Some people say that the poppy flower is an imported species from the Tang Dynasty, but in fact the poppy flower has at least one origin, in Sichuan, China.
In the Tang Dynasty Duan Cheng's "Youyang Miscellaneous", there are, "Dancing grass out of Yazhou, single stem and three leaves, leaves such as cassia, one leaf at the end of the stem, two leaves in half of the stem, relative." People or near the song and the palm of the song, must move, the leaf is like a dance. "It is said that there is a kind of dancing grass in Yazhou, Sichuan, the leaves are like cassia leaves, the stem is very long, if people are close or clap their hands, this plant will dance, like dancing.
In the Tang Dynasty, Yazhou was a large southwestern mountainous area with Ya'an as the core, rich in forest resources, and it is not surprising to find strange primitive flowers and plants here.
During the period of the Five Dynasties of the Southern Tang Dynasty, "Jia's Talks" wrote, "There is poppy grass in the Baoxian valley, which is like a cockscomb, and the big leaves are opposite. The plank road of Baoxie Valley is an important transportation in ancient times connecting Sichuan and Hanzhong in Shaanxi.
Then it can be known that in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, this kind of mountain flower dance grass has been named poppy grass. This is because, in the Tang Dynasty, the story of Yu Ji and Xiang Yu was widely spread, and this splendid mountain flowers and wild grasses, with their delicate beauty, swayed in small vibrations, and was associated with Yu Ji, a beautiful woman in Chu who was good at singing and dancing.
In the Song Dynasty, which was not far from the Tang Dynasty, there was a book "Yizhou Grass and Trees" that wrote about Sichuan plants and trees, "Yazhou Mingshan County produces poppy beauty grass, sings poppy beauty songs, and dances in response to shooting." The Tang Dynasty Duancheng-style dance grass was implemented, which was the wild poppy flower.
Is it possible that poppy flowers were left behind by Europeans who traveled to China for business? Because, there is a special reason for the daffodil to settle in China from Europe, it is the war in the late Tang Dynasty that caused foreigners to stay in Jingzhou Wharf for a long time, and the daffodil settled in China.
However, in Ya'an, Sichuan, few foreigners come to settle here for a long time, and even if they come occasionally, it is difficult for the scattered flower seeds to survive naturally on a large scale. Therefore, the poppy grass here should be in a pristine and natural wild state. Whether in legends or records, you can see the wonder and beauty of people when they first saw them. That is, the wild poppies at that time were open in patches on the hillside valley, swaying in the wind.
"Shu in the poppy grass, to Yu for entertainment, its grass soft fiber for the song moved, so its leaves to the small, or shaken, beauty thought to entertain the ear. The green stems are delicate, the young leaves are quite equivalent, and they are forced to sing, or they are combined or opened. Song Qi "Entertainment Beauty Grass Praise"
With the stability of the Song Dynasty, the importance of agricultural forestry and flower planting, some flowers that were niche in the Tang Dynasty began to be popularized and planted, such as begonia, hibiscus, plum, and various herbs, including this poppy flower produced in the mountainous areas of Sichuan.
Song Qi in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, when he saw this kind of delicate flowers and plants, he described it very realistically, saying that this is because the flowers and leaves are small, so they are stirred by the flow of songs, like a beautiful woman dancing, and petite and cute, and can be used as a flower pet for women, so the original meaning may be "entertaining beauty", as a mountain flower sold to the city at a high price, so that the beauty is happy.
So in the process of circulation in the Tang and Song dynasties, the delicacy of this flower alludes to people's imagination and sustenance of the love story of the peerless beauty Yu Ji, so it is called "Yu Beauty".
I think his statement is credible. Because this kind of flower, as soon as it appears in the city, there is a name like "poppy" that carries a heavy history, which is not in line with the common sense of naming folk flowers.
"Liang Yuan spends money, and Huang Taiguo is self-scented.
Different warblers, not pomegranate skirts.
Graceful is the palm, uneven Mo Mengyun.
Wang Lang looked for water and bamboo, and was diligent in his duties. "Song · Pan Ta "Lichun Flower"
With its soft and gorgeous, the poppy flower is a rare gorgeous grass flower in late spring, and it was quickly planted in the garden courtyard of the Song Dynasty.
In the folk, there is a well-known name, called "Lichun flower".
Because in late spring, its presence is really extraordinarily bright.
The spring flowers bloom in late spring, when almost all the spring flowers in the garden have withered, when many trees have begun to bear fruit and some trees, such as cherries, are ripe.
