Seven poems of orange blossoms in late spring: incense in gardenia thinner than plum, orange blossoms in the ancient temple of Xieyang
On a hot night in late spring, when you walk in a neighborhood or garden, you will suddenly smell a special and spicy fragrance. This aroma, in the damp, has a particularly refreshing and heartfelt power.
In the bright day of late spring, you will see the white flowers on the herbs falling, even if they fall on the ground, the aroma, can't help but make you look down, pick up a few flowers, put them between your noses, take a deep breath, and then put it in your purse, in a handkerchief.
These fine but fragrant snow-white flowers are orange blossoms or citrus flowers.
The cultivation of orange trees has a long history.
The ancient "Classic of Mountains and Seas and The Classic of Zhongshan" said: "The mountain of Dongting has more gold on it, more silver and iron under it, and more thick pears and orange grapefruit on its wood." It also records the Xia Dynasty's "Yu Gong", "Huaihai Wei Yangzhou", "厥包桔柚", which refers to the ancient Huai River and Jiangnan regions, and the orange grapefruit was sent to the center of the Xia Dynasty as a tribute.
The pre-Qin Chu state was an important producer of oranges. Qu Yuan was in the area of Dongting, saw the orange tree, and sighed "Hou Huang Jia Tree, tangerine dressed." Ordered not to move, born in the southern kingdom. "What do you mean by that, that orange trees are the southern tree species, and cannot be planted in the north, because the northern plant is not good, and if you leave the south, the taste of the orange will change, or the orange tree will die."
There is a question here, why did the Xia Dynasty produce oranges in the Yangzhou area of the Huai River, but in the Qu Yuan era, the oranges retreated south?
In fact, this is climate change in ancient history. During the Summer and Zhou Dynasties, most of the north of ancient China was warm and humid, plum blossoms, bamboo, and orange trees could generally grow well in the north, and in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, the climate became cold, and these tree species suitable for warm climate growth were withdrawn to the south of their hometown. At least in the south, orange trees are able to maintain excellent quality.
When do orange trees bloom?
If it is the Summer Dynasty, it is estimated that there will be orange trees blooming in mid-spring.
But later, orange trees were prolific south of the Yangtze River, and the flowering of oranges was delayed until late spring and early summer. Orange trees are born in the southern country, which has become a consensus.
Among them, the largest and excellent production areas of orange trees are concentrated in Hunan. Some people say that the oranges in Lingnan are more sweet, in fact, for a long time, the traffic between Lingnan and the Central Plains was not developed, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that Zhang Jiuling opened up the avenue from Yuling to Chang'an. Obviously, for a long time, the oranges produced from Dongting in Hunan were widely known.
Moreover, orange trees have been planted here since the pre-Qin era, and after people's cultivation, the quality is even better.
"The spring water of the Yangtze River is green, and the lotus leaves are as big as money."
Jiangtou orange trees are self-planted, and it is not a long magnolia boat. "Zhongtang · Zhang's "Spring Farewell Song"
This is a parting song in late spring by Dongting Lake.
The water of the late spring of the Yangtze River is green enough to dye Ayara, and the lotus leaves on the Dongting Lake have just come out of the water, as cute as small copper coins.
If it is not the aroma of orange blossoms in late spring, who really cares about the green mountains and green waters in front of them.
Therefore, there is reason to believe that Zhang Zhi, in the fragrance of orange blossoms that cannot be avoided, has the feeling of being willing to stay and not bear to return.
The orange blossom blossoms and the orange blossoms fall, indicating that the sweet fruit will soon be eaten.
And these trees are planted by friends by hand, the flowers bloom like snow, the fragrance of flowers is fragrant, and people directly miss the sweetness of ripe oranges.
He was willing to stay here for a long time, of course.
Moreover, in the quyuan era, the orange tree gave a gentleman a good name. The floral fragrance is spicy, as if the integrity of a gentleman exists.
"When Chuxiang ate orange blossoms in the cold, Yedu Linfeng stationed a bunting flag.
