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The god of flowers, that is, the god of flowers and trees. Legend has it that every year on the twelfth day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of hundred flowers, and the folk will sacrifice the flower god on this day according to the customs and wish the flower god a happy birthday, in order to pray for the wind and rain to be smooth, rich and peaceful. According to the unique flowers of each month, 12 kinds of flowers are selected, and each flower has a guardian deity, which is called "there are flowers blooming every day, and there are flower gods in the moon and moon".
There is a story behind these twelve flower gods!
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > January plum blossom - flower god Shouyang Princess</h1>
"A tree comes with ice and snow fragrance, who is trying on cold makeup for the new year?" When people did not know Heng Yiqu, they believed that the flower god was Shouyang."
The guardian flower god of plum blossoms is said to be Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty, and Princess Shouyang is fresh and unworldly, and she likes plum blossoms the most. One day, the princess took a nap under the eaves of the temple full of plum blossoms, and a gust of wind struck, and the plum blossoms fell one after another, and it happened that a plum blossom fell on the princess's forehead, leaving five pale red traces. After waking up, the palace people saw that the princess with a plum blossom mark on her forehead was even more charming. So they followed suit, and the dress with a plum blossom print on the forehead was called "plum blossom makeup".
This matter was introduced to the people, and everyone felt that the princess was a flower god, so Princess Shouyang became the flower god who guarded the plum blossoms.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > February apricot blossom - flower god Yang Guifei</h1>
The lunar month of February is also called the apricot month, "wet apricot blossom rain, blowing noodles do not chill willow wind". The flower god of the apricot blossom is said to be Yang Guifei, who had no choice but to have a red face and a short life, and during the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong helplessly gave three feet of white silk in Ma Songpo and died under the pear blossoms of the inn. After the Anshi rebellion subsided, Tang Xuanzong, who was already the Emperor taishang, missed Yang Guifei and sent someone to take Yang Guifei's bones, but the bones were missing, only a snow-white apricot blossom under the slope of Ma Song opened up to the wind, just like Yang Guifei, who was extremely beautiful in that year, so posterity regarded Yang Guifei as the god of apricot blossoms.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > March Peach Blossom - Lady Flower</h1>
In the spring of March, a hundred flowers bloom, and only peach blossoms are the most attractive. When the peach blossoms are in full bloom, they are bright and picturesque, and the world often uses the "paradise" to describe the beautiful scene like a fairyland. In Jin Yong's pen, he even described the place where the Wulin Gao people lived as an island full of peach blossoms - Peach Blossom Island.
The legend of the peach blossom god is that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the wife of the monarch of the State of Chu, Lady Xi, in 680 BC, the State of Qi was destroyed by the State of Chu, and Lady Xi was occupied by the King of Chu, but she never said a word to fight against the destruction of the country and the death of the family. After her death, the Chu people built a shrine to worship her and worshipped her as the peach blossom god.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > April peony - li bai, the god of flowers</h1>
"The spring wind swayed the feathers open, and the Yao pond was not planted. When the imperial order is deceived, the flowers are not sent, who will be left to take the Hundred Flowers? ”
From the Tang Dynasty to the present, peonies are known as the King of Flowers. The blossoming of riches and the fragrance of the country are the best portrayal of peonies. And the flower god of the peony is even more incredible, but he is a Qinglian resident, who is the immortal Li Taibai. Before the poetry immortal Li Bai was also regarded as a poetry immortal by posterity, he became the flower god of peony when he was alive.
When Tang Xuanzong let Li Bai enter the palace to write poems, Li Bai wrote a poem "Qing Poor Music", and at that time Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei were admiring peonies in the Agarwood Pavilion, and Li Bai's poem "Famous flowers pour into the country and the two sides, and often get the king to look at it with a smile" made Tang Xuanzong longyan very happy, so he gave the peony in the agarwood pavilion to Li Bai, and ordered Li Bai to guard the peonies in the world for life, and Li Bai thus became the flower god who guarded the peonies in the folk.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > May Pomegranate - Flower God Bell Kui</h1>
The fifth month of the lunar calendar is also known as the durian month, the pomegranate red is like fire, and the pomegranate red flower god is the famous ghost catcher - Zhong Kui. This stems from the fact that May is the season of disease epidemic, and in ancient times, every family in the Dragon Boat Festival posted a portrait of Zhong Kui on the door to ward off evil spirits. The fiery personality of the ghost king Zhong Kui who is jealous and hateful is consistent with the openness of the pomegranate flower like fire, because the folk regard Zhong Kui as the flower god of the pomegranate flower.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > June lotus flower - flower god Xi Shi</h1>
Lotus flowers, also known as lotus flowers, water hibiscus, born in the blue waves, bloom in June every year, the fragrance overflows, and is known as the gentleman of the flowers. Zhou Dunyi's "The Saying of Loving Lotus" makes it known to the world that "out of the mud without staining, mao qing lian without demon", in addition, the lotus flower also symbolizes beauty, purity and steadfastness.
And the flower god of the lotus flower is Xi Shi, one of the four beauties. Xi Shi's name is YiGuang, because he came out of the country and lived in the west of the village, and was called Xi Shi. Xi Shi will pick lotuses in Jinghu Lake every summer, beautiful beauty and beautiful flowers, so that passers-by look foolish, Xi Shi on a leaf light boat seems to be a fairy under the mortal, so everyone regards Xi Shi as the flower god of the lotus.
Due to the long space, in the next issue I will introduce you to the other six kinds of flowers and their guardian flower gods, what are the six kinds of flowers in the next period? Who are the patron saints? Why don't you leave a message in the comments section?