Late spring peony 9 songs: three nine strange flower season, thousands of households and thousands of cars to see the peony
The rainy season in the late spring valley is the time when the traditional famous flower peony blooms.
Peony and the Tang Dynasty are closely linked, can be said to be the national flower of the Tang Dynasty, but why is there little record of peony viewing before the Tang Dynasty?
Where did this rich flower come from, and why was it so popular with the Tang Dynasty?
Peony flowers have actually existed since ancient times, and shennong materia medica is called rat gu, deer leek. It is a wild plant in the northern mountains and in the same family as peony. In ancient times, the use of rhizomes into medicine had the effect of activating blood and dissolving stasis.
Peony flowers in the mountains are similar to peony flowers, but peonies are shrubs, peony is herbaceous, and in the competition of the mountains, peony flowers are dotted between mountain forest shrubs with single petals and gorgeous flowers, while peony medicine is mostly near the water.
Therefore, the Shangwei Festival of the pre-Qin Zhengguo is water-friendly, and more well-collected riverside peonies are used to wash their hands and increase each other, while the peonies live in the mountains, live in harmony with natural animals and plants, and open themselves for the discovery of medicine collectors.
In fact, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there should be artificial cultivation of medicinal materials, because the deep mountain herbs are really limited. Therefore, peonies and peonies are used as medicinal herbs in the place of origin, semi-artificial and semi-natural growth, which also laid the foundation for the later birth of peonies.
"Painting peonies is very clear." Poetry Northern Qi · Yang Zihua
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, peonies were introduced to aristocratic garden gardens. Whether this poem was written by Yang Zihua or not is impossible to examine, but Yang Zihua is a famous painter of the Qi state in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which at least proves that he painted peonies and painted them delicately and realistically.
Why peony is called peony, according to the later Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen research, is because although peony is fruiting, but the root reproductive ability is super strong, with a strong root hair growth ability, and the flower blossom as red medicinal quality is the best, so it is called peony. This also shows that this name is inherited from ancient medicine.
That is to say, peony is the name given to this plant by the taoists.
The name peony should not be later than the Han Dynasty. In the era of great unification, people summarized and studied medicinal herbs and recorded them in different categories.
In the era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, private gardens also needed to grow various herbs as a fashion, and by the way, flowers were enjoyed, and peonies gradually entered the urban garden from the deep mountains. Around the Qingming Festival, there will be peony in the courtyard open, but at that time it was a niche appreciation and was not popularized. There are so many flowers in spring, and in late spring, peonies bloom in the corner of the courtyard, although beautiful, but do not become the protagonist.
The Sui Dynasty Emperor of the Sui Dynasty built a palace garden in Luoyang, and the edict required all localities to donate seedlings of local precious specialties. This is similar to emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, whose Weiyang Palace is to collect precious animals and plants from all over the country. Yi County at that time should be the origin of peony medicinal materials, the ground is rich, suitable for the growth of peonies, and there are already flowers of different colors, Yi County paid tribute to 20 boxes of peonies of various colors.
It was these 20 boxes of peonies that opened the most gorgeous Tang Dynasty road of peonies.
The Sui Dynasty was soon taken over by the Tang Dynasty, with court flowers and craftsmen.
Peonies are carefully cultivated in the royal garden, and the craftsmen have been re-grafted and improved to produce extremely rich red and purple flowers. The Tang Dynasty itself advocated the purple of Taoism, with deep purple as the best product, followed by big red. In the royal garden in late spring, the peony swaying open is delightful.
In the era of Tang Xuanzong Tianbao, the four seas were peaceful, and he himself began to indulge in pleasure, and the court style was also quite rich, which also included the large-scale cultivation of various flowers to correspond to the luxurious palace atmosphere.
In the late spring, Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei led the courtiers to set up a banquet at the agarwood pavilion in the royal garden, where the royal peonies were as splendid as the sea, around the gorgeous pavilion, red and purple, at this time many people have not seen peonies, this flower is similar to peony, but open in the branches, at this time more call wood peony.
The emperor set up a banquet, the noble concubines accompanied by the same, the group of courtiers as accompaniment, the li guinian court musician accompaniment, and should be the ancient water pavilion collection of the Shangwei Festival, focusing on coordinating the harmonious atmosphere between the monarchs and courtiers, enjoying the prosperous world, its light and romantic atmosphere Goes without saying, there are three songs of Li Bai's "Qing Ping Le", writing the grand peony, the beauty of Yang Yuhuan, and the prosperity of the world.
At that time, the peonies on the side of the Agarwood Pavilion were full of branches and leaves, the flowers were rich, and the court was carefully cultivated, grand and vigorous, and Rao was Li Bai who was accustomed to mountain herbs, and he could not help but sigh.
"The clouds want to dress and flowers, and the spring breeze blows Revlon."
