Every year around the time of the Qingming Dynasty,
It's the time when the apricot blossoms are in full bloom.
Apricot blossoms have a short flowering period,
Only about ten days.
In addition, there is a lot of rain at this time,
Often a night of wind and rain,
Wake up the next morning,
It was already a rain of apricot blossoms in the same place.
Therefore, there is a saying that "apricot blossoms rain down, and look for appointments in the coming year".
Apricot blossoms are plants of the genus Apricot in the family Rosaceae.
Apricot blossom solitary,
First leaf bloom,
The petals are white or slightly reddish.
Almond trees are widely distributed in East and Central Asia,
The fruit ripens in early summer,
Its fruit and nuts are edible.
Apricots that are generally medicated,
it's the nuts of the apricots,
It has the effect of rejuvenating, detoxifying and clearing heat.
Apricots in China,
it is a very old ornamental tree,
It came out hundreds of years ago
It is recorded in the "Pipe".
Almond trees are often planted in front of the court,
Wall corners, roadsides, waterholes,
Blooming apricot blossoms,
It is the most meaningful portrayal of spring.
In ancient China,
Among the three spring flowers,
If you talk about romance and femininity,
No flowers can and apricot blossoms.
"Xiao Lou listened to the spring rain one night,
Deep lane Ming Dynasty sells apricot blossoms. ”
In the poem, Lu You has associated apricot blossoms with spring rain.
And that sentence:
"The iron horse autumn wind is plugged in,
Apricot Blossom Spring Rain Gangnam",
It will be the apricot blossoms in the spring rain,
Compare it to the grace of Jiangnan,
To benchmark the autumn breeze of the northern style.
So
There is a song dynasty poet ZhiNan's last sentence:
Ancient wood yin middle short canopy,
The cane helped me cross the east side of the bridge.
Wet apricot blossom rain,
Blowing noodles do not chill willow wind.