There is a legend about elderberry. At Christmas, everyone can kiss a girl as long as she stands under her elders. What is it? !

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Morphological deciduous shrubs to small trees, up to 4-8 meters, with lenticels on the branches, smooth and hairless, and brown pith. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, elliptic-lanceolate, 5- 12cm long, from tip to tip, with wide wedge-shaped base, often asymmetrical, serrated edge, smooth and hairless on both sides, and smelly after crushing. Conical cymes are terminal, with radial corollas, white to light yellow. Berry drupe is spherical, dark purple or red. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruit ripens in June-July. It is distributed in Northeast China, North China, Inner Mongolia, North Korea, Japan and introduced in Yanqing Horticultural Center. Habitual, light-loving, cold-resistant and drought-tolerant. Developed root system and strong tillering ability. Breeding, sowing, cutting and dividing plants can be done. Commonly used cuttage and ramet propagation. Transplants can be carried out in spring and autumn. For rheumatic arthralgia and arthralgia, it can be combined with Hedyotis diffusa, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Ramulus Mori and Carthami Flos. , can also be fried in units, hot smoked and washed. For traumatic injury and blood stasis pain, it can be combined with herbs such as speranskia tuberculata, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum Chuanxiong and Radix Paeoniae Rubra. For edema and dysuria, it can be combined with corn stigma and plantain seed.

There are many versions of the legend about Aird: some people say that Aird made the crucifixion of Jesus, while others say that Judas hanged himself on a Aird. Anyway, traditionally, elderberry is a sacred tree, which will not be struck by lightning. Witches are afraid of it. Many parts of elderberry can be used. Flowers can be used to make wine, fruits can be used to make jam or juice, and flower buds can be eaten. But elderberry is spiritual. Tell it what you want to do with it.

Mother Old Tree (Andersen's Fairy Tales)

Once upon a time, there was a very young child. He caught a cold and was ill. He went outside and got his feet wet. who

I don't know how he got wet because it was very dry. Now his mother takes off his clothes and sends him to bed.

At the same time, I asked someone to bring the kettle in and make him a cup of fragrant elderberry tea (note: elderberry is a deciduous shrub or

Little tree. The leaves are opposite, pinnately compound, oval or oval, and have a bad smell after crushing. Yellow flowers bloom in spring. Stems and branches can enter

Medicine, sweet and bitter, has the effect of expelling wind and removing dampness. The elderberry tea mentioned here is used to treat diseases. ), because tea can make people feel warm

. At this moment, an interesting old man came to the door. He lives alone on the top floor of this house. He is very lonely.

Because he has no wife and no children. But he likes children very much and knows many fairy tales. Listen to him.

This story is very interesting.

"Now you must drink tea," mother said, "and then you can listen to stories."

"ah! I just wish I could tell a new story! " The old man said and nodded kindly. "But this little guy is

Where did you wet your feet? "he asked.

"Yes, where is it?" Mom said, "No one can imagine."

"Tell me a fairy tale?" The child asked.

"Ok, but I need to know one thing first: Can you tell me exactly the street you pass on your way to school?

How deep is the sewer there? "

"If I put my feet in the deepest part of the sewer," the child replied,

"Then the water flooded my calf."

"You see, that's how our feet get wet," said the old man. "Now I should tell you a fairy tale.

Yes; But my fairy tales are over. "

"You can make one right away," said the child. "Mom said, you can put what you see into a fairy tale, you

You can also tell everything you come into contact with into a story. "

"Yes, but these fairy tales and stories are nothing! No, the real story is from myself. They are knocking at me.

He patted his forehead and said, "I'm coming!" "

"Will they knock at the door at once?" The child asked. Mother smiled and put the elder leaves in the pot.

Then pour the boiling water in.

"Go ahead! Talk! "

"Yes, if fairy tales come automatically. However, this kind of thing has a big shelf; It only appears when you are happy—

Wait! "He suddenly shouted," it's coming now. Look, it is in the teapot now. "

So the child looked at the teapot. The lid of the teapot stood up slowly and automatically, and several white and fresh elderberry flowers came from

The teapot is out. They grow thick and long branches, which spread out in all directions from the mouth of the teapot, widening and shaping.

Become the most beautiful elderberry bush-in fact, a complete tree. The tree even reached out to the bed and split the curtain in two.

Edge. How fragrant it is and how lush its flowers are! In the middle of the tree sat a very kind old woman. she wears

Wearing strange clothes-it's green like elderberry leaves and decorated with big white elderberry flowers. sequence

No one can tell whether this dress is made of cloth or live green leaves and flowers.