If it were not for the jade mountain head, it would meet the Yaotai Moon. "One
It is the most beautiful clouds, the most beautiful flowers, even the colors and appearances of clouds and flowers, the spring wind blows the wood hibiscus, the flowers are dewy, and the fragrance is fragrant. If you haven't seen it in the Immortal Palace on the top of Wu Mountain, you'll have met it in the moonlight in Yaochi.
It can be known that the wood peony medicine cultivated by the court has been shocking. The number is large, the flower head is large, and it is still amazing.
The woody peony is obviously more atmospheric than the peony, it is clustered around the platform, at least it is about the same height as a person, and the affinity interaction with people is stronger than that of the herb peony. Like a fairy of the world, she landed on earth.
Therefore, to savor this poem, it is not a peony written, but a piece of peony, and the flower head is full of flowers, like the fairy cai'e in the sky.
"A branch of dew condensed incense, cloud rain Wushan cut off the intestines."
Borrow the Han Palace who is like that? Poor Fei Yan leaned on new makeup. "Second
This is a large peony flower written close to the person, swaying in front of Yang Yuhuan, red and bright, swaying in the wind.
That kind of beauty, that kind of richness, that kind of gorgeous freshness under the lights, just like Zhao Feiyan of the Han Dynasty, wearing gorgeous clothes, dancing on the branches.
This is, of course, the lace beauty Yang Yuhuan according to the finger.
Zhao Feiyan Yang Yuhuan is famous for dance music, Zhao Feiyan has a dance on the plate, Yang Yuhuan has a neon dress feather, no matter fat or thin, the tiptoe kung fu is excellent.
Back to the flower, the huge flower of the wood peony, swaying lightly in the richness, everyone present knew who it was talking about.
"The famous flowers poured out of the country and the two sides, and the king looked at it with a smile."
Explain the infinite hatred of the spring wind, and the agarwood pavilion leans on the north to dry. "Third
Wood peony medicine was not originally a famous flower, but it was cultivated and created in the court, and it was already an unattainable famous flower. Is it asked, who has such a luxury and cultivates flowers with such a high shore?
The flowers and noble concubines were in the Agarwood Pavilion, and Tang Xuanzong was not a low-key person, and was broken by Li Bai, which was a prosperous and elegant thing that everyone laughed at. Originally, Yang Yuhuan was also equivalent to an empress at this time, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the song dynasty's kind of male superiority and female inferiority, the love of the monarch and the mother of the country, and the harmony of the country and the mountains were originally gratifying.
These three poems are known as the pinnacle of writing peony and Yang Guifei.
It was just that the good times did not last long, and not long after, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Yang Yuhuan gave death to Ma Songpo, and Tang Xuanzong retired. The Tang Dynasty flourished and declined.
Nearly a hundred years after the actual Anshi rebellion, everyone did not talk much about the Anshi rebellion, because it was not clear, and tang Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan were not talked about publicly. At this time, the peony flower is also silent.
However, with the passage of time, the Middle and Tang Dynasties gradually stabilized, and the glory of the restoration of the prosperous era and the commemoration of the prosperity of the past era became a topic that can be talked about. Peony flowers carry the remembrance of the prosperity and the sustenance of the future, and begin to become popular.
Bai Juyi was a 28-year-old middle soldier, and when he came to Chang'an, he had already experienced the love of peony flowers in Luoyang, Chang'an.
At the age of 34, he read some materials from the Royal Library, and he composed "Long Hate Song" with the love of Tang Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan as the main context, which caused a sensation at the time. As an emperor, there is no resistance to Bai Juyi writing royal stories, on the contrary, he is also reflecting on and touching royal history through poetry. This is actually a weather vane.
Tang Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan represent the former Sheng Tang, and the peony flower also represents the Sheng Tang. The repressed feelings of prosperity are ignited by the bright colors of peonies. Watching peonies appreciate peonies buying peonies and planting peonies, behind the fanatical passion for seeing flowers, is people's desire to revitalize Datang. Even the aristocratic rich people of Luoyang, Chang'an, can be ashamed not to look at peonies and not to appreciate peonies. Because in their hearts, peony is the flower of the Tang Dynasty, the flower of the prosperous world.
If you cultivate peonies with excellent varieties, colorful flowers or different colors, it is a million gold.
The peony at this time in the Tang Dynasty, with strong purple and red as the precious, represents a mentality at this time, that is, to return to wealth, yu guo and family have such a strong desire.
"Chang'an Haogui cherished the spring residue and competed to play with the purple peony on the west side of the street."
Don't have a jade plate to bear the cold, no one gets up to look at the middle of the moon. "Zhongtang · Lu Lun"Pei Zhi Shi House White Peony"
Luoyang Chang'an has peonies, but Chang'an West Street is mostly private gardens, and in late spring, people ride horses to West Street to enjoy the purple peonies blooming in the garden. Then these private gardens, covering a wide area, whether to charge tickets is not clear, but later became a late spring custom, it is estimated that it is not to rely on tickets to make money, but to other industries with tourism. Because with the cultivation of more and more peonies, it is simply the participation of the whole people.
