When I first saw the Gesang flower, I didn't know its name, and I always thought that it was a kind of stinky chrysanthemum, because in my consciousness, there was only one flower that could be close to it. When I recognized that this seemingly inconspicuous flower was called Kelsang Flower, I couldn't believe it, because I had heard this name in Han Hong's song. Now it is everywhere flowers, highway service areas, urban green belts, parks, tourist attractions have its swaying figure in the wind.
Flower language
The holy flower of love and auspiciousness in the eyes of the Tibetan people is also the city flower of Lhasa. Kelsang flower is also known as Kelsang meadow, in Tibetan, "Kelsang" is "good time" or "happiness" meaning, "plum blossom" is the meaning of the flower, so Kelsang flower is also called happiness flower, has long been pinning on the Tibetan people look forward to happiness and auspicious good feelings, many Tibetan songs in people will be industrious, kind, beautiful Tibetan girls compared to Kelsang flowers, but also the Tibetan people's emotional sustenance.
Today's Gesang flowers can be seen everywhere, and they look very ordinary, even the stems are slender and fragile, but if you look at this flower in pieces, you will find yourself in a sea of flowers; it is actually not so weak and windy. The Gesang flowers that grow in the wild, wind and rain, sun and rain, can grow well, which shows that its vitality is still relatively tenacious.
legend
Legend one
A long time ago, all the flowers in the world came from the same mother, and these flowers lived in the same big family. Gesang And Snow Lotus are twin sisters, and due to their personality differences, they grow up and part ways because of the different goals they pursue. Snow Lotus chose to live in the Himalayas, but Gesang Flower traveled thousands of miles to visit her in the Himalayas because she missed Snow Lotus. By the time we reach the foot of the Himalayas, the snow lotus flowers have been covered with cold and bone-chilling ice and snow into white flowers. Kelsang flowers turned into bright flowers after being sad, so they quietly accompanied the snow lotus, vowing to die forever with the snow lotus, hoping that one day they could touch the ice and snow and let the sisters reunite again.
Legend two
A long time ago, one of the worst plagues ever struck in Tibetan areas, with people dying one after another, leaving local tribal leaders with no way to do anything. Until one day, a living Buddha from a distant country passed through this place, and after learning about the local situation, he used a local plant to heal people and prevent the outbreak of plague. For a long time, in order to treat the people's diseases, the senior monks accumulated labor and became ill, and unfortunately died. Because of the language barrier, the only impression of the living Buddha is the plant that he often talks about in his mouth, "Kelsang", which is used to cure diseases. Later, people called this living Buddha "Kelsang Living Buddha". Since then, all the beautiful things that symbolize hope and happiness have also been called "Kelsang". Since then, the most beautiful flowers on the grassland have been called "Gesang flowers".
Legend three
"Kelsang" was originally the god of the Tibetan gods who was in charge of human suffering and happiness. Because of the greed and ignorance of human beings, they wantonly killed the creatures on the grassland, maliciously demanded, and angered the heavens, so the heavens sent the "Kelsang" god to the human world to punish mankind. When "Kelsang" arrived on earth, he found that the long-term war had caused the land to be lifeless and the plague was raging. He made a decision that the gods had disobeyed the Mandate of Heaven to help mankind defeat the plague and give people a chance to reform themselves. In order to commemorate the god who saved them, mankind commemorated him with the most beautiful and happiest thing on earth, that is, the Gesang flower.
Legend four
According to legend, during the Yuan Dynasty when the Mongol army entered Tibet and Tibet was included in the territory of the Yuan Dynasty of China, the Mongols brought the seeds of cui chrysanthemum from northern China to Tibet, and since then they have taken root and blossomed in Tibet. That era was an unprecedented era in Tibetan history following the fall of the Tubo Dynasty, when Basipa, who was given the title of "National Teacher" by Kublai Khan, created the glorious Sakya and successfully made the Yuan Dynasty royal family accept Tibetan Buddhism, and Basipa became the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The chrysanthemums spread by the Mongols bloomed in monasteries and many homes, and people in that era called them "Gesang flowers". "Kelsang" is the complete word in Tibetan as "Kelpa Sangpo", "Gepa" means era, generation, "Sangbu" means prosperity, and together it means "flower of prosperity".
The flowering time of Kelsang flowers usually lasts from June to August of each year, and the flowering period is up to 2 months. Drought-tolerant, hardy, and not strict requirements for potting soil. The sowing time is generally better in April in the spring, when the seeds (needle-like black) are sown into the cultivated soil, covered with soil and watered, and then waited for germination.