"What's the name of that old woman?" The child asked.

The old man replied, "The Romans and Greeks regarded her as a fairy in Screaming Trees. But we don't know this: we live in the mariner's area.

Some people gave her a better name. People there call her "old mother". What you should pay attention to is her.

Now listen carefully and look at this beautiful elderberry.

"Sailor residential area has such a big tree full of flowers. It grew in the corner of a simple yard. one day

In the afternoon, the sun is shining, and two old people are sitting under the tree. One of them is a very old sailor.

; The other is his elderly wife. They are already great grandparents; They will celebrate their golden wedding soon.

European custom calls the 50th anniversary of marriage a "golden wedding". )。 But they can't remember the date. Elderberry mother

She sat in the tree and looked happy as if she were here. "I know when the golden wedding should be," she said, but

They didn't hear-they were talking about some of their past days.

"'Yes,' said the old sailor. Do you remember when we were young, we used to run around and play together?

Play! We are sitting in this yard. We planted many branches in it and changed it.

Into a garden. '

"Yes," the old woman replied, "I remember very clearly: we watered those branches and some of them were wet.

One is the branch of elders. This branch took root and turned green, and now it has become such a big tree-we old people are now.

Now sit under it. '

"'exactly,' he said,' there is a birdbath in a corner there; I put my boat on it.

Floating.-I cut a boat myself. Have a good voyage! But soon I was sailing by myself, but in a different way.

That's all. '

"'Yes, we went to an advanced school and learned something,' she said.

"Then we accepted the confirmation ceremony (note: in Christian countries, children are accepted once after birth.

The baptism of teaching. When you are 14 or 15 years old, you must be baptized again, which is called confirmation ceremony to strengthen your religious belief.

Faith. After this baptism, the child can become an adult and make a living by himself. ); Both of us/We both

I began to cry. But in the afternoon, we climbed the round tower arm in arm. We put this outside Copenhagen and the sea.

The world has been staring for a long time. So we went to Fort fredericks Park (note: this is a big park in Copenhagen.

Park. Go-the king and queen often sail on the canal here in gorgeous boats. '

"'But I have to sail in a different way. I'm going there for a few years. This is a long voyage.

"'Yes, I often miss you so much that I almost cry,' she said. I thought you were dead, lying under the deep water.

Play with the waves. How many nights does it take to get up to see the hyacinthus orientalis chicken turning? Yes, it can turn.

Yes, but you didn't come back. I remember very clearly that it rained heavily one day. The garbage collector came to my master.

At the door. I walked down with the trash can and stood still at the door. How terrible the weather is! when I

While standing, the postman came up to me and handed me a letter. This is your letter! This letter should be a lot of travel.

What a short journey! I'll tear it open right away. I laughed, I cried, and I was so happy. Things are clear now,

You live in a warm country that produces coffee beans. It must be a very beautiful country! You wrote a lot in your letter.

I read it when it's raining cats and dogs, and stand by and read it in the trash can. Just then, a man came, and he was body double.

Put your hands on my waist! ——'

"-exactly, so you gave him a solid slap-a loud slap."

"'I didn't know it was you. You came as fast as your letter. You were a handsome man then, and you are now.

Here's the thing. There is a long silk handkerchief in your bag and a bright hat on your head. You are so beautiful! Oh, my God, that

The weather is really bad and the streets are really ugly! '

"'Then we got married,' he said. Do you remember? Then we had our first child, followed by Mary.

Then Niels, then Peter and Hans Christian were born. '

"'How well they all grow and become popular and kind people!'

"'So their children gave birth to their own children,' said the old sailor. Yes, those are for children.

Kid! They all grow very well. If I remember correctly, we got married in this season. ——'

"'Yes, today is your wedding anniversary,' said Elder Tree's mother, sticking her head out to the two old people.

Come into the crowd. They thought it was a lady next door nodding to them. They looked at each other at the same time.

Hold your hand here. Soon, their son and grandson came; They all know that this is the golden wedding anniversary. They are in the morning.

Congratulations came in succession, but the old couple forgot this day, although everything happened many years ago, they

I can still remember it clearly. Elderberry gives off a strong fragrance. The setting sun shone on the old couple's faces, making them look terrible.

Their cheeks are red. Their youngest grandson danced around them and shouted happily, saying it was today.

There will be a party at night, and then they will eat hot potatoes! Mother Tree nodded in the tree and told everyone.

