Original Twenty-four Flowers Letter Series-Vernal Equinox and Waiting for Begonia

Su Shi

The east wind is full of worship, and the fragrant fog turns to the corridor.

I was afraid that the flowers would fall asleep in the middle of the night, so I lit candles and put on red makeup.

Hua Xinfeng, in response to the wind from flowering. China solar terms.

Cheng Dachang's "Xiu Fan Lu" Volume 1: "Flowers bloom in March, and the wind is famous."

In the Southern Dynasties, Zong Yi wrote "The Old Story of Jingchu": Plum blossoms begin and Melia azedarach flowers end, and they return to Hua Xinfeng every twenty-four times.

According to the solar terms of the lunar calendar, from slight cold to Grain Rain, * * * eight qi, one hundred and twenty days. Breathing once every fifteen days is divided into three periods, and breathing * * * twenty-four times every five days, each period should be a flower. The order is:

Slight cold: plum blossom, camellia, narcissus;

Great cold: Daphne odora, orchid and alum in Phnom Penh;

Beginning of spring: Spring Festival, cherry blossoms, spring;

Rain: first-class cauliflower, second-class apricot flower, third-class plum flower;

Surprise: waiting for peach blossoms, waiting for Tang Di, waiting for roses;

Vernal equinox: once begonia, twice pear and three magnolia;

Qingming: first-class tung flower, second-class wheat flower, third-class willow flower;

Grain Rain: One peony, two tea buds and three neem flowers.

(Excerpted from Baidu Encyclopedia)