Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the four traditional festivals of the Chinese nation, symbolizes reunion, harvest, abundance, joy, gratitude, respect for the elderly and other profound cultural heritage and spiritual inheritance, is a festival to carry forward the spirit of the Chinese nation, also known as "reunion festival".
"The moon is the hometown of Ming", the Mid-Autumn Festival carries the hometown sentiments of countless wanderers, no matter where they are, "the moon is born on the sea, the end of the world is at this time", and the theme of "reunion culture" for the feelings of home and country will not change.
"People have sorrows and joys, and the moon has clouds and sunshine, and this matter is difficult to complete." May people be long-lasting, and thousands of miles will be cherished together. This ancient poem has been handed down to this day and has lasted for a long time, and is a beautiful interpretation of traditional Chinese culture - "reunion culture", expressing people's expectations for the full moon and their concerns and wishes for their loved ones.
There are 56 ethnic groups on the mainland, and on this day, different ethnic groups and regions, people will express their good wishes and wishes for the festival in different ways. There are a series of customs such as flower viewing, moon festivals, tasting food and wine, eating moon cakes, guessing lantern riddles, dancing fire dragons, and so on. So do you know what are the "Mid-Autumn Flowers"? Let's take a look at these 5 types.
The first kind, osmanthus flowers - flowers a good full moon, rich and noble
Osmanthus flower, is one of the top ten traditional flowers and teas in China, with a wide variety of varieties and different flower colors, blooming during the Mid-Autumn Festival, fragrant and dusty, profound meaning, and a beautiful legend about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
According to legend, on the night of the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is inhabited by beautiful Chang'e, cute jade rabbits, and a osmanthus tree that is 500 meters high. This tree is not only tall, but also a tree that will not wither no matter how it is cut down repeatedly, full of vitality all year round, when in full bloom, the fragrance of flowers is fragrant, the rich energy is far more beneficial, people also call it: laurel, fairy friend, fairy tree, flower in the moon, cyclamen and so on.
In ancient times, people had the customs of offering the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, appreciating the laurel, eating osmanthus mooncakes, drinking osmanthus wine, and chanting poems and paintings. Handed down to this day, from a large number of Yong gui's poetry and songs, it can be seen that the ancients worshiped osmanthus flowers. In people's minds, osmanthus symbolizes lofty character, noble honor, gold list title, loyalty and beauty, wealth and auspiciousness, etc., expressing people's beautiful expectations for "flowers and a full moon".
Nowadays, many places, every Mid-Autumn Festival, will also sacrifice the moon, make a variety of food and wine, such as osmanthus wine, osmanthus paste, osmanthus mooncake, osmanthus tea, osmanthus nectar, etc., and has become a traditional Chinese food culture, for the colorful Mid-Autumn Festival, added endless fun and spiritual connotation.
The second kind, hydrangeas - reunion, happiness and happiness
Hydrangeas are also traditional garden flowers on the mainland. There are many varieties, large flower types, rich and colorful flowers, especially the appearance value in the hydrangea flowers - endless summer, which can be artificially regulated by the flower color, can be red and blue, can be blue and purple, want it to open what color, open what color, also known as "eight immortals", meaning "eight immortals across the sea, each showing divine powers."
Hydrangea flowering period is super long, from the beginning of summer to autumn, Mid-Autumn, is also blooming, its flowers are large and dense, like a large hydrangea clustered together, easy to bloom into a sea of flowers, festive and auspicious, is a lot of people like to plant flowers in the courtyard or balcony at home, symbolizing reunion, hope, happiness and happiness.
The third kind, hibiscus flowers - pure beauty, reunion and happiness
Hibiscus flower, also known as wood hibiscus, drunken hibiscus, because of the changeable flower color, a day from morning to evening change three colors, also known as "three drunken hibiscus". The mainland has a long history and is often used as a garden landscape plant.
Hibiscus flowers bloom from August to October, the flowering atmosphere is delicate, the petals are layered like brocade, the style is outstanding, rich and elegant. In ancient times, the literati inker poetry painting, often with hibiscus flowers as the theme, some folk embroidery handicrafts also have hibiscus flower patterns as decoration, but also with the theme of hibiscus as a holiday gift gift, representing pure beauty, wealth and auspiciousness, family happiness and harmony, reunion and other beautiful meanings, express people's good wishes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The fourth kind, chrysanthemums - rich and auspicious, healthy and long-lived
Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to appreciating the laurel, chrysanthemum viewing is also a traditional custom that has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is one of the "four gentlemen" in the flower. Chrysanthemum, like osmanthus flowers, is also one of the top ten traditional flowers in China, and there are many varieties, some varieties can be enjoyed and tea, and there are medicinal properties.
At the same time, chrysanthemums are also one of the four major cut flowers in the world, and a few flowers are picked and inserted in vases, which are fragrant and pleasant. Tao Yuanming's paradise life of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the South Mountain" is also inseparable from chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums are simple and noble, symbolizing wealth and auspiciousness, health and longevity.
The 5th type, dahlia – rich and generous
Since ancient times, peonies have been rich flowers that symbolize "a good flower and a full moon". However, peonies bloom in the spring. And the peony flower can be comparable to the dahlia, the flowering atmosphere is dignified, magnificent, graceful and luxurious like a peony, also known as Tianzhu peony, symbolizing rich and generous. Moreover, the flowering period is very long.
There are many varieties of dahlia flowers, as many as tens of thousands of species, autumn is the most beautiful season, the flower color is very colorful, there are red, yellow, orange, purple, pink, white and other monochrome single petals, there are also complex color double petals; The flowers are large, some of the petals are neatly arranged, some are curly and changeable, and the large flower diameter can reach more than 20 cm, including sunflower type, orchid type, spherical type, peony flower type, cactus flower type, wave pleat type, heavy-petal cosmos flower type, lotus seat flower type and so on. The plants are compact, colorful and very beautiful.
I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a good full moon reunion, beautiful and auspicious, year after year.
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