There are many people who like camellias.
The folk have always said that "Yunnan camellia is the world, Dali camellia is a Yunnan", and "every household flows water, every household has a good story".
Jin Yong's martial arts fans must not forget the camellias in "Dragon Babu", the Wang Lady of Aiwu and Wu, and the Mantuo Mountain Villa full of camellias with pleasant scenery.
It is said that Duan Yu first came to Mantuo Villa to see what famous varieties of camellia flowers, but he was born in the palace and had seen many precious varieties, and because Mrs. Wang could not actually raise flowers, Duan Yu felt that "although there are many camellias, there are no good products".
Then, when Duan Yu saw Mrs. Wang for the first time, Mrs. Wang's maid was moving four pots of camellia that they had newly obtained from outside, all of which were quite rare and good, namely:
(white petals and sprinkled with red spots, called 'red makeup wrapped'), scratching the face of the beauty (white petals with a touch of green halo, a hint of red stripes, called 'scratching the face of the beauty', but if there are more red silk, but not 'scratching the face of the beauty', that is called 'leaning on the railing'), full moon, eyes and beauty (that book with large white flowers and faint black spots, it is called 'full moon', those dark spots are the laurel branches in the moon. The white petals with two black spots on the olive core are called 'Eye Mei' - Duan Yu's original words). Because these four camellias are white, Mrs. Wang did not recognize the goods and called them all full moons.
Of course, the most well-known is the eighteenth bachelor's degree. There is also an interesting conversation about "eighteen bachelors" and "falling talents".
Mrs. Wang snorted and said, "This is so ugly, most of it is made up by you." This flower is magnificent, where does it look like a fallen talent? Duan Yu said, "Madame, count down, the flowers of this flower have several colors. Mrs. Wang said, "I have already counted, there are at least fifteen or sixteen kinds." Duan Yu said, "There are seventeen colors in total.
Dali has a famous kind of camellia, called 'eighteen bachelors', that is the best in the world, a total of eighteen flowers bloom on one plant, the colors of the flowers are different, red is all red, purple is all purple, there is no half mixed. And the eighteen flowers have different shapes, each with its own wonders, blooming together, thanking when thankful, Madame has ever seen it? Mrs. Wang listened stunnedly, and shook her head: "There is such a camellia in the world!" I haven't heard it. Duan Yu said: "Compared to the 'Eighteen Bachelors', 'Thirteen Taibao' is thirteen peanuts of different colors born in one plant, 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea' is eight heterogeneous plants, 'Seven Fairies' is seven, 'Three Heroes of Wind and Dust' is three, and 'Er Qiao' is two flowers of one red and one white." These camellias must be pure in color, if they are red with white, white with purple, they are inferior. Mrs. Wang couldn't help but be fascinated, raised her head, and said to herself softly: "Why did he never tell me." ”
Dali's camellia does have the variety of "eighteen bachelors", and it goes without saying that it is beautiful. And these in the text are just a drop in the ocean of camellias, there are many varieties of camellias, outsiders only see the beauty of these camellias, insiders know that the world of these camellias contains richer connotations.