Chinanews client, Beijing, March 6th (Reporter Shangguanyun) "The flowers are blooming on the third day of March, and they will go to the spring stage for leisure and family." In March, with the spread of various strategies, flower viewing is becoming spring One of the most interesting ways to open.
Not only modern people like to enjoy flowers, the appreciation of beauty is the same in ancient and modern times.
In the eyes of the ancients, flower viewing is a romantic and beautiful activity, which is unique in style, time and place.
"Everyone who goes out is a flower watcher"
There were not many entertainment activities in ancient times, there were no barriers to viewing flowers, and being able to get close to nature, which naturally became an aesthetic activity with a wide audience.
How lively is it?
It can also be seen in the poems handed down.
Data map: Flower viewing data map.
Tourists are outing.
Photo by Li Xiao
The poet Yang Juyuan of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Early Spring in the East of the City": "The poet's Qingjing is in the Chinese New Year, and the green willows are only half yellow. If you wait for the flowers in the forest, you will be a flower-watcher when you go out." The pomp of flowers.
By the Song Dynasty, the flower-appreciating and recreational wind had permeated all corners of social life. From the beautification of the environment, the layout of the room, to the dining setting and clothing for banquets, the decoration of flowers was inseparable from the embellishment of flowers.
The custom of viewing flowers flourishes. In ancient times, there was a special festival called the "Hua Chao Festival", which was said to commemorate the birthday of Hundred Flowers.
During the festival, people go to the countryside to enjoy the flowers together. The girls cut five-color paper and stick them on the flower branches, which is called "Appreciation of Red."
Look at the value and connotation
The ancients' appreciation of flowers was almost all-round, depending on the appearance and connotation.
For example, he values his posture and thinks that the beauty of flowers depends on "color" and "scent". Both are indispensable.
There is plum fragrance in spring, lotus fragrance in summer, cinnamon in autumn, and Ruixiang in winter.
"Osmanthus fragrans falls in the middle of the moon, and the sky fragrant clouds float outside." It is the refreshing fragrance of osmanthus.
According to the various characteristics of the flower's aroma and flower posture, people will also give it rich cultural connotations and symbolic meanings. With time, the charm of the flower has become one of the focuses of everyone's appreciation.
Data map: Fans exhibiting Hanfu in the peach blossom forest in Dongpo District, Meishan City.
Photo by Liu Zhongjun
There are some sayings about flowers that people are already familiar with: plums are clear bones, and chrysanthemums are frosty; daffodils are ice muscles and jade bones; orchids have a noble rhyme and are a symbol of elegance and are often used as a metaphor for gentlemen.
I have to mention peony.
It became a famous flower for viewing very early, and later because of its graceful and luxurious appearance, it became more famous as "national color and heavenly fragrance".
Liu Yuxi wrote a poem in which it was mentioned that "only the peony is truly beautiful, and the capital is moved when the flowers bloom."
Many ways to open flowers
"Flowers bloom in an orderly manner, and the wind does not make mistakes." In ancient times, flower viewing was sometimes different. You can see different flowers in different months, and there is a special "flower calendar" to check.
According to the rough correspondence, "the plum is in spring, and the crabapple; the summer is peony, the peony, and the pomegranate."
More detailed seasonal guidance for viewing flowers is also reflected in the "Ping Shi Yue Biao" compiled by Tu Benzhen in the Ming Dynasty.
For example, in the third month of the lunar calendar, "the leader of the flowers: peony, Yunnan tea, orchids, and peaches; the florist: cuckoo, pear blossom, woody, bauhinia."
The reason why the ancients pay attention to the time spent looking at flowers is that the same kind of flower may be appreciated at different time periods, and the feeling may be different.
Yuan Hongdao, a writer of the Ming Dynasty, said in "The History of Bottles: Qing Appreciation": "Cold flowers are suitable for early snow, snowy, crescent moon, and warm house."
Plum blossoms often match snow.
In "Dream of Red Mansions", there are also many descriptions of flower viewing scenes: when the white snow falls, Baoyu walks in the snow to search for the plum blossoms, and then people appreciate and chant plum blossoms. It is a fashionable party that belongs to the winter.
As far as flower viewing locations are concerned, you don’t have to go to popular check-in places, you can also walk on the country roads. The peach blossoms are hidden among the rural fences, which has a unique charm.
Li Yu, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, gave a suggestion: "Those who want to see the peach blossoms must take a trip to the countryside and listen to them."
Collect falling flowers as cushions on flowers and piano
As the saying goes, "The insider sees the doorway, and the outsider sees the excitement." Not only Li Yu, but the ancient literati really pay more attention to flowers.
Legend has it that the giant eunuch of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Han Xizai, liked arranging flowers and burning incense.
Data map: Tourists are enjoying flowers and taking pictures in Huangling, Wuyuan.
Photo by Jin Jie
In the Song Dynasty, literati and elegant scholars enjoyed the taste of "petty bourgeoisie" in their appreciation of flowers.
According to records, jasmine and other flowers are elegant in color and worthy of comment.
Therefore, it can be matched with instruments such as Qixian and Ruan Xian, while listening to the music and watching the flowers.
The way of viewing flowers can be very romantic.
According to the "Remains of Kaiyuan Tianbao", Xu Shenxuan, a scholar of the Tang Dynasty, is very interesting in life. Almost every spring, he puts a table in the garden and invites relatives and friends to view the scenery.
Generally, there are no seats at the banquet. He asked the servants to collect the fallen petals and spread them on the ground. After the guests came, they could sit on the thick cushions made of these petals.
Yuan Hongdao once recorded the experience of the downstream spring in the article. He traveled with his friends, "less tired, lie on the ground and drink", so he counted the number of petals falling on his face. More people drank a glass and sang a song less.
Whether it’s burning incense or fussing the piano, viewing flowers has placed people's beautiful wishes from ancient times to the present. You can also get close to nature, use flowers to talk about things and chant flowers to express your feelings, and bring endless charm and rich taste to life.
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