Peninsula all-media reporter Zhong Weili Liu Yiqing
The three spring flowers are fragrant, and the seizure obsession is also crazy. The New Year is approaching, and the taste of the New Year is strong. This is the time when everyone is buying New Year goods, and the various large markets in the island city are also in full swing to welcome guests. In recent days, the reporter has visited several famous large collections in Qingdao, Licun Collection, Poli Collection... Unexpectedly, I found that a variety of flowers and plants were the most sought-after. The reporter interviewed Yu Tao, a botanist in the island city, who also had new meanings in the new spring flowers, and explained to us about Qingdao's unique Qingdao lily and his own plant love.
Chinese New Year flowers also have auspicious meanings
"Since ancient times, Qingdao people have had the custom of arranging flowers during the New Year, and when the Laoshan countryside coincided with the New Year's Festival, bright flowers would be picked from the mountains and offered to the family tree. This year, I also bought Junzi Orchid, Green Lotus, Rich Bamboo and Longevity Flower... These are all flowers and plants that are relatively easy to raise on a daily basis. ”
Yu Tao was on his balcony, carefully fiddling with his flowers and plants.
"In addition to bringing traditional Fuzi couplets at the market, everyone also bought a few plants to add a New Year atmosphere to the family. This is a tradition that has existed since ancient times," Yu Tao said.
Yu Tao, a well-known old gentleman in Qingdao's plant industry, is obsessed with various plants, but he is not a simple flower and grass. He introduced that there are more than a dozen kinds of most popular New Year flowers for young people, all of which were shipped from Guangzhou and other places in the 1980s. During the Eighth Festival, a few bunches will be inserted in the home, which means that the family business is booming in the new year. For example, the kumquat tree - kumquat new year auspicious, especially the Guangdong New Year, almost every household balcony to put at least two pots of kumquat. The abundance of orange fruits symbolizes the meaning of fortune, holding a kumquat in hand, auspicious and auspicious. Perfect for Spring Festival placement.
"Phalaenopsis orchid - the flowers bloom like butterflies, the colors are bright, the flowers are beautiful, and they have the reputation of the queen of the orchids. It symbolizes elegance and nobility. It indicates that "purple qi is coming from the east". Putting a few pots at home during the Spring Festival can increase the festive atmosphere of the festival; rich bamboo is also very popular, why not raise our local Laoshan mangosteen? Because it is not suitable for indoor cultivation, but rich bamboo can be hydroponic or soil culture. Buy a handful for the Spring Festival and put it at home, pure heart and clear eyes, symbolizing Qingyuan Gaojie. ”
In addition, green lotus, longevity flower, because it is easy to raise and brightly colored, is also very popular with the public. "In the past, the New Year's purchase was more than the unit group purchase, and now it is mainly based on personal consumption." People's concepts have changed, and many people feel that the New Year is over, and it is auspicious and festive to spend three or four hundred yuan to buy pots of beautiful flowers. In addition to common annual flowers such as phalaenopsis orchids, chrysanthemums, and spring flowers, there are also hydrangeas, peach blossoms, orange stems, etc., with a wide variety. ”
Picking Chinese flowers has a talk head
In fact, the selection of new spring flowers is also very interesting. Citizen Ms. Shang told reporters that a few days ago bought a pot of white palms to put at home, but her grandmother felt that the white flowers were unlucky, so she cut all the flower buds, in fact, the white palms are also called smooth sailing, not unlucky plants, but the old people still pay attention to traditional concepts. Therefore, when selecting spring festival ornamental flowers, try to make every family member satisfied, the decoration effect is good, and the money is not spent in vain.
