of thousands of osmanthus trees is far away. In addition, Dianshan Lake Grand View Garden, Guyi Garden, Shanghai Botanical Garden, Zuibaichi Park, etc. are also good places to enjoy The Guigui in Shanghai.
Wuhan
Wuhan is also a city that may be half the city cinnamon during the osmanthus season. Hankou Jiangtan, Zhongshan Park, Jiefang Park, Wuhan University, Central China Normal University, East Lake Moshan... Osmanthus flowers connect the rest/bookish places in the city. But the most memorable thing is the osmanthus of Guishan Mountain, when passing by, close your eyes and imagine yourself walking against the wind, it is a sweet time wrapped in a thick and light, layered cinnamon fragrance.
Guilin
The city flower of Guilin is also the osmanthus flower, and it is said that the cultivation of the osmanthus tree has a history of more than 2,000 years. In addition to common varieties such as golden and silver gui, there are also unique varieties such as Shishan gui grow here. Wangcheng, Seven Star Park, Yanshan Garden, etc. are all good places to enjoy Guigui.
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