"No matter where I am, whenever I see begonias, I always think of my mother."
Autumn flowers in Beijing
(Excerpt) Author: Wang Zengqi
sweet osmanthus
Osmanthus wins with more. "Dream of the Red Chamber" Xue Pan's wife Xia Jingui's family "planted osmanthus flowers in dozens of hectares", known as the "Osmanthus Xia family". "Planting osmanthus flowers in dozens of hectares" is really a big view! There are many osmanthus flowers in the new capital of Sichuan. Yang Sheng'an Ancestral Hall is in Gui Lake, planting osmanthus flowers around the lake, from the hillside to the water plum, layered and stacked, all of which are osmanthus flowers.
Yang Sheng'an was a talented man, a middle-aged scholar with a first rank, and wrote seventy kinds of works. He was convicted of "deliberating on the great gift" and was charged with the army in Yunnan, more than seventy years old, and died in Yongchang. Chen Laolian once painted a portrait of him, "drunk with hairpin flowers", his face was red, and he looked drunk. Judging from Chen Laolian's portrait, Sheng'an was a tall fat man. But Chen Laolian was probably painted by imagination, not necessarily like Sheng'an. The xindu people built a shrine for him at Guihu Lake, and if they knew of his death, they should also be relieved.
There are not many osmanthus flowers in Beijing, and there are no large trees. There are several trees in the Summer Palace, and no one pays attention. I used to live in Zaokan Hall, and there were two osmanthus flowers in the corridor, which were planted in pots, less than one person tall!
I suggest that Beijing multiply a little osmanthus flowers. Osmanthus flowers are beautiful and shady, the leaves are thick, and they do not wither in winter. The flowers are very fragrant, and the dried products can be made with lantern fillings and rice cakes. There is both ornamental value and economic value, why not enjoy it?
chrysanthemum
In autumn, there are many potted chrysanthemums at the Canton Fair. The Canton Fair is over, and the chrysanthemums have not yet fully bloomed. A Japanese businessman asked the manager, "What are you going to do with these flowers?" Answering Cloud: "Thrown away!" "Don't throw it, I'll buy it." He gave a little money, wrapped all the chrysanthemums that were still in full bloom, ordered a plane, airlifted the chrysanthemums from Guangzhou to Japan, and put up a big poster: "China Chrysanthemum Exhibition." Selling tickets, there are many people visiting. He made a fortune. This incident made me have two feelings: First, Japanese businessmen really have business acumen, any opportunity to make money is not missed, our managers are masters, and the money in hand cannot be grasped. Second, China's chrysanthemums are good and can be appreciated by the Japanese.
Chinese grew up in yiju, I don't know what year it began, there are several cities in the country chrysanthemums are prestigious, such as Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Hefei, north of the Yellow River, when Beijing is the most.
There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, perhaps the most numerous among the many flowers.
First of all, there are various colors. The original chrysanthemum was probably only yellow. "Ju has Huanghua", "Scattered yellow flowers full of gold", "Huanghua" and chrysanthemum are synonymous. Later, it developed to any color. Yellow, white, purple, red, pink, all. The Norwegian essayist Beren Belsheng said that of all kinds of flowers, only chrysanthemums have green, not always, peonies, peonies, and moons are green, but green like green chrysanthemums like the first tender broad beans, it is true that there is none. I returned to my hometown a few years ago and saw a pot of green chrysanthemums in the park, with large flowers.
Secondly, the petals are diverse in shape, including flat petals, curly petals, and tubular petals. In Zhenjiang Jiaoshan, I have seen a pot of "ten zhang bead curtain", slender tube petals drooping to the ground, saying "ten zhang" of course will not, but three or four feet is there.
Beijing chrysanthemums are similar to those in the south, lion heads, crab claws, small geese, gold-backed big red... Both north and south are similar, and some even have the same name. Like a light red petal, extremely thin and curly like a messy hair, Shanghainese call it "lazy grooming", And Beijingers also call it "lazy grooming", because of its charm.
