The natural color of the elm is a boy
- My Tree no. 41
In the alley where I lived as a child, there were two tall elm trees. One was from Qionghua's sister-in-law's house, growing in her courtyard, with a large canopy sticking out to shade the common well outside the wall; the other, also from Qionghua's sister-in-law's house, grew in her broken garden, with the right half of the canopy shrouded half of the official road. The elm money for this elm tree should have been on our family table. I think that in the tree family, if the begonia is used as a metaphor for a beautiful and amorous woman, then it is the elm tree that is used as a metaphor for a man to endure the humiliation of strong character.
Elm trees, also known as fir elms, are a very common and very common and inconspicuous tree in the northern region. There are no elm trees in Gangnam, but it seems that the southwest should grow. In the north, it is in the courtyard, it is in the garden, it is on the side of the road, it is on the riverbank, and even the cemetery cemetery has it. However, the posture of the elm tree is very old-fashioned, neither the grace of the willow tree, nor the uprightness of the pine tree, and certainly not the mother of the peach and apricot trees. The bark of the elm tree is also coarse, neither as smooth as the poplar tree and the plane tree, nor as artistic as the birch tree and the white bark pine. No matter how you look at it, he leaves people with an image of miscellaneous wood that is neither beautiful nor valuable. Even people's brains are stupid, and they are called "elm heads", which shows how annoying elms are. However, the nobility of Elm's character, I say it, you must be convinced.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty poet Tao Yuanming wrote in the poem "Returning to the Garden and Rural Residence": "The eaves of the elm willow shade, the front of the Tao Li Luo Hall." A "shade" word that highly summarizes the basic character of the elm tree. "Shade" is shade, it is protection. Like Wei An's boy and strong father, it shelters the family. Perhaps, its branches are weak, its canopy is sparse, it can not really resist the invasion of the home by wind and rain and thunder, but it still stretches out its arms and uses all its strength to shield people from the wind and rain and prevent the sun. Don't think that planting elm trees in the courtyard is just Tao Yuanming's personal preference. No, in ancient times, elm trees were commonly planted in courtyards. The Tang Dynasty chu Guangxi wrote in the poem "Eight Poems of TianJia Miscellaneous Xing": "Plant sunflowers in the garden, and go around the house with mulberry elm" The Song dynasty Zhang Yun also wrote in the poem "Folding Wood with Heavy Snow": "There is a big elm in front of my house, and the hundred-year-old dry dragon scales are peeled." In these poems, the poets not only proudly describe the elm trees in their own yards, but also sing alongside fruits and vegetables such as "peach plum" and "sunflower", which shows the importance of elm trees to people.
Uncle Dou of the Tang Dynasty wrote in the poem "The Gift of Fire on the Cold Food Day": "Fortunately, because the elm willow is warm, the grass is poor. The Song dynasty Zhang Qian said in the poem "One of the Six Miscellaneous Poems of Spring": "The old elm willow in the south of the hall, the yin and the yin are gradually intertwined." "Elm trees can bring warmth to poor people's homes, and they can also bring people shade." Isn't that exactly the character of a father? It is often said that the father's love is like a mountain. For a family, the father is like a tree that shades the family. I remember when I was young, my family was very poor, and whenever I ran out of food, my father would come out to the production team to borrow grain. My brother wanted to go to work in the commune's road maintenance team, and my father was looking for someone to fight for indicators. Whenever I was sick and lying on the kang, my father would magically find delicious food from outside to eat for me. Now that I think about it, when I was young, I really shouldn't have often blamed my father for his bad temper, and even for a long time after I grew up, I was still grumpy about my father's bad temper. The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Jian wrote in the poem "Thirteen New Homes on the Plains" that "a family of Yuliu xin, there are no neighbors on all sides." "The poet built a new courtyard full of elms and willows! People always love to plant elms in the courtyard, doesn't that mean that elms are closely related to people's lives?
Elm not only sheltered the courtyard like a man, he guarded the border like a warrior. "Yuguan under the drum of gold cutting, between the stones", "Shuo Feng Xiao Xiao moved the dry grass, the flag hunted Yuguan Road", "Yuguan Hanhai knew where it was, and watched Feihong enter the twilight smoke". There are too many verses in ancient poetry that refer to the elm tree! Of course, the "Yuguan" and "Yusai" in ancient poetry sometimes refer to border passes in general, and sometimes refer specifically to Shanhaiguan. However, whether it is a general or specific reference, "Yuguan" and "Yusai" are border battlefields, indicating that there are many elm trees at the border pass, and the elm trees are in the border pass. The combination of "golden drums", "Jingjing", "Jieshi", "Shuofeng", "Hanhai", and "Feihong" paints us a picture of a vast and murderous battlefield. Standing in this harsh, harsh environment, in addition to the heroic warriors, there are also elms!