The Lichun flower is different from the warbler because it is smaller than the warbler, and the flowers are more delicate and red than the warbler, as if wearing a pomegranate thin skirt.
The Lichun flower, graceful and swaying, only the size of the palm, the Lichun flower, so thin and beautiful, like a light cloud like a dream.
The handsome young man, when he saw him by the water, couldn't help but stop, because the flower would dance with the sound of the footsteps, which made people happy and nostalgic.
In fact, both the Tang and Song dynasties had warbler millet, which was cultivated as a herb and flower. But one can tell the difference between a poppy and a warbler.
Because compared to it, Yingsu is really not aura and bright enough.
"The scenery is endless, and the famous garden has a different appearance.
Spring is very good, and the flowers are strange.
Flounder red knots, Pisces jasper branches.
The lonely window also sends companions, and remembers the words of beauty. Southern Song Dynasty · Yuan Shuoyou "Chang Tong Sentence Hui Yu Beauty Flower Also known as Pisces Flower"
In fact, in literature, poppies are often used, but folk are mostly used for punchers, and even the name of Pisces flowers.
Why is it called that?
Because the head of the poppy flower rises above the leaves and is supported by a slender stem, and the flowers float lightly in the air, like a red carp, a small goldfish swaying in the blue waves, and like a fish lantern in the hand during the New Year.
The ancient Chinese liked good things in pairs, butterflies danced and fish swam, and the lightness of poppies was more like a fish, swaying without abandoning, so this pair of fish flowers has a folk nickname and cordiality.
In this garden, a large field of poppies is planted in late spring.
Poppies bloom like flounders and frolic like fish. Peaceful and lively, soothing and beautiful.
It's just a lonely person, and when you see such a flower that expresses your affection, you should feel sorry for being lonely.
"The hegemony will decline, and the beauty jade tent will be drunk and difficult to wake up.
Poor blood-stained grass, and the dance has not stopped until now. Song · Yishida "Poppy Grass"
In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Chengping was peaceful, and everyone liked the showy, light and agile poppy flowers, but the name poppy was rarely or rarely used. After all, it will be reminiscent of the overlord Wujiang killing himself, and the beauty spilling blood. Although Qupai also has "Poppy Beauty", it rarely involves the story of the overlord Yu Ji, nor does it involve this kind of flower, only as a catharsis of the emotions of the years.
But the Northern Song Dynasty, like dynasties in history, died overnight.
The name Poppy Flower and Poppy Flower have become a kind of pain of rise and fall, and Yu Ji's loyalty and the flamboyance of Poppy Flower have become the blood red in people's hearts.
Legend has it that it was Yu Ji who killed herself, and the blood stained the grass red, and bloomed such flowers that are still dancing in the spring breeze.
It is missing the homeland and Xiang Yu, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
This is also how many Song Dynasty people's patriotic complexes are pinned on such gorgeous blood-like flowers.
"The night is singing, and the jade tent is sad.
Jiangdong can be thousands of miles, and the concubine basil is abandoned.
The fossil is a dialect that can be danced as grass.
Mo Shang looked at the horse, and turned his sorrow and didn't care about each other. Southern Song Dynasty · Jiang Kui "Poppy Grass"
The poppy flower is the spirit of Yu Ji.
In the middle of the night, Chu Ge was everywhere, but in Xiang Yu's tent, there was sadness.
Obviously, Jiangdong can make a comeback, but you, the overlord, chose to commit suicide and abandoned me in the troubled times.
I wanted to turn into a stone, but a stone could not speak, so I turned into a spring grass every year, and I could keep my dance steps in the wind.
I stand by the road, by the river, waiting for you to return on horseback.
But I'm afraid that you won't recognize me and that you'll be far away from me.
I think that people living in the Southern Song Dynasty are desperate and desolate. This poem is related to the deep and faint of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, which is not poignant, but sad. But there is also a spiritual spirit in the sorrow, that is, the eternal watch and waiting for the peace of the country and love.
"The beauty song is turned into loess, and today the flowers bloom and dance
I don't believe that I cried a few lines back then, but I saw the scarlet rain falling. "Qing-Zhuang Child's Thoughts "Poppy Flowers Bloom a Must"
Raise your head from the heavy history.
It's another year when poppies bloom.
Flowers bloom in the prosperous era, remember the history, but also face the future.
I love the brightness of the poem.
Yu Ji has long become loess, but the poppy flowers are blooming and dancing in the spring breeze.
I love the swagger and the smile.
That is a woman in the mountains and wilderness, Yu Ji, and an ordinary person, with an eternal attachment to spring and love.
Hatsui Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. #春日生活打卡季#