"Double absolute in flowers", "two unique in flowers", the original meaning of "absolute" is broken, and by extension, it refers to exhaustion and no longer continuing. Used as a modifier to refer to something that has reached the point and can no longer be continued or surpassed. The literati and writers called peony and peony "the two unique flowers", which shows their status in people's minds, which is the best among flowers and cannot be surpassed.
In fact, in ancient times, at the beginning, peony was not as famous as peony, and "among the hundred flowers, its name is the most ancient" refers to peony. According to Song Zhengqiao's "Tongzhiluo", it is recorded: "Peony was written in three generations, and it was sung by elegance. Today's people are expensive peonies and cheap peonies, but they don't know that the peony was nameless at the beginning, and it was named after the peony. It can be seen that as early as the "three generations" of Xia Shang Zhou, peony has been praised by the world. In fact, there was no name of peony in ancient times, collectively referred to as peony, and later called peony with wood peony. The name of peony was after the Tang Dynasty.
After the Tang Dynasty, the peony was sheng, and the great poet Liu Yuxi (Luoyang) of the Tang Dynasty sang "The peony demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the hibiscus on the pond is pure and affectionate." Only the peony is true to the national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom. It shows the strength of the peony not to compete with the group, and it also makes the peony become the foil of the peony in the eyes of the world. Later, Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty also wrote in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Among the group of flowers, peony is the first, and peony is the second, so the world says that peony is the king of flowers, and peony is the flower phase." ”
Everyone knows that there are peonies in the "Top Ten Famous Flowers of China", but there are no peonies, and it is not difficult to understand that the "Top Ten Famous Flowers" were voted between November 20, 1986 and April 5, 1987. In fact, there is also the title of "six famous flowers in ancient China", and peony and peony are among them.
Peony and peony are both traditional Chinese flowers, the same belongs to the Ranunculaceae family peony genus, they are very similar, but their petals, leaves, branches, flowering period, temperament are different, the old saying "Gu Yu look at peony, Lixia look at peony", from the overall temperament, peony national color is fragrant, graceful and luxurious, has the title of the king of flowers, and peony flower type is smaller, soft and enchanting, there is "a flower, above ten thousand flowers" of the "flower" reputation.
Author: Dusty and Moonless, formerly known as Haiqing Lao Xu, a post-70s photography enthusiast, the photos in the article are all taken by Lao Xu in Qingdao in 2023.
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