"New Year everyone wants to have a festive, like rhododendrons, phalaenopsis orchids, large flower orchids, cyclamen to come these brightly colored flowers are popular years ago, and these flowers are easier to raise, keep the temperature on time watering is no problem." When choosing, you can make more comparisons, judging from flowers, leaves, growth and other aspects, such as when choosing phalaenopsis orchids, the flowers are large, the color is bright, the leaves are straight, no spots, such phalaenopsis orchids are relatively good, and there is a good arrangement of inflorescences, the number of orchids is also better in life, rhododendrons depend on the flower color and leaves, you can choose the leaves dark green, compact shape of the rhododendron. ”
Teacher Yu Tao especially introduced us to several tips for buying New Year flowers. It is best to have a good meaning, tenacious vitality, bright flowers, and evergreen leaves; in addition, there are sensitive people such as the elderly, infants, pregnant women, etc. at home, and it is not recommended to buy potted plants with strong aroma. It should also be noted that if there is pollen allergy and rhinitis in the family, it is recommended to focus on foliage plants; under the influence of traditional ideas, white flowers, thorny plants and potted plants with special significance such as chrysanthemums should be avoided during the Spring Festival; the number of places should be small and fine, and it is best to combine the decoration style of their own home, and the perfect integration is the best state.
There is a need to inherit and perpetuate plant culture
The benefits of plants are more than simple ornamentation and auspicious meanings.
The petals of the rose can be edible, brew wine, brew tea, flower buds into medicine can treat stomach pain, chest and abdominal distension; lavender flowers contain aromatic oil, can be concocted cosmetics and soap flavor; peppermint can treat influenza, headache, etc., peppermint instead of tea, can be clear of mind and eyes; aloe vera juice made of desiccant, can be used to kill insects, Chinese folk also do herbal use, can laxative, menstrual, cool blood pain relief... Most of them are more common plants, but many people do not know that they are Chinese herbal medicines, and they know very little about their medicinal effects.
Yu Tao told us that in fact, human beings and plants are most closely related. Plants are not only a good color head to be placed in the home for the New Year, in the process of human evolution, plants are the first producers. "Azaleas like the New Year flowers we bought can be used medicinally, and some can also be eaten. There are also dendrobiums divided into spring dendrobium and autumn dendrobium, and the flowering period of spring dendrobium is just near the Spring Festival, so it is also selected as the Annual Flower. It has obvious effect on liver, kidney and organs. Needless to say, everyone loves to watch the flowers. The sexual taste is sweet and warm, and it has the effect of activating blood and regulating menstruation, reducing swelling and detoxification. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that it can activate blood and reduce swelling and apply poison. In addition, the moon flowers and their roots and leaves can be used for medicinal purposes. In order to prove his claim, Yu Tao took us to visit Yanhuangyi Medical Park.
In addition to cedars, Qingdao lilies and various Chinese herbs planted in the garden, there are also stone-paved paths collected from various places from the Song and Ming dynasties, which are engraved with 24 solar terms and health poems. The traditional cultural atmosphere is rich. The whole courtyard will be a long-standing development of traditional Chinese medicine to fully display, Yu Tao led us around the park, everywhere around you can talk to you for half a day. The old gentleman was very excited and proud.
"Far-reaching is the scenery, up-close is the culture, careful study has thoughts, is to spread the culture of traditional Chinese medicine" living classroom, at present there is no museum of traditional Chinese medicine in the country, Qingdao has applied for three consecutive times, and finally passed in February this year! This is also the only cultural park with Chinese medicine characteristics that uses a multi-dimensional naturalistic landscape to tell the origin and development of Chinese medicine. ”
Botany and Chinese medicine have been closely related since ancient times. Today, the theories and techniques of the various subdisciplines of botany are giving new glory to the ancient discipline of traditional Chinese medicine.
Generations of botanists pushed
Cultivate Qingdao Laoshan lilies
"The winter-resistant flowers of Qingdao City are also the new spring flowers that we Qingdao people like very much." Teacher Yu introduced, "It is written in the Liaozhai Book that winter resistance is the essence of a thousand-year-old tree in the Qing Palace under the Laoshan Mountains in Qingdao, and the illusion of a human form is called Daixue, in the middle of winter, the frozen snow flutters, the green trees and red flowers, the red and white contrast, the arrogance of frost and snow, so it is named "winter-resistant", and the flowering period is as long as half a year. It is hardy, drought tolerant, adaptable, stress resistant, resistant to pests and diseases, and can also absorb sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere, is the city flower of Qingdao City, and is printed on the emblem of Qingdao City. ”
And Qingdao's unique Qingdao lily is also loved by everyone because of its arrogant posture and bright colors. "When 'Qingdao Lily' was discovered again, I was so excited." Yu Tao said.