Grass-colored and cloudy people go to live, and the water streaks are like swallow ponds. "Zhongtang · Liu Yuxi excerpt from "Rewarding Dou Ren Foreign Envoy Jun Han Food Day Tu Ci Song Zi Du First Sends Four Rhymes"
Hunan Hubei in the pre-Qin dynasty is the territory of the Chu state, the climate and soil are similar, and the pine has mountains, plains, and abundant water resources, so in the Tang Dynasty, orange trees were also planted here in a large area. There are mountains and plains here, and the climate is also changeable, at least in the ferry port of Songzi, and in the cold food Qingming Festival at the beginning of late spring, orange blossoms have already blossomed.
In the fragrant orange blossom fragrance, people greet the cold food Qingming, the bunting flags flutter on the ferry, ushering in the send-off, are all home to visit the grave.
People pass through the ferry to the distant green plain mountains, the river is late spring water, swallows flying around.
This poem is very substitutionary when read carefully.
In the ancient docks, along the river are orange blossoms, orange blossoms like snow, hurried people help the old and young to the ferry, the head of the body fell snow white orange blossoms, the air is the aroma of orange blossoms, the special fresh taste of the countryside in late spring, should be the most unforgettable nostalgia and nostalgia.
There will be a special fate in the middle, remember the ferry where the orange blossoms fell, your laughter, your turn back.
"The incense is finer than the plum in the gardenia, and the willow pear blossoms bloom later."
Scratch your head in anticipation of the bad rain, sadness at the first sight of falling moss.
Dan Qing got the famous hand, and the inscription Yong Jin was not talented.
No wonder the lord is optimistic, and the whole family has come from the cave court. Northern Song Dynasty · Ding Zhi "Orange Blossom"
The Song Dynasty paid more attention to the development of agricultural fruit tree planting, so the places where orange trees could be planted were used. And the aesthetic of orange blossoms has also become daily. This is a poem dedicated to singing orange blossoms.
Orange blossoms bloom in late spring, more fragrant than gardenias, smaller than plum blossoms, and bloom leisurely after the willows flutter and the pear blossoms bloom in late spring.
It is only a fine orange blossom, but it is difficult to experience wind and rain, and a gust of wind and rain will blow down countless ivory-like white flowers, and on the mossy ground, it will pave the late spring flower snow.
It's just that orange blossoms are particularly difficult to paint, because it is difficult to paint that jade-like texture and rich fragrance. It is precisely because I do not know what words and phrases can be used to accurately describe orange blossoms, so there are few poems that chant orange blossoms in ancient and modern times.
What he said makes sense. Orange blossom is really you have to see, smell personally, in order to know that kind of distinctive beauty, just look at the shape, it does not have gardenia full of atmosphere, no plum blossom round and cute. But orange blossoms, though small, are more fragrant than they are all.
What's more, the orange tree produced in dongting, that sweet, makes people willing to wait from the blossom to the fruit.
"The orange blossoms are like snow blowing incense, and the apricot clumps are not tasteable."
Walk to the Chen Dynasty Kuibai, in the middle of the lonely mountain backwater. Southern Song Dynasty · Yang Wanli Zhao Daming Taishe summoned ten songs in the West Lake on April 1
This is an orange tree planted in the West Lake of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The first day of April in the lunar calendar is often still in the late spring of the solar terms. At this time, Yang Wanli and his friends went to the West Lake to visit and formed a poetry club.
Along the way, you can see orange blossoms like snow, the aroma is rich and fresh, from the tiny petals, spreading outward with the wind, so here is a very cute group of words, called "fine blowing incense". Although the orange blossom is small, the flower is like snow, and the fragrance is like snow, like the distinct existence of snow.
At this time, in late spring, the apricot trees have just spread their green leaves, and the small apricots are still in the fruit setting and puffing period, leaving the ripening period for a while.
Such a fresh approach to the late spring of summer, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the green trees are fresh, and the boats are swaying in the lake behind the lonely mountains, smelling the aroma of orange blossoms, which can be described as the heart.
Orange blossoms can be used for medicinal purposes, raw jin, moisturizing the lungs, coughing, and shunqi. It is said that the turn of spring and summer is also a time when various cold and warm diseases occur frequently, a grip of orange blossoms, is incense is medicine, let you smoothly through this eventful period, can you not like it?
"The east wind blew green into shade, and the accumulated rain was light at the beginning of the harvest.
Remember the best place in Xiangzhong, when the orange blossoms bloom all over the city. Southern Song Dynasty · Zhang Yu, "Seongnam Is the Matter, Part III"
Of course, the most spectacular is the origin of oranges, hunan oranges are famous, so there are plants everywhere here.