Some southern chrysanthemum species are rare in Beijing. Yangzhou people emphasize "Xiaose", saying that its color is like the first dawn clouds, but Beijing seems to have none. "Ten beaded curtains", I have not seen in Beijing. "Maple leaf reed flower", purple flat petals, with white spots, have not been seen.
The best chrysanthemum I've ever seen in Beijing is at Mr. Lao She's house. Every year, Mr. Lao She invites cadres from the Beijing Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature and the Bureau of Culture to gather at his house, once on the waxing moon, Mr. Lao She's birthday (I remember it is the twenty-third day of the waxing moon); once around the Chongyang Festival, admiring the chrysanthemums. Mr. Lao She's brother is very good at playing with chrysanthemums. The flowers are very bright; the dishes have Beijing characteristics (such as sesame sauce stewed yellow croaker, "box dish"),the wine is "open to supply", both drunk and full, and still not forgotten.
I am not in favor of engaging in Jushan Juhai, so that chrysanthemums are in order, sitting in rows, or crowded into a pile, making a lot of noise. Chrysanthemums still have to be seen one by one, one by one. I don't approve of tying chrysanthemums into dragons and lions, which is simply a waste of chrysanthemums.
Okra, cockscomb, phoenix, begonia
I haven't seen okra in Beijing, and I think there are. Okra is very good to grow, throw a few seeds between the fences and stone crevices, you can flower. Or not annoying race, but also can open their own. The petals are large, pale yellow, almost colorless, with fine veins and purple spots near the center of the flower on the inside of the petals. The okra wind makes chuchu and lonely. I don't know why, okra reminds me of a female Taoist. Okra is also known as chicken foot sunflower, and its leaves resemble chicken feet.
I saw a large cluster of cockscomb flowers in the reception of the county party committee in my hometown, higher than a person's head, and the flowers were as big as sweeping brooms, and the color was frighteningly dark. Beijing cockscomb flowers have never seen such a rough person.
Hyacinth flowers can dye nails, so it is also known as henna. The hydrangea flowers are mashed, less into the alum, applied to the fingertips, that is, wrapped in the leaves of the hydrangeas, overnight, the nails are red. The stems of the hydrangea flowers can grow very thick, and the Hunan people may pickle them in the stinky altar to accompany the porridge, which tastes like stinky amaranth stalks.
There are many begonias in Beijing, and Qi Baishi likes to paint them. Qi Baishi painted, the flower stem is quite long, which is called "Lingzhi Begonia" in my family.
Most of the flowers are five petals, but begonias are four petals. Beijing has silver star begonias, the large leaves are very thick, sprinkled with silver stars, dry and tall, almost similar to wood. I'm not very interested in this kind of sun-like begonia. Begonias that I don't forget are always thin and thin.
My birth mother had lung disease and was afraid of "passing"—infecting others, lying alone, and in a side room, we all called that hut "little room." She wouldn't let anyone see her, and my babysitter wanted to take me for her to see, and she didn't agree. So I was not impressed with my mother. After her death, the "little room" became a storage room for her dowry, locked up as an adult. My stepmother occasionally opened it and took one or two things, and I followed suit. There is a small patio outside the "small room", and there is a small flower bed in the shape of autumn leaves against the wall, I don't know who planted two or three begonias, and no one cares about it, it even blooms in autumn. The flowers are pale and look pitiful.
No matter where I am, whenever I see begonias, I always think of my mother.
Yellow Oak, Climbing Tiger
Frost leaves are red in February flowers.
The autumn leaves of the Western Mountains are yellow oak, not maple trees. I think you might as well plant a little maple tree so that the color is richer.
In recent years, Beijing has planted many climbing tigers, and in autumn, the leaves of climbing tigers turn red.
The climbing tigers along the street are red, and the autumn mood in Beijing is strong.
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