Earlier, Qingdao lilies not only grew on small Qingdao, Laoshan, Taipingshan, Beijiushui, Shuangbei Stone House, qingdao lilies can be found. According to the Annals of Systematic Botany and Plant Geography, published in Germany in 1905, the German missionary Faber discovered the lily in Xiao qingdao and named it Qingdao lily. The color of Qingdao lilies is very bright, the flowers are star-shaped, and they have an untamed posture, which is particularly pleasing to the eye.
"Qingdao lilies are mainly wild, and it is actually more troublesome to breed." Yu Tao introduced.
"Qingdao lily" is a treasure all over the body, you can also eat, stir-fry, make soup, the root can also be medicated, with the effect of moisturizing the lungs and suppressing cough. Yu Tao said that this plant grows in a certain altitude of deep mountain dense forest, before the 1970s was relatively large, and then due to excessive excavation and destruction, slowly reduced, wild plants have been difficult to see for many years.
Yu Tao introduced, why in Qingdao, Japanese plants, American plants and even South American plants can survive? This is because although Qingdao is a young city, it is because of its special geographical environment and climatic environment. So it is also known as the Switzerland of the East. Not only that, Qingdao is an open, open-air greenhouse. Suitable for the growth of various plants.
"Qingdao Laoshan has a special geographical environment, distributed many special plants and their subspecies, varieties, medicinal plant resources are of many qualities, complete types, known as 'natural medicine library', has been found more than 1,000 varieties." In recent years, more than 10 new Chinese herbal plants have been discovered in the Qingdao area, some of which are already very few in existence. ”
However, life is magical, and the endangered Qingdao lily has miraculously returned to our vision. After more than 30 years of efforts, Yu Tao's friend Ji Qunshang domesticated The Lily of Qingdao was domesticated in pots and successfully bred. Scholars at home and abroad have also come to learn from each other and have made great contributions to the protection of endangered species. Speaking of this, Yu Tao is both proud and proud.
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Yu Tao's flowers and grasses
Not only Qingdao Lily, after Yu Tao retired, she also continued to carry out "scientific research" activities on her balcony.
In the old residential courtyard on Zhenjiang Road, the old corridor has been filled with various flowers and plants by Yu Tao. Although it is a cold winter moon, it is still full of life. Coming to Yu Tao's house, the small room can see the traces of age, but the furnishings are orderly and spotless.
As soon as he entered the door, Teacher Yu couldn't wait to introduce the various flowers and plants he cultivated on the balcony.
"You see this is touching incense, kai tree, red nan, camphor tree, orange tree; vine three seven..." In the eyes of the reporter, the basic things are similar, and in Tao's eyes, each of them has their own special name, habit. It's like a little baby that needs to be cared for. "This is a Canadian yellow flower, it is native to North America, in the autumn of 2020 found that there are sporadic community distributions in nine locations in Qingdao, I this one was collected from the coast of Wheat Island in Laoshan District." This is the hops, which are native to North America, and this is not an ordinary leek, it is an Argentine leek, we all know that the leek is spicy, but this will not, but it is very fragrant, I have a hard time getting it at home, observe his habits, see if we can graft or cultivate ..."
Different from our usual conservation and ornamentation, these plants planted by Yu Tao are all famous and rare species at home and abroad, in order to observe and understand their classification, ecology, habitat, growth process, identify the characteristics of the type, texture composition, color and temperament, life sequence, interest value, etc. and the analysis and research of the prospects of development and utilization, and the popularization of their timeliness or appropriateness.
Yu Tao sighed that people actually learn a lot from plants, such as conforming to the sky and following the trend. The meaning of plants has always been given to people, educating people.
"All my life I have been associated with plants, I will think when I walk, I will think when I eat, and I will contact when I read books. Are you saying this is a kind of infatuation? I think it's a passion. Love of the world. Yu Tao said.