Whether in the suburbs or in the city.
When the spring wind blows down the forest flowers and blows the green leaves, the spring rain that night grows orange trees, and when the willows flutter in the sun, you go to Hunan to see, where the air is different.
Especially in the Xiangzhong area, which is rich in orange trees, people can not forget, that late spring, full of orange trees blooming, flowering like snow, flowers full of flowers.
This is the natural fragrance, which is the special flavor of the city. In the air is the aroma of diffuse orange blossoms, is Chang'an Luoyang, what about the capital city? Although it is prosperous, it has a lot of money, at least unlike this small county in Hunan, God is willing to spread the fragrance of a city.
The ancients also knew the difference between cities and mountains, the so-called tired of red dust, more or less tired of the filthy air in the city, high-pressure life. If you choose a place to live after the food and clothing is solved, many people will yearn for the countryside.
Among them, of course, will choose Hunan, orange blossoms when fragrant all over the city. Oranges were red and fruity all over the garden.
"The path in front of the door is mossy, and I remember the letter before I walked back."
The afternoon drunkenness is not yet obtained, and the orange blossoms of the ancient hall of the slanting sun are blooming. Southern Song Dynasty · Xin Renjie "Shu Shou Ning Temple Wall"
The aroma of orange blossoms is spicy, said to be a gentleman, I am afraid it is not exhaustive, the aroma of orange blossoms has a military spirit, a kind of depression.
So the orange blossom fragrance should be heroic.
Xin Zhiyi is undoubtedly one of the heroes of ancient and modern times, 21 years old, with a horizontal knife and a horse returning to song, writing the pride of a young hero. Although in the Southern Song Dynasty, there were various restrictions and no major achievements, but the hero's arrogance and the hidden dragon in the people were always used on him.
In the years of being buried and sinking, Xin abandoned the ancient temple, traveled to the mountains, and searched for the exit of the soul in loneliness.
This time he was walking on the moss to re-enter a temple. Since it was re-, what attracted him?
It was the last time he came, he was drunk at noon, and when he woke up, he smelled the sweet smell of orange blossoms, and he looked up, and it turned out to be the sunset, the orange trees next to the ancient temple blossoming, and the wind blew a burst of aroma, which made him wake up the wine, and also made him excited by that special spicy taste.
He could not forget, because of that aroma, what aroused and cared for was the sword qi in his heart, fierce, fragrant.
So lonely, he came back to visit his confidant, the huge orange tree, and the flowers of the orange tree.
The so-called hero's loneliness will seek comfort and sustenance in the human world.
Let Xin abandon the disease intoxicated in the sea of orange blossoms, and soothe the hero's sorrow.
"A kind of spiritual root has a different fen, and the first opening is better than the knot of Dan Rui."
Bai is seen in the xuebulin, and it is clear like smelling in the country of Xuantan.
The light moon beads are bright and bright, and the breeze jade chips are colorful.
In his lifetime, Xun Ling smoked clothes and sat in the flower room until night. Southern Song Dynasty · Liu Kezhuang "Orange Blossom"
The poem is relatively niche, but it's interesting to decipher.
The orange tree is a tree with an aura, and the orange blossom has a strange fragrance. When the orange blossoms bloom, the aroma is better than the red orange fruit.
The orange blossoms are even more snow-white and fine than the gardenias, and when the orange blossoms bloom, you feel as if you are in the land of sandalwood.
The orange blossoms were as bright as a small bright moon, and the wind blew, and the orange blossoms fell all over the ground, a kind of colorful beauty.
I like the aroma of orange blossoms, and I often sit between the flowers, sitting in the middle of the night, and let the aroma of orange blossoms smoke all over my clothes.
This is to compare the orange blossom, like the Gardenia sandalwood Buddha flower, in the dense flowering orange tree bottom, under the moonlight, the three-dimensional infection of the body and mind of the floral fragrance, is a kind of let you sober intoxication, that is the most beautiful incense and wake up in the red dust.
It is the season when orange blossoms are in full bloom, orange blossoms are like snow, orange blossoms are full of ground, when you smell the clear orange blossoms, you will feel that the world is so real, beautiful, rich and layered, which will make you move forward more firmly, not afraid of summer, leading to autumn like oranges ripening.
Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. Image from the web.