Another year of apricot blossoms
Author | Lu Hao
Early this spring, just after the sting, stepping out of the outdoors, I saw the apricot blossoms in the garden blooming, a bunch of strings, a toot, a snow white piece, far away, like a mist, like snow like clouds, hazy, the breeze blowing, sending wisps of fragrance, penetrating the heart; a spring rain arrived as scheduled, moisturizing the earth, raindrops gently patting the flowers, delicate petals, accompanied by crystalline water droplets, forming a beautiful picture; even if the apricot blossoms are old, falling colorfully, scattered on the ground, like a small snow, white, constitute another beautiful scene. Ah, it is another year of apricot blossoms, willows spit green swallows return, the garden can not be closed in the spring, spring is full of affection.
Apricot blossoms and almond trees are my favorites. In March 2011, I wrote in the poem "Wing Apricot Blossom": Three or two branches of apricot blossoms outside the window, the spring breeze warms her prophet, the flowers are bright before the Qingming Dynasty, and I remember the youth of the old garden. I remember when I was a child, there were several thick apricot trees in my family's garden, just after the Spring Festival, the spring flowers around the garden had just gone, and the apricot blossoms in the garden had bloomed one after another, the powder was thick, the smoke was beautiful, the bees flew around among the flowers, buzzing, busy, brewing good honey in the world, the birds flew up and down on the trees, jumping and dancing, shouting and singing, welcoming the arrival of spring.
At this time is also a good time to fly kites, the small south wind whistles, the hometown of the south slope of the west cliff can be seen everywhere people flying kites, at that time, I often go to the west cliff with my brothers and sisters to fly kites, the kite is grandfather or brother (father works in the field), with bamboo split into a thin strip, tied into a gossip or human form, with mulberry paper paste, and then painted with colored pens, both beautiful and strong, tied with three footlines, two on the top, one on the bottom, the footline is very exquisite, biased, long and short is not OK Otherwise, either to the side of the fierce son, or can not fly, Grandpa and brother to tie the kite, flying high and steady, that was the happiest time of my childhood...
The apricot blossom is a symbol of spring. In the spring league written in the ancient Spring Festival, there is often a sentence of "Another year of green grass, still ten miles of apricot blossoms", which shows that the apricot blossoms will bloom or bloom in season, which is the day when spring will come. The bones of the apricot blossoms, before they opened, are red and colorful, just like the face of a girl, white and red, red and white, "apricot blossom red" in the spring union, may refer to the bones of the apricot blossoms. In the north of the continent, in addition to the plum blossoms, spring flowers and some flower species introduced, the earliest flowers are apricot blossoms, which generally bloom around the spring equinox or before the Qingming Dynasty, white as snow, full of flowers, and pleasant scenery. Apricot blossoms fall, peach blossoms bloom, apricot blossoms come white to peach blossoms, peach blossoms bloom, hundreds of flowers compete for beauty, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, then spring will really come. It can be seen that the apricot blossom is the leading flower that leads the hundred flowers to bloom, the primrose.
Ancient almond trees and her allegories. The apricot tree is a deciduous tree, native to Xinjiang, the mainland, one of the oldest and most tenacious fruit trees in the mainland, whether mountain or plain, it can grow anywhere. When his fruit is ripe, it is orange-yellow or light red, delicate, sweet and sour, extremely nutritious, and brings people good enjoyment. His sweet almonds are edible and medicinal, and his plant is colorful, graceful, and has tender green leaves, which are broad-egg-shaped and can be used as feed. Its wood is hard and is a good material for making furniture.
The allusions to the apricot forest and the altar of apricot represent beauty. Xinglin is synonymous with the medical community. When the apricot forest was canonized in the Three Kingdoms, the famous doctor Dong Feng did not charge patient fees for medical treatment, but those who were cured were cut apricot trees, because of Dr. Dong's superb medical skills, gradually formed a large almond forest, and the apricot blossoms in spring were full of gardens, and the fragrance drifted for ten miles, which is the origin of the apricot forest, implying the benevolence of the healer and the boundless love. The altar of apricot refers to the place where Confucius taught and is a symbol of the glory of education. "In addition to the earth as an altar, the ring planted with apricots, known as the apricot altar", every spring and Jingming, apricot blossoms, brilliant as fire, its meaning of a hundred years of trees, ten years of tree people, great achievements.
The harmonic sound of apricot and luck is a symbol of a happy and beautiful life. The apricot represents the girl, reflecting youth and vitality, and the petals of the apricot blossom are beautiful and moving, white and elegant, symbolizing the beauty of pure love.
Wing Xing is the eternal theme of the literati inker's pen, and the Poem of Wing Xing can be described as vast. The famous poet Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty "Qingming" poem: During the Qingming Festival, the rain is pouring, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls, asking where the restaurant is, and the shepherd boy refers to the apricot blossom village. It can be described as a household name, and it is well known to women and children. Among them, "apricot blossom village" should be understood as a village where apricot blossoms bloom. It can be seen that most of the villages in the Tang Dynasty planted apricot trees, and the apricot blossoms bloomed in spring. Today's Fenyang Xinghua Village wine, Shanxi, can be described as a long history, famous, its location in the latitude and located in the middle of the Shandong Peninsula in Weifang City, the latitude is more northern, the Qingming season apricot blossoms bloom, should be just in time. Song Dynasty Shi Zhinan's "Absolute Sentence": "Wet apricot blossom rain, blowing noodles is not cold willow wind", the spring rain is called apricot blossom rain, and the spring wind is called willow wind, which can be described as an appropriate image. Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin "Day and Day Spring Light Fighting Daylight, Mountain City Slope Road Apricot Blossom Fragrance", Song Dynasty Ye Shaoweng "Spring color full of garden can not be closed, a branch of red apricot out of the wall", Northern Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu "outside the forest singing dove spring rain rest, the first day of the house apricot blossoms", Song Dynasty Song Qi "green poplar smoke outside the dawn of the cold, red apricot branches spring mood" and other poems, are all wonderful portrayals of apricot blossoms and red apricots.
In June 2017, I was planting on Linqu Mountain, saw that the apricots in the field were ripe, and then recited the poem "Apricots on the Mountain Are Ripe": The apricots on the mountain are ripe, the golden candy hangs on the tree' arms, a breeze blows, the wisps of fragrance come to the nose... It is also the season when the apricots are ripe, I often climb the tree to pick the apricots, I often sing the praises of the apricot trees, the apricot blossoms are my favorite, it is nature that nurtures it, it is the sweat of the spring that irrigates it. The harvest season is the arrival of happiness, may people be happy to pick, may people work hard, may people's lives be rich and colorful.
It is another year of apricot blossoms, and thousands of purples and thousands of reds welcome spring. The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the hard work is not to wander. Spring also comes, mo negative spring light. Spring is the season of cultivation and the season of hope. Spring is wonderful. May everyone in this beautiful spring light, step on the green scenery, work hard, and create a better life. March 21, 2021
Lü Hao, male, a native of Dongcheng Subdistrict, Linqu County, graduated from the cadre specialization department of Chinese Min University, worked in weifang municipal organs, loved literature since childhood, has published "Selected Poems of Lü Hao", in recent years, he has published works in "Qilu Literature" and other publications, and is now a member of the Weifang Writers Association, deputy editor of Qilu Literature, and director of the Weifang Exchange Center for Chinese Culture into Wanjia.