"The moon of guizi sets in the middle of the moon, and the heavenly fragrance floats outside the clouds." The eighth month of the lunar calendar, also known as the laurel moon. At this time, the osmanthus blossoms are in full bloom, walking into the alley, the breeze blows a burst of osmanthus fragrance, light and elegant but not crazy, "although it is not the color of the country, it is annoying incense."
Osmanthus flower, also known as "wood rhinoceros", is a traditional Chinese ornamental flower. Records of osmanthus flowers first appear in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the first mountain in the Nanshan Classic, "on the west sea, more gui". According to research, in Guilin, Guangxi, in the southern suburbs of Thermopiyan Cave in the early Neolithic ruins, osmanthus pollen fossils have been found, confirming that the history of osmanthus flowers growing in China can reach more than 10,000 years. The artificial cultivation history of osmanthus flowers is also more than 2,000 years, the Han Dynasty shanglin garden planted with osmanthus flowers, today Shaanxi Hanzhong Shengshui Temple still stands a Han gui, diameter of 2.32 meters, should be so far, the world's largest laurel tree record.
"Dan Gui Tu" Shen Zhou (Ming)
Osmanthus has been the embodiment of beauty since ancient times, and "Lü's Spring and Autumn" praises "the beautyless, the glory of swagger." "What does the Beautyless Look Like?" Cao Zhi, the talented son of Jian'an, gave us the answer, "The tree of Gui, the tree of Gui, the tree of Gui sheng and He Lijia." Yang Zhuhua and green leaves, flowing Fang Bu Tianya. "Zhu Huacui leaves flow to the end of the world, as the earliest poem to write osmanthus flowers, Cao Zhi's "Laurel Tree Line" writes about the natural beauty of osmanthus flowers, and the beauty is in the laurel tree cluster of flowers and leaves.
In the eyes of the Tang people, osmanthus flowers are hardy in frost, have the virtue of a gentleman, and are fragrant in autumn, and still have lush foliage when winter is cold. "Ask Chun Gui: Tao Li Zheng Fenhua, the years are full everywhere, what is unique and flowerless." Chun Gui answered: Chun Hua can be long, when the wind and frost are shaken, Du XiuJun knows whether it is. "The poet Wang Ji of the early Tang Dynasty wrote out the characteristics of the laurel tree with one question and one answer, and the characteristics of the laurel tree that are unique in wind and frost and do not wither in the cold of the years." The laurel tree is cangcang, and the autumn flowers are more fragrant. He said that he was cold and did not know the dew and frost. The ghost people value their virtues and migrate to the front hall. "The people loved its fortitude and moved it from the mountains to the front of the church.
The poets of the Tang Dynasty who loved osmanthus the most were Bai Juyi. According to legend, when Bai Juyi was transferred from Hangzhou to Suzhou Thorn History, because he loved osmanthus flowers, he specially transplanted the osmanthus flowers of Hangzhou Tianzhu Temple to the east of Suzhou City, "Zi Fell from Tianzhu Temple, and the root plate is now in Lucheng City." At that time, the wind should fall from the south and fall to the human world to take the second birth. Remembering Jiangnan, "the most memorable is Hangzhou." In the middle of the month, yamaji looks for Katsurako, and the county pavilion pillow looks at the tide. When will you revisit? "The scenery of jiangnan used to be familiar, and the osmanthus in the Tianzhu Temple is still in the Tianzhu Temple. I couldn't see the mountain temple guizi, so I planted a cluster of laurel trees in front of the hall, "Ling Frost tree on the Tiantai Ridge, and the front of the Sima Hall is in the ground." A kind of not born in the bright moon, the mountain Judah school is victorious in the dust. ”
"Cong Gui Zhai Tu" Wen Shu Ming (Ming)
More than 600 years later, suzhou painter Wen Qiming's "Cong Gui Zhai Tu" was a study in Bai Juyi's dream. The mountain houses surrounded by mountains and rivers are hidden in the shade of osmanthus trees. In the pavilion, the owner overlooks the lake and mountains, interspersed with beautiful mountain stone trees and elegant colors, creating a delicacy and leisure that belongs only to the Jiangnan literati.
In Li Qingzhao's eyes, the osmanthus flower with gentle temperament and distant fragrance is the first among the flowers. "The dull and light yellow body is soft, and the love is far away and only fragrant." Why light blue and light red, it is the first class among flowers. Mei Ding is jealous, Ju should be ashamed, and the painting is opened in the crown mid-autumn. Rioters can think ruthlessly, what is not seen in the past. "There is no need for a bright and dazzling luster and a thick and delicate color, the outside is low-key and introverted, the inner elegance is quiet, and the osmanthus flower attracts Mei Jealousy, but it is such an excellent flower, it is not seen in Qu Yuan's "Leaving the Troubles", which makes Mr. Yi An uneven for the osmanthus flower.
"Moonlight Autumn Sound Map" Ma Hezhi (Southern Song Dynasty)
Although they do not see and depart from the troubles, the Song people call the super easy osmanthus as a fairy friend, a cyclamen, "the mountain forest as a companion, pine and gui as a neighbor" is the life that the hermit Gao people yearn for, under the bright moon, the babbling water, the ghostly insect song, the Gaoshi tree sits next to the stream, meditates and meditates, and the leisurely swimming is fascinating.
"The Rabbit Figure of the Moon" Jiang Pu (Qing)
In ancient Chinese myths and legends, osmanthus flowers are not mortal flowers in the world, but immortals in the Guanghan Palace. "Not a human species, but moved from the middle of the month." A little bit of broad cold incense, blowing all over the mountain. In the Tang Dynasty Duan Chengshi's "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks", it is recorded, "In the old saying, there is a laurel in the moon, and there is a toad." Therefore, the book says that the laurel is five hundred meters high, and there is a person under it who often cuts it, and the tree is created and joined. People called Wu Gang, Xihe people, Xuexian has, who ordered the tree cutting. Legend has it that Wu Gang was punished to cut down the osmanthus tree on the moon, but this tree will not die or break, he can only be trapped on the moon and cut down. This is the folk legend of "Wu Gang Hui Gui".
Guizi blew incense and did not sleep, and the meeting was still at the edge of the Cuiping. A round of bright moon is good, and the two mid-autumn festivals are specially round. "After a while, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, under the osmanthus tree, the shadows are in pairs, inviting the bright moon to raise a glass, tasting the fireworks in the world, is not the life we yearn for."
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