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What does lilac stand for ~

Lilacs are generally four petals, and there has always been a saying that lucky lilacs have five petals.

Just say that the person who can find five cloves is lucky.

Lilacs are in bloom in mid-spring, when flowers are blooming. They are fragrant, bright and attractive. Lilac wood

Syringa oblata, an orchid family, is a clump of shrubs or small trees. Originated in northeast and north China of China. There are many wild species, such as

Syringa microphylla, Syringa tomentosa, Syringa rubra, Syringa liaotungensis, etc. Lilacs are originally purple, so they are also called lilacs.

White clove is a variety of clove. Its fragrance is stronger than cloves, and it is more popular with people. Often paired with lilacs.

First, harmonious and elegant colors are the objective criteria for testing the truth of knowledge. Dialectics is about the harmony of the outside world and being more affectionate.

Fun. In addition, after years of cultivation, there is bergamot clove, whose flowers are double petals and smell like jasmine; Silk is hung on the flowers of lilacs.

White inside and red, flowers upside down, beautiful and charming; The flowers of the lotus lilac are yellow and white, and the fragrance is similar to that of Ligustrum lucidum.

Elegant charm; The south is fragrant, and its flowers are blue and purple, which is very elegant.

In addition to the varieties introduced above, there is also a clove native to Indonesia and tropical Africa.

China also trained for a long time. However, lilacs and lilacs belong to different families and species, belong to Eupatorium adenophorum of Myrtaceae, and are evergreen trees.

Self-rationality itself only recognizes the reliability of rational knowledge and belittles perceptual knowledge, and the height of the tree can reach more than ten meters. Lavender in summer

Colored flowers and buds are dried and used as medicine, called cloves. After flowering, the fruit grows obovate or oblong, which is called female clove.

The clove used in traditional Chinese medicine is the mother clove. Zhang Bingcheng, a A Qing litterateur, recorded in The Materia Medica Reader: "There are lilacs.

There are two kinds of men and women. Men are flowers, women are real. ..... The female is a chicken tongue, which was commonly used in ancient times. People who are commonly used today,

All lilac ears. "Lilac is a warm drug, which has the functions of warming the stomach, reducing adverse reactions, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang.

Clove buds can also be refined into clove oil, which is an important spice. Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, Africa

It is rich in lilacs and enjoys a high reputation in the world. It is called "Lilac Island".

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, cloves were widely planted in China. It is said that cloves are loved for their elegance and purity.

Besides its beauty and fresh fragrance, it is also a symbol of love and happiness, and is often called "love".

Flowers and the Tree of Happiness. This is often described in the poems of literati. The novel Jing Hua Yuan is listed as "Twelve Friends".

Lilac is one of the flowers in China. Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, even used "upstairs dusk desire" in his poem "Biography".

Looking at the rest, the jade ladder is like a hook; Bananas don't show lilac knots, but they are worried about each other in the same spring breeze, which means the lilac of love.

Describes the attachment of young women to their lovers. Lu Guimeng, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem called Lilac: "Diligently untie Lilac.

Knot, hang down branches and scatter spring. "Use lilacs to express your feelings.

The ancient people used lilacs to express their love, which is still the case in many places in China today. Lilacs are regarded as the flowers of love.

In Yunnan, Benglong and Dai people hold a traditional "Flower-picking Festival" every spring when bloom is warm. body

Young men and women dressed in festive costumes went up the mountain to pick lilacs and give them to their lovers to show their loyalty to love.

Unswerving. In some places, lilacs are also used as a symbol of love or to promote marriage. After a man and a woman are engaged, if

When the woman agreed to get married, the trustee sent a bunch of lilacs to the man. After a man takes a bouquet from a woman, he should put it.

Put it in the new house to be married. You must choose a good day for your marriage before the flowers fade.

In addition, it is said that lilacs are the flowers of love, because there is such a touching story among the people.

