Where is the hometown of wintersweet culture in China?

Xuchang-the hometown of wintersweet culture in China?

Chimonanthus chinensis

The cultivation of Chimonanthus praecox in Yanling County, Xuchang has a long history and many varieties. It is an important cultivation center of Chimonanthus praecox in China. ?

The extensive cultivation of Chimonanthus praecox in Yanling began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Cui Daorong, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "There are two lovers in my hometown. They met near Lamei." Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, countless poets and writers chanted Chimonanthus praecox and painters painted on it, forming a unique Chimonanthus praecox culture in Yanling. In Yanling, Yaojia Village in Bailiang Town radiates Fiona Fang for dozens of miles, and most villagers are proud of planting Chimonanthus praecox. Planting a Chimonanthus praecox in the farmhouse and watching it in the cold winter have become the life interest of the local people. Many folk stories and legends, local scenery and folk customs, have formed an indissoluble bond with wintersweet. The cultivation history of Chimonanthus praecox in Yanling County for more than a thousand years can be connected into a colorful cultural history of Chimonanthus praecox. Botanical experts and folk culture experts have come to the conclusion that Yanling is the most famous planting center of Chimonanthus praecox in China, with rich cultural integrity, profound cultural background and broad mass base. Chimonanthus praecox has become an indispensable species in the local people's lives, with continuous folk characteristics. ?

The Chimonanthus praecox culture in Yanling can be traced back to more than 2500 years ago. According to the Book of Songs Zheng Yan, Qin water and Yan water flow into Shuanghe River in Yanling, and boys and girls on both sides of the river collect bluegrass and peony as gifts for their lovers: Wei and his daughter will tease them and give them peony. This kind of life scene full of pastoral life interest was written into poetry by poets and passed down through the ages. ?

After thousands of years of cultural deposition, many magical legends and touching stories have been interpreted in Yanling, which constitutes a unique Chimonanthus praecox culture in the Central Plains and has a long history of integration into Chinese civilization. In the river. According to a large number of historical records, Yanling County, known as "Huadu" and "Huaxian County", is the cultivation center of Chimonanthus praecox in northern China. There are many varieties of Chimonanthus praecox in Yanling, with a long history of cultivation, which is characterized by bright color, pure wax and rich fragrance. ?

According to Old News of Quyi in Song Dynasty, "Luo Xu has Huangxiangmei (another name for wintersweet)". Huang Tingjian's "Chimonanthus praecox" says: "Jinbei locks up the cold in spring, and its annoying fragrance has not been exhibited. Although there are no peaches and plums, their taste is extremely shallow. " During the Northern Song Dynasty, Yanling was an important location of the capital, which belonged to Kaifeng Prefecture. Chimonanthus praecox is sold to Bianjing in large quantities, which has become a wonderful flower for the dignitaries in Beijing to watch. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, the poet and minister of punishments, Wang Shangshu, said in the poem "Chimonanthus praecox": "Chimonanthus praecox in Yanling is crowned with Zhang, and one plant arrives in the capital every year." It is recorded in the poem "Ji Ji" that plum blossoms in the twelfth lunar month open a glass of wine, and Yanling wintersweet is the best in the world. Peng, a modern gardener, also said in "A Survey of Chimonanthus praecox": "Chimonanthus praecox ... is the most famous in Yanling, Henan". Yanling wintersweet enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Mr. Chen Junyu, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, visited Yanling for many times to inspect the varieties of Chimonanthus praecox, and wrote an inscription for Chimonanthus praecox: the mountain blocks the stone, and all ends well; Snow pressure frost deceives, wintersweet fragrance wafts in Wan Li. ?

Chimonanthus praecox is planted in Yanling County 12 township and in more than 350 administrative villages. At present, the county's Chimonanthus praecox planting area is more than 6,000 mu, and there are more than 20 Chimonanthus praecox nurseries with more than 50 varieties. Yao Jia Village in Bailiang Town is the center, five kilometers away from Fiona Fang, which is the distribution center of Chimonanthus praecox planting and the original settlement of Chimonanthus praecox in Yanling. At present, the main producers of Chimonanthus praecox are Yanling Chimonanthus Garden, Yanling Hua Mu Pottery Garden, Yanling Liuhe Hua Mu Production Base and Chenhuadian Liu Zhuang Production Base. The county's annual output is 6.5438+200,000. ?

The wintersweet culture in Yanling has penetrated into all aspects of secular life, reflecting the diversity and inclusiveness of culture, with broad development prospects and remarkable characteristics, as well as the traditional geographical environment and humanistic environment. The folk characteristics of Chimonanthus in Yanling are: Chimonanthus avoids evil spirits, Chimonanthus celebrates, Chimonanthus friendship and Chimonanthus personality. ?

In the early 1980s, in order to carry forward the national culture and highlight the cultural characteristics of Yanling, Yanling County intensified the excavation, arrangement and protection of Chimonanthus praecox culture, collected and sorted out folk songs, ballads and folklore that remained in folk heritage, compiled more than 20 books on production and cultivation techniques of Chimonanthus praecox, arranged more than 30 stories and legends of Chimonanthus praecox culture, and created Flower Soul and Flower Country. 》? And other literary and artistic works with the characteristics of the times and local culture, and obtained them respectively? "Five Ones" Project Award and Provincial Opera Competition Award; Major news media in China have reported on Yanling Lamei culture, and filmed a number of literary documentaries and feature films such as Yanling Lamei and Yanling Lamei. Party and state leaders have visited Yanling to inspect the production of Chimonanthus praecox and