It is written here that peonies were seen at that time, with purple and red as the most beautiful, on the contrary, white peonies were rarely favored.
In other words, people just want to see the rich and graceful of the peony, of course, the more brilliant the color, the fuller the flower head.
Purple qi comes from the east, purple clouds are swirling, red light is rich, and delicate peonies are matched with the beautiful costumes of the Tang Dynasty, which complement each other and are full of energy.
"Recently, I have no choice but peony, and tens of thousands of dollars to buy one."
This dynasty has begun to be clear, and there are not many schools in the common era. "Don · Liu Hun "Peony"
This is the peony trade under the peony frenzy, a good variety of peonies, tens of thousands of dollars to buy one, but wait until the flowering, only to find that the goods are not right, others take the wild peony of the mountains as a valuable variety, the flower blooms single petal, and the yellow sunflower is as thin.
But that doesn't prove it's not worth it, or that he won't terminate.
Grafted with wild peonies, healthier, colorful flowers can be obtained.
Maybe people really dug up from the mountains, and they didn't bully this Liu Daren too much.
And it is the appreciation frenzy of Chang'an Luoyang that also raises the value of wild peonies in the mountains.
However, the most unfortunate thing is that the wild peony itself, after excavations in the Tang Dynasty and song dynasty, wild peony is now completely extinct.
"In the season of three nine strange flowers, thousands of households and thousands of cars look at peonies.
Contending for Sima Bai in Jiangzhou, five years of scenery recall Chang'an. Don · Xu Ning's "Sending White Sima "
Talking about Bai Juyi, Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song" actually promoted the appreciation of peony, at least people can be generous in talking about the Tianbao era in the sea of peony flowers, but Bai Juyi himself was more miserable for a while, and was relegated to Jiujiang as a magistrate.
Gone for five years. Peony is the flower of Luoyang in Chang'an, and in Jiujiang, there is no such flower viewing frenzy.
But in the past five years, in Chang'an, the peony has become more and more year-by-year, and the people who see it are also more and more surging year by year.
Xu Ning This is to ridicule Bai Juyi, we Chang'an, on the twelve avenues, have planted peonies, thousands of households, peony season, come out to see the flowers and flowers, poor you Bai Juyi, in jiujiang five years, what you miss most is the peony flower season in Chang'an.
Then Chang'an has twelve main roads, although xuning here has exaggerated virtual components, but the peony flowers are definitely more and more lush than five years ago. Perhaps peonies are also planted on the main arterial roads. Because when Li Shangyin talked about the peonies in the late spring of Chang'an, the peonies were almost full of ditches on the side of the road.
"White flowers are cold and unloved, and they also occupy the famous peony."
It should be like the Eastern Palace Bai Zanshan, who was also called a court official. "Don · Bai Juyi "White Peony"
Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty wrote a large number of poems on peony flowers, and later the special topics will be listed.
Then Bai Juyi degraded to Jiujiang and did not return to Chang'an for five years. After returning to Chang'an, the frenzy of peony flowers was even worse. He went to accompany people to see peonies during the period of prince praise.
At this time, Bai Juyi had seen enough of the red and purple of the peony and loved the white peony.
However, the fashion is heavy red and purple, presumably there are many colors, attracting people to linger, but this simple white peony is very in line with his status and state of mind.
Although he is a court official, he is not rich and noble, and he is as pure as a white peony.
If others don't like it, then be self-congratulatory.
"The peony medicine demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the pond hibiscus is pure and unsympathetic."
Only the peony is the true national color, and the flowers move the capital during the blossom season. "Zhongtang · Liu Yuxi,"Peony Viewing"
Although Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi did not catch up with the real Sheng Tang, they caught up with the prosperity of Peony.
According to Li Zhao's "Supplement to the History of the Tang Dynasty", "The capital city has been traveling to peony for more than thirty years, and every spring twilight, the carriages and horses are crazy, and they are ashamed not to delay playing. ”
Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi happened to live in the thirty years when peony flowers became popular in Chang'an.
Liu Yuxi, who was transferred back to the capital from bashan Shushui, saw the sea of peony flowers in Chang'an and moved the city, and that kind of inner pride was also stimulated.
Peony and peony ratio, charming, herbs are not tough enough, lotus and peony ratio, too clear and tall, not close.
The only peony can represent Datang, representing the atmosphere of Datang, gorgeous and colorful.
So when the flowers bloom, the city looks at the flowers.
This poem completely laid the status of the famous peony flower and the national flower of the Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, the peony flower was still a famous ornamental flower, but it was not the national flower of the Song Dynasty, and the national flower of the Song Dynasty was the plum blossom.
But peonies have a special status in the hearts of Chinese.
Its grace and atmosphere have always been the dream of the prosperous world and the flower of the prosperous world of the Chinese.
Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. Image from the web.