Shout together:' OK!' "

"But this is not a fairy tale!" The child said after listening.

"Well, if you can understand," said the old storyteller. "But let me ask the tree mother predecessors.

Views. "

"This is not a fairy tale," said the old tree's mother. "But now it's coming; The strangest fairy tales come from the truth.

Otherwise, my beautiful elderberry bushes won't come out of the teapot. "

So she picked the child up from the bed and held it in her arms, and the elderberry branches covered with flowers approached them.

This made them feel as if they were sitting in the dense shade, which took them flying in the air together. This is really indescribable.

Beautiful! Mother tree immediately turned into a beautiful girl, but her clothes were still the same as mother tree's.

Yes, it is made of green material with white flowers. She wears a real elderberry flower on her chest and has curly yellow hair.

There is a wreath made of elderberry on the floor; She has big eyes, EULAN SPA01. Ah, how beautiful she should look. ah

! She and the boy kissed each other. They are the same age now and feel the same happiness.

They walked out of the shade arm in arm. They are in the beautiful garden at home now. Dad's cane is tied to

On the stake next to the new lawn. In the eyes of this child, it is alive. When they go together.

Later, its shiny head became a beautiful Ma Si's head, covered with a long black mane, and it grew four.

A slender and powerful leg. This animal is strong and energetic. They galloped across the lawn on it-it was really delicious.

Color!

"Now we are going to ride far, far away," said the child. "We want to ride a horse to an aristocratic village.

Go to the garden! We went there last year. "

They have been running around the lawn. The little girl-we know that she is the mother of the tree-is here.

Keep calling:

"Now we come to the countryside! Do you see that farm house? Its big bread stove protrudes from the wall.

Come on, it looks like a huge egg on the roadside. The elder tree is spreading its branches above the house, and the rooster is walking around.

Digging for hens. Look at its domineering! -Now we are near the church. It is very high

Standing on a hill, among a cluster of oak trees-one of them was half dead. -Now let's look at molten iron.

By the fire, the fire is burning, and shirtless people are swinging hammers while the iron is being struck, so that Mars can be created. Go, go, go there.

Go to the noble's magnificent manor! "

Everything that the little girl sitting on the crutch behind him said appeared before their eyes. Although they only

But walking around the lawn, the boy can see all these things clearly. They are playing on the sidewalk.

Play and draw a small garden on the ground. So she took the elderberry out of her hair and planted it.

Then they grow up, just like the trees planted by the old couple in the sailor's residential area when they were young-we have done this.

I told you. They walked arm in arm, just like the old couple when they were young, but instead of walking on the round tower, they also

Not to Fort fredericks Park. No, the little girl is holding the boy's waist, and they are all over.

Denmark flies around.

Spring came, summer came, autumn came, and finally winter came. Hundreds of landscapes are reflected.

In the child's eyes and heart, the little girl has been singing to him: "You will never forget these things!" " "

Throughout their flight, the elderberry has been emitting a sweet fragrance: he also smelled the rose.

Flowers and fresh beeches, but the scent of the elder tree is more wonderful than them, because its flowers hang on the little girl.

His heart, when they fly, he often leans his head on these flowers.

"How beautiful the spring is here!" The little girl said.

They stood in a beech forest covered with new leaves, and the green clover leaves were fragrant under their feet; pale red

Peony in autumn is particularly gorgeous in this green color.

"Oh, I only hope that spring will stay in this fragrant Danish beech forest forever!"

"How beautiful it is here in summer!" She said.

So they walked past the ancient knight palace. The red walls and zigzag gables of these ancient palaces are reflected in the river-

There are many swans swimming here, looking at the old boulevard, looking at the wheat in the field and waving their hands.

As if it were a sea. The ditch is covered with yellow and red flowers, and the fence is covered with wild snake hemp.

Humle (Humle) is a perennial herb, also called Hubu or hops. Its ears are conical, making beer.

An important raw material for wine. ) and blooming morning glory. The moon rises at dusk, round and big; Haystacks on the lawn

Give off a sweet smell. "People will never forget these things!"

"How beautiful autumn is here!" The little girl said.

So the sky looks twice as wide and twice as blue as before; The forest was dyed the most gorgeous red, yellow and green.

The hounds are chasing; The whole flock of geese flew over the ancient earth grave, making a desolate cry; Thorn bushes were corrected on ancient tombstones.

A ball. The sea is dark blue, dotted with some white sails. Old, weak, women and children sat on the threshing floor, laying snakes and hemp.