In ancient times, a handsome young scholar went to Beijing to take an exam. It was getting late, and he stayed in a small shop by the road. Store father

The two ladies were warm and thoughtful, and the scholar was very grateful. They stayed in the shop for another two days. The shopkeeper's daughter is a good reader,

Be sensible and you will feel love; The scholar saw that the girl was beautiful, smart and capable, and she liked it very much. Double moon

Swear, worship heaven and earth, have two hearts. Then, the girl wanted to take an examination of the scholar and offered to match the scholar. Shushengying

No, after a little thought, the first part came out: "cold wine, one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock." The girl thought for a moment and was about to speak.

Just after reading the second couplet, the shopkeeper suddenly came. He was furious when he saw that the two men had privately agreed to live for life, and scolded his daughter for ruining her family style and humiliating her ancestors.

Zong. The girl cried and said that they really loved each other and asked her father for help, but the shopkeeper insisted not to. The girl was strong-willed and died immediately.

Go to hell. The shopkeeper regretted it and had to follow his daughter's last words and bury her on the hillside behind. The scholar was heartbroken,

Can no longer seek fame, stay in the shop with his father-in-law, Weng Xu's life is miserable.

Soon, the grave of the girl on the back hillside was covered with lush lilac trees, full of flowers and fragrant.

The scholar was surprised. He goes up the mountain to see lilacs every day, just like watching a girl. One day, the scholar saw an old man with white hair.

After that, he grabbed the old man and told him his undying love for the girl and the couplets that the girl had not made before she died. spontaneous

The old man listened to the scholar's words, turned around and looked at the lilacs blooming on the grave. He said to the scholar, "The couple who answered the girl."

Yes "The scholar hurried forward and asked," Why does the old man know the bottom line of the girl's answer? "The old man stroked his beard and pointed to the grave.

Lilac said, "This is the next couplet." . Scholar still don't understand, the old man went on to say:

"Cold wine, one, two, three;

Lilacs, one hundred heads, one thousand heads, one head. "

In the first half of your couplet "cold wine", the radicals of the three words are "cold" is a little water and "cold" is a little water.

"Wine" is three parts of water. The girl turned into a "clove", and the prefixes of the three words are in turn, "Ding" is a hundred-word prefix and "Xiang"

It is a thousand prefix, and "flower" is a ten thousand prefix. Corresponding before and after, wonderful workmanship. Hearing this, the scholar quickly saluted and thanked him: "Thank you.

The old man pointed out that students will never forget. "The old man said," it's rare for a girl to be infatuated with you, but it's hard to buy a daughter. Now she

Your wish turned into a beautiful lilac. You should treat each other well, so that flowers will bloom in Wan Li from generation to generation. "words

The words just fell and the old man disappeared without a trace. Since then, the scholar has been watering the flowers every day without interruption. Lilacs bloom more luxuriantly,

More beautiful.

In order to miss this innocent and kind girl and respect her indomitable noble sentiment towards love, future generations have since put

Lilac is regarded as the flower of love, and this "marriage pair" is called "life and death pair" and is regarded as a quatrain, which has been passed down to this day.

Today.

Lilacs are not only regarded as "flowers of love", but also as "trees of happiness". It turns out that this

There is also the beautiful legend of "Holy Tree Lilac".

According to legend, a long time ago, there lived a family under the Sun Moon Mountain in Qinghai Plateau. Father is very old, three children.

The sons all married daughters-in-law, the eldest son farmed at home, the second son went out to do business, and the third son taught in a private school. The family lived happily.

Life.

In the courtyard where this family lives, there is a cypress tree with a thick bowl in the middle, also called lilac tree. Trees have existed for a hundred years.

More than, still thriving, flowers. The old man often said to the whole family, "everything in our family is attributed to this lilac tree."

Have a nice day. "The whole family regards trees as gods, pruning and watering them, and they are very diligent. One day, the old man took his three sons.

Call him to his side and say earnestly, "I will die when I am old." After I die, you three brothers should live in harmony.

No one is allowed to mention separation. If you want to divide it, unless the lilac tree in the yard is dead. "Soon, the old man passed away.

In the third year after the old man died, the lilac tree suddenly withered. The three brothers thought it was God's will to separate them, but they remembered.

