As the saying goes: "After three days of rain in the valley, look at the peonies in the garden." "The peonies in Xia Yu Park bloomed early, and Gu Yu had already thanked them a week before the rain. I went late and didn't catch up to see. Li Junjie sent two pictures of peonies, saying that the peonies in the botanical garden were still blooming. I speculate that it may be that the temperature in the botanical garden is lower than outside, and the flowers are blooming later. I was tickled and decided to go on Sunday.
On Sunday, it was pouring, it was raining early in the morning, and the plan to enjoy the flowers was also in vain. It seems that this year's peonies are about to be missed again, and I can only imagine in my heart what the peony blossoms will look like.
In my heart, peony is the most aristocratic, it is graceful, luxurious, dignified, bright, and every flower is like a lady who came out of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the Tang Dynasty was the most inclusive and open dynasty due to the integration of nationalities. Openness represents lively vitality and vigorous vitality. The little girl who can't help the wind is not in the beauty of the Tang Dynasty, and the abundance is the aesthetic of the Tang Dynasty. Think about it, a plump woman, but a delicate little flower, is the little family angry? Only peony can stand up to the national color of the Tang Dynasty and can be called the national color of the Tang Dynasty.
Luoyang, Henan, is more than 100 kilometers away from Yuzhou and is the city of peony flowers. Regarding Luoyang peony, there is a poignant legend: a snow and ice weather, Wu Zetian drunkenly toured Chang'an Shanglin Garden, suddenly had a whim, to see the crowd of Fangs compete, so he issued a decree: "The Ming Dynasty travels to the Garden, the fire is known in the spring, the flowers are sent overnight, and do not wait for the xiaofeng to urge." The next day, the Hundred Flowers Fairy did not dare to disobey and bloomed one after another, but the peony fairy adhered to the festival and did not bloom. Wu Zetian was furious, removed the peony, burned it, and degraded it to Luoyang. Since then, Peony has made its home in Luoyang, and every year before and after the valley rains, Yao Huang Wei Zi is bright and moving. This story was once adapted into a drama, and I don't remember the name of the opera, but I remember that the peony fairy in the play, on the way to being degraded, wearing shackles and locks, is a sturdy and indomitable image of Qingyi. I ask, do you know, what kind of flower has had such a tragic experience?
Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty, in "The Lotus Lover", contrasted peonies with chrysanthemums and lotus flowers, "to the chrysanthemum, the recluse of the flower also; Peony, the rich and noble of the flowers also; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers also. In the eyes of the author, the peony represents the name of merit, is secular, and abominable, while the lotus represents the gentleman, is noble, and respectable. I think that riches and gentlemen may be two states of life, but they can also be parallel. The pursuit of worldly interests should not affect people's self-cultivation. "The day is not everywhere, and youth comes from just now." Moss flowers are as small as rice, and peonies are also learned. "Delicate moss flowers have peony aspirations. Blooming like a peony is the pursuit of flowers, and it should also be the pursuit of people.
I hope that every life has a moment of blossoming.