Pick the ear and throw it into the vat. At this time, young people are singing folk songs, and old people are telling fairy tales of imps and goblins. various

This place is not as good as here.

"How beautiful it is here in winter!" The little girl said.

So all the trees are covered with frost and look like white corals. Snow makes a crisp sound under people's feet.

It seems that people are wearing new boots. Meteorites fell from the sky one after another. In the house, on the Christmas tree

The lights are on. There are gifts and happiness here. In the countryside, the violin is played in farmers' homes, and people are playing.

A game of grabbing apples; Even the poorest children will say, "winter is beautiful!" " "

Yes, it's beautiful. The little girl pointed out everything to the children; Elderberry always exudes fragrance;

A red flag with a white cross (note: this is the national flag of Denmark. ) flying forever-the old water living in the sailor area

It is under this banner that you reach out and sail. The child has become a young man, and he must go out into the wide world.

Go to tropical countries where coffee is grown. When she left, the little girl put the one she was wearing on her chest.

Take the elderberry down and give it to him as a souvenir. It is sandwiched in a book of hymns. Abroad, when he opened this

When I write this collection of poems, I always turn to the place where there is this commemorative flower. The longer he looks at it, the fresher it looks. He's fine.

It's like breathing fresh air in the Danish forest. Then he clearly saw that the little girl was opening between the petals.

Staring out with clear blue eyes. So she whispered, "The spring, summer, autumn and winter here are so beautiful."

Lee! "So hundreds of pictures, floating in his mind.

Then, many years passed; He is an old man now, sitting in a tree full of flowers with his wife.

Under the tree: They are holding hands, just like their great-grandmother and great-grandfather who once lived in the sailor area. Like this pair of grandfathers

Similarly, talk about their past days and golden marriages. This little girl with blue eyes and elderberry flowers on her head.

He sat on a tree, nodded to the old couple and said, "Today is your golden wedding day!" " So she wore her wreath.

Take two flowers from the table and kiss them; They glow, first like silver, then like gold. When she put them

When put on the old couple's head, each flower turns into a golden crown. The two of them sat on the fragrant plant.

Under the tree, like a king and a queen. This tree looks exactly like an old one. He told his wife about the fracture.

Mushu's mother's story, he told everything he heard from others when he was a child. They think there are many similarities in this story.

Their own lives, and this similar part is their favorite part of the story.

"Yes, it is!" The little girl sitting in the tree said.

"Some people call me mother, others call me tree god, but my real name is memory.

. I sat on a tree and kept growing; I can recall the past, I can tell the past. Let me see, right?

Is to keep your flowers. "

The old man opened his hymn; The elderberry flower is still in it, which is very fresh and seems to have just been released.

Like going in. So "Memory" girl nodded. At this time, the old couple wearing golden crowns sat in the red sunset and closed.

Eyes, the general fairy tale is over.

The child lying in bed doesn't know if he is dreaming or if someone told him this fairy tale. Teapot distiller

But on the table: but no elderberry grows. The old man telling this fairy tale is walking towards the door.

Actually, he's gone.

"How beautiful!" The child said. "Mom, I have just been to a tropical country!"

"Yes, I believe you do!" Mom replied. "When you drink two cups of hot elderberry tea, you

It's easy to go to tropical countries! "-so she tucked him in to keep him from catching cold. "When I was sitting.

You slept soundly while arguing with him about whether it was a story or a fairy tale. "

"So where is the elder mother?" The child asked. "She's in the teapot," mother answered.

; "She can stay there!"

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( 1845)

This story was first published in a magazine called Gaia. The "truth" of elderberry

The name "memory" reflects the life experience of an old couple through its story. They went from "two little guesses"

At first, I established my feelings, and then I got married. After marriage, they left their hometown and ran to the wide world, but their

Their feelings have not been weakened by their distance. They still loved each other until they were old, sitting under the elder and recalling the past days.

Son, I feel close and lovely. This also reflects one aspect of Andersen's kindness and humanitarianism. But Andersen is "

"Memory" said: "The seed of this story was acquired by me in an old legend: living in an old tree.

There is a creature called' Old Tree Mother' or' Old Tree Woman'. Anyone who hurts this tree will definitely complain to her.

He took revenge. Once, a man cut down the tree and soon he died suddenly. Andersen quoted such a legend.

Make a fairy tale with a completely different theme. This also shows that there is something unexplained hidden in creative thinking activities.

"Mysterious."