Entrusted by my father, I knelt in front of the tree and wept bitterly. Crying for seven days and seven nights in a row, suddenly, with a bang, from the trunk

A big black nail jumped out of the bag and landed right in front of the second daughter-in-law They were very surprised when they saw this scene.

Doubt, staring at the second daughter-in-law. Under the pressure of everyone, she had to tell the reason.

It turned out that the second daughter-in-law had no idea when she saw her man doing business all the year round, but the money she earned was used by the whole family.

It is full. After listening to the old man's last words, he secretly cheated and wanted to kill the lilac tree. At first, she poured dirty water on the lilac tree.

Dirt, trying to kill the tree. Who knows that this year, the lilac tree not only did not die, but became more lush and more beautiful. old

The second daughter-in-law was so angry that she quietly took a knife and cut all the branches of the lilac tree. I didn't expect the tenacious lilac tree to be the next spring.

More new branches and leaves have grown, and purple flowers are bigger and more fragrant. This time, the second daughter-in-law is even more annoyed. Once she

If you don't do it, secretly find a five-inch nail and nail it into the trunk. In this way, the lilac tree is indeed

Destroyed to death.

Now everyone knows that she killed the lilac tree, and the second daughter-in-law is ashamed and admits her mistake in public.

Willing to repent, asking the whole family to forgive, and also asking Lilac Tree to forgive, and vowed to live a good life with everyone in the future, forever.

No more talking about separation. The whole family discussed it and decided to forgive her. Since then, the two brothers and raccoon have lived in harmony and the whole family has been reunited.

Yuanyuan lives a happy life.

The lilac tree soon sprouted new buds and branches. And since this year, every spring and autumn flowers, the whole family out.

People like it better.

Lilac is not only a symbol of love and happiness, but also has an indissoluble bond with Buddhism. Lilac trees in parts of northwest China

Area, called "Bodhi Tree" by Buddhist believers. But in fact, bodhi is bodhi and lilac is lilac, which are two different things.

Different tree species with different shapes and habits. Since they are two kinds of trees, why do Buddhist believers plant them in temples?

Is the lilac tree called bodhi tree? This has a long history.

Bodhi is the Sanskrit language of Buddhism, which means "suddenly enlightened" and "enlightened as the sun". Be understood as "wisdom"

Wisdom of consciousness "or" awakening of consciousness ".

Bodhi tree originated in India, and Indians call it Biboro tree. This tree is an evergreen tree of Moraceae, and its height can reach 10 ~

The leaves of 20 meters are triangular and oval, and the flowers are dioecious, but both male and female flowers are planted in a closed receptacle, which is not for

People saw it. Therefore, people often call it fig.

Lilac tree belongs to Oleaceae and is a deciduous shrub in the north temperate zone. There are few trees, usually 3 ~ 5 meters high and long in age.

Can reach more than 8 meters. The leaves are oval. Androgyny, with purple, pink or white flowers and fragrant flowers.

According to legend, the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, once meditated under a bodhi tree and became a Buddha, thus establishing Buddhism. Since then,

Bodhi tree is closely related to Buddhism. Be regarded as a sacred tree. Widely planted in Buddhist temples and taught in Sanskrit.

The word "Bodhi" is used to name trees. Since then, the bodhi tree has become supreme. Bodhi trees were introduced to China very early.

Qunfangpu is called the thinking tree.

Buddhists plant bodhi trees in temples, in addition to expressing loyalty and piety, mainly to commemorate the Buddha.

Tao becomes Buddha.

The real bodhi tree is only suitable for tropical and subtropical areas, and only suitable for southern and southeast coastal areas of China.

Suitable for growth. Therefore, Buddhist disciples have to choose some trees that adapt to the local climate instead of bodhi trees.

Lilac is an elegant and popular ornamental plant. When I was in bloom, my eyes were full of incense, so now the north and south of China are different.

This land is widely cultivated. Whether it is potted plants planted in the courtyard, garden, study and hall, or cut flowers.

Bottles will be pleasing to the eye and add an elegant atmosphere.