"The most important thing is the spring benefit of the year", and suddenly it has reached "April day on earth". In this difficult day, relatives and friends have posted their own spring dishes in the circle of friends, the "spring color" on their own small balcony, and built the persistence in their hearts - "waiting for you in the spring".
The garden of the former residence of Soong Ching Ling in Beijing
Not to live up to the spring light and not to live up to the qing. In this season of warm spring flowers and the memory of the ancestors, people can't help but think of Mr. Song Qingling, who also loves flowers and grass. According to her life administrator's recollection, Mr. Song Qingling's daily favorite flowers include roses, perfumes, calamus, carnations, aris, chrysanthemums, daffodils, plums, tianzhu and so on; the potted flowers include orchids, rabbit flowers, ivory red, camellias, jasmine flowers, white orchids, five-needle pine, Luohan pine, etc. Mr. Soong Ching Ling's apartments in Beijing and Shanghai are often covered with green grass and flowers. In her spare time, she would stop in front of the white orchids, gently fold down two flowers, and wear them between the plackets, slowly fragrant and refreshing. Knowing that her husband loves orchids, her gardener will put the newly opened flowers on the car, and as soon as the car door is opened, the fragrance will be pleasant and pleasant.
Memoirs of Gao Olfang
In the spring, Mr. Song Qingling's close friend Yukiji Yukichi will try to send her favorite Andori Flowers. This precious flower from Hawaii on the other side of the ocean is bright red in color, symbolizing good luck. Although the gardeners tried every means to prolong the flowering period, the withering of the flowers still made Mr. Li sigh. Fortunately, Mr. Song Qingling's nannies Zhong Xingbao and Gu Jinfeng were both from Suzhou embroidery girls, and Mr. Song Qingling's idea of making an "immortal flower" finally had to be realized: she personally placed the flowers on the white paper, carefully used a pencil to trace the outline of the flowers and green leaves, and then Zhong and Gu purchased red, green, and yellow silk threads and white silk from the store, and the younger Gu Jinfeng main needle, the three of them worked together to complete the embroidery of this andoLiheng "immortal flower". The work took a month to complete, and Mr. Song Qingling happily framed the flowers in a mirror frame and hung them on the bedside of his bedroom in his Beijing apartment. In his later years, the versatile gentleman used the flowers, animals and plants in his home as the theme, improvised, and left behind paintings, including beautiful Andori constant flowers. According to the gardener's recollection, he also asked him for a potted red pepper painting at home, and after getting permission, the gentleman thanked the gardener, who was very touched and said, "These are all yours." ”
28 century-old camphor trees in the former residence of Song Qingling in Shanghai
The garden of Mr. Song Qingling's Shanghai apartment is planted with many camphor trees, which is also Mr. Song Qingling's "treasure". According to Mr. Song Qingling's nanny's recollection, Mr. Song Qingling's love for the camphor tree also has a "year": when he was a child, mr. Song Qingling had a birthday, and her parents planted a camphor tree with her in the garden of the old house, and later the tree grew to a thick bowl, and every time Mr. Song Qingling returned to the old house, he would always take care of it, loosen the soil for it, water it, remember his childhood, and his heart was full of excitement. The indomitable uprightness of the camphor is the reason why Mr. Song Qingling loves it, and it is also a "treasure" that can save Mr. Song Qingling from water and fire. Mr. Song Qingling suffers from genetic urticaria, and she found a home remedy from a friend: split the roots of the camphor into pieces, boil the water into soup and add it to the bath water, which can reduce inflammation and itching. Mr. personally experimented and found it quite effective. Since then, she has become more precious to the camphor, so that the gardener can cultivate it and let it grow freely.
Andori Heng painted by Song Qingling
Vase flowers drawn by Song Qingling
Flowers painted by Song Qingling
Mr. Soong Ching Ling unites the benevolent people at home and abroad who pay attention to the Chinese revolution, and enjoys a high prestige in the international community, so his friends and relatives are all over the world. Her apartment was frequently visited by foreign dignitaries and friends. On the eve of receiving foreign guests, Mr. Song Qingling always personally inspects the placement of flower arrangements and potted flowers in his home and adjusts them. In 1956, on the eve of receiving Indonesian President Sukarno, Mr. Li Yan'e and zhou Hekang, the life administrator, said: "Flower arrangement is a very exquisite art, and inserting a bouquet of colorful flowers in the living room can play a role in finishing touches and full of brilliance, giving people the enjoyment of beauty." ...... Flower arrangement should be combined with the seasons, and on New Year's Day, ivory red, plum and tianzhu should be inserted to give people a festive and auspicious atmosphere of bright and verdant New Year. During the Spring Festival, it is necessary to insert lamei, tianzhu and silver willow, which is a traditional Chinese flower arrangement, giving people a feeling of auspiciousness and solemn happiness. To make the flowers bloom brightly, full and lasting, the water in the vase is very exquisite, add water and change water in the vase in the morning, so that the flowers will not wither for a long time, and the potted flowers must be moved to the outdoors at night, placed on the balcony to let it eat some dew, in order to raise it for a long time. "Mr. Song Qingling not only loves flowers, but also understands flowers.
A vase given to Song Qingling by a friend
Mr. Song Qingling's close friend, Liao Zhongkai's wife He Xiangning, once gave her a "Ammonite Diagram", with the inscription: "Only chrysanthemums and stones are of high quality; only stones and chrysanthemums are born with hard bones." Yo-yo Qingquan, Juanjuan Haoyue; Only chrysanthemums and stones, high quality"; Mr. Song Qingling's close friend and foreign friend Louis Eli, when remembering Mr. Song Qingling, described her as "a flower that never withers"; the French female painter Gao Yufang named the memoirs recalling the friendship between her family and her husband "Rose in the Wind", one of the reasons for this is to commemorate Mr. Song Qingling's intermission in a women's conference, and untied a pink rose silk flower sent to her by the organizers from her clothes and gave it to Gao Olfang, which is the so-called "gift of roses." There is a lingering fragrance in the hands". Mr. Deng Yingchao praised Mr. Song Qingling: "You are cleaner than the lotus flower, and more virtuous than the green pine." ”
Does the story of Mr. Song Qingling and the flowers also make you feel the vibrant spring breath outside the window? Yes, that's hope, it's a Mayday on earth! (Zhu Xianhao)