In recent years, rural development has been getting better and better, and many families in the village have demolished their old houses and built beautiful buildings. And with the reduction of old houses, some plants have gradually disappeared.
For example, the plant I want to introduce to you today, it is only grown on the old tile roof in the countryside in the past, and it is estimated that there are many years to know it and see it, but now it is very rare, it is Vasson, have you seen it?
1. What is Vasson?
A few days ago, the ancestral hall in the village was demolished, because the villagers wanted to say that it was newly built. And this ancestral hall is also one of the few old tiled houses in the village, when the house was torn down, a small amount of vasson was found on many tiles, and it also caused a lot of heated discussions. Many young people said, what is this, why does it look so meaty! So they rushed to pick it up and take it home as a succulent plant.
Even some elderly people say that they haven't seen it for years. In the past, there were many tiled houses in rural areas, and there were also many such tiles, and many of them had to be removed from the roofs every year. Since many families in the village renovated their buildings, the plant has gradually disappeared.
Vashon is indeed a very special plant, it mostly grows on the tiled houses, and it was also a green embellishment on the old tiled roof, for many people of the older generation, it has a special emotion and memory.
In the past, there was a saying that "a vicious dog arises in a home, and a vasson grows in a ruined home", believing that too many vassoons on the roof are not a good sign. So what exactly is Vasson?
Vashon is a biennial herbaceous plant of the genus Sedum Coisson. It is named Vasson because it often grows on old tiled houses and looks like a miniature version of a pine tree.
Vasson plants are generally not tall, about 10 to 40 cm. Its stems are slightly oblique, pinkish-green throughout, and the basal leaves are closely arranged in a rosette, from linear to inverted-lanceolate, about 2 to 3 cm in length, green with a hint of purple, or covered with a layer of white powder. The edges are fringed cartilage and 1 needle-like spike, which makes Vashon visually more distinctive.
And unlike most plants, its leaves are relatively thick, which looks very similar to the succulents that many young people grow nowadays. And its growth habits are similar to those of succulents, and it is a very drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant plant.
Imagine that on the tiles, there is basically no soil, all the dirt and dead branches and leaves brought by the rain, and they are moistened by a small amount of rainwater, and then they can also grow, which shows their strong vitality.
2. What is the value of Vasson?
In the past, Vashon was also a highly valued plant for farmers. At that time, most families would have vasson on their roofs, and the villagers would go to clean it up regularly every year, because if it was not cleaned in time, if it grew too much, it would crush the tiles, or cause the tiles to leak rain.
In the past, it was said that the family was ruined and Vassoon, but it was also because Vassoon grew too much, but no one cleaned it up, which is a sign of family decay.
But in reality Vashon is not useless, it is not invaluable. Vashon is not only an ornamental plant, but also shows its unique value in the fields of traditional Chinese medicine and agriculture.
First of all, Vashon's medicinal value is not low. Vasson this plant can be used in medicine, in the past is also a commonly used Chinese medicinal material, in ancient times many medical books have a record of its medicinal value, it mainly has the use of clearing heat and detoxifying, dampness and hemostasis, swelling and so on. I used to hear from the barefoot doctor in the village that Vashon was also thought to have a certain effect on dog bites.
Secondly, Vashon is also valuable in the agricultural sector, and some old farmers should know that Vashon was also widely used as a high-quality feed in the past. It is rich in nutrients and has a certain help for the growth and development of livestock. This makes Vashon highly prized in rural areas and a valuable agricultural resource.
Finally, it is not low ornamental value, Vasson is a kind of succulent plant native to the mainland, not only the appearance is very similar, the growth habits are similar, the key is that its vitality is strong, it is easy to grow. In the past, some farmers deliberately left a vasson on the roof of their house, because it was not low in ornamental value and could add life to the roof.
However, with the acceleration of urbanization and the change of people's lifestyles, Vashon's living space is gradually shrinking. Many of the old tiled houses were demolished and replaced with high-rise buildings and modern residences.
As a result, Vashon has lost its original growing environment, and its number is decreasing year by year. Most of the young people don't know Vashon anymore, and the peasants who saw and knew it are generally quite old.
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