"The plum blossom three lanes will be late, and the elm plug will be frosted all over the sky." Listening to "Plum Blossom Three Alleys" under the elm tree at the border pass, how heartbreaking it is! It is the so-called conscription of people to look at the hometown overnight. "The grass is invaded, and the spring elm is full of greenery." The spring wind does not close the jade door, which makes people lonely and lonely; and now that the grass is just born, the spring elm spits green, isn't it more gut-wrenching? Remember the green Luo skirt, everywhere pity the grass, the warriors on the side of the side saw this green elm tree branches hunting and dancing in the warm and cold spring wind, how can they not miss their relatives and look at their hometown from afar! However, why don't boys take Wu hooks, boys are self-respecting, this is the world of men, the world of men. Near the outpost, one or three or five elm trees stand tall, the west wind shines, the geese call in the sky, and the warriors in armor stand on the city walls, what an awe-inspiring heroic portrayal! Tang Xuanzong Li Longji wrote in the poem "Dengpu Prefecture Runaway Building": "The long elm breathes the flames, and the high willows are quiet and dusty. "Because of the mighty warriors and the equally mighty tall elm trees, the beacon was extinguished and the fighting ceased!" How remarkable is that!
Elm, this weather-beaten elm! He was not only proud of the sky, but also heroic. He also has a gentle side. As Mr. Lu Xun said, "Ruthlessness may not be true Haojie, how pitiful is not a husband." Not only does the elm fence around like a boy guarding the homeland, it also sits in the kitchen stove like a woman, thinking that it is cooking. Human beings learn to use fire and learn to eat cooked food, which is a major progress for human beings. And elms play a very important role in it. There is a word for "elm fire" in ancient Chinese, which means that in ancient times, humans drilled elm wood in the spring to make fire. Until the Tang and Song dynasties, this method of taking fires still existed. The Tang Dynasty scholar Li Zhao wrote in the poem "Cold Food Qingming Morning to the King's Gate Leading Success": "The locust smoke is dispersed by dawn, and the elm fire should bloom in spring." Chen Fang of the Song Dynasty wrote in the poem "On the Cold Food Lake": "People change for new elm fires, only weeping Yang brings old smoke." Of course, later poems often use "Yuhuo" as an allusion to indicate spring scenery, such as the Song Dynasty Chen Yunping wrote in the poem "Immediate Matter": "Yuhuo gradually induces cold food festivals, and begonia flowers are tied to the swing." The Ming dynasty Wu Zhichun said in the poem "Spring Tour": "A thousand elm fires to induce cold food, and ten thousand points of yang flowers illuminate the late spring." "In short, elm trees are commonly used materials for the ancients to drill wood for fire. With the "elm fire", humans eat cooked food.
Elm trees can also be used as food to protect people from hunger. Yu qian is a very good food, I remember that when we were young, we also collected Yu qian to let my mother make wheat rice (the people of Northern Jin called it a block). Yuqian wheat rice, which is a traditional local delicacy, is a traditional local delicacy that is picked and washed with raw and tender elm money, mixed with white noodles and condiments, and steamed in a cage drawer. Not only is elm money edible, but in famine years, elm bark and elm leaves are also rare edibles. The Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu wrote in "Remembering the Brothers on the Day of the Qingming Dynasty": "The apricot porridge is still edible, and the elm soup has been slightly fried." The Song dynasty Pu Shougong wrote in "Cold Food with Feeling": "Apricot porridge is nostalgic, and elm soup is spring." The Song Dynasty poet Shi Dazu also wrote in the poem "Qingming": "Who can do the yutang apricot porridge, and pick the cauliflower before the court." These poems all refer to the qingming festival or cold food festival diet "apricot porridge" and "elm soup". "Apricot porridge" is porridge made by mashing almonds, while "elm soup" is porridge made with elm pods and elm skin noodles. The Ming Dynasty Lü Kun said in the "Jin Zhuang Xing" that "a broken house is pounded with elm skin, I ask what is the desire to pound" and "the earthy nature is more heavy and chaff floating, and the yu mo and the can be the rice" are precisely the description of the processing of the elm skin surface. The Song Dynasty man Zhao Fan wrote in "March 17 with the Return of the Ten Days of Loan Relief", "The stone garlic elm skin is full, and the slash and burn can not be done", which is also a side description of the poor people eating the elm skin noodles. The bark of the elm tree is ground into powder and eaten as food, which is certainly not delicious, but it is a last resort for people to resist hunger. Locust bark cannot be eaten, willow bark cannot be eaten, and Tsubaki bark cannot be eaten, because they are all bitter, which is the experience of the ancestors for thousands of years. In addition to elm pods and elm skins can be eaten, even elm leaves can be eaten in the most difficult times. Gong Shitai of the Yuan Dynasty wrote in the "River Decision": "The elm paste is green and slippery, and the purple buds of the lettuce are round. The "elm paste" here is porridge cooked from elm leaves.
Elm, dedicate everything he has to mankind!
Elms grow in courtyards, elms stand on the frontier, and elms also roam the roads and rivers that connect the courtyards with the frontiers. Song Wenren wrote in the "Poems of Planting Yu": "In the past, I went to shouling Yang Day, and the first elm was planted in front of the door. The Ming dynasty Lin Chunze wrote in the poem "The Morning Dynasty on September 24": "Driving on Yulin Road, dressed in jade bamboo shoots class." The Song Dynasty poet Chen Youyi wrote in the poem "Xiangyi Daozhong": "The flying flowers on both sides of the river shine on the red boat, and the half-day wind of the Hundred Mile Elm Causeway." Su Shi of the Song Dynasty said in a poem entitled "Yu": "I walked on the embankment and was tired of seeing the green of the elm. The Song Dynasty poet Li Li wrote in the poem "Sending The Official of Suberda to Xi'an Seven Poems": "Thousands of miles of Sui Causeway Elm Willow Wind, light flowers and thin pods are meditating." "On the side of the road, on the embankment, the lush elm trees not only dispel the loneliness of the pedestrians' journey with the birdsong on his branches, but also bring a hint of coolness to the pedestrians under the sun.
In ancient times, elm trees were very closely related to people's lives. Therefore, people call their hometown "Sangzi" and also call their hometown "Tuyu". Song Huang Gongdu's poem "Fang Shuai Wu Desheng Dynasty Three Poems" wrote: "Three thousand miles of the ancient country of Fangyu, tao li xinyin forty states." Song Mei Yaochen's poem "Sending Li Taibo Back to Jianchang" says: "Suddenly under the tulip, return to the thoughts alone." Or Mei Yaochen, he said in the poem "Yi Yun and Wang Pingfu See mail": "And look at the many orange grapefruit in the cave garden, mo huaijiang has a fir elm." "Wanderers at the end of the world, looking at their hometown from afar, under the white clouds, the shadows of elms." Guinen passed the incense far away, Yu Gao sent the shadow obliquely", "Gao Yu more than a hundred years, its large tens of circumferences". It is often said that there is a mother to have a home; in fact, without a father, the home is not complete. Wandering Zi looks forward to The hometown of Fangyu, and must also miss the father who endured humiliation and burdens and was strong and tenacious.
The elm tree is so inseparable from people, it is no wonder that the Song dynasty Hong Hao said in the poem "The Residence of Su Gongji": "There is no land in the ten acres in front of you, only mulberry elm is planted and no flowers are planted"! Su Shi also said in the poem "West Garden of the Same Year when Tengxian Was Born": "Everyone plants elm willows and sits for ten acres of yin." ”
Elms give a lot to people, but very few ask for people. He can grow in both Shatin and fertile soil. Pine cypresses are often praised by people, but in terms of their contribution to human life, how can they compare with elm trees!
Now, in front of the building of the Pingcheng House, there are two elm trees, as high as five or six stories. From spring to autumn, the branches are scattered and the green leaves are sparse. The canopy shades the kindergarten next to it, and the kindergarten children live happily in the shade of the elm every day.
Mordaunt Sang Yu evening, for Xia still full of heaven. This is for me and others who are entering the twilight years!
The true color of The Fir Elm is a boy, and I love the heroism of the Fir Elm.
On the night of November 24 and 25, 2019, in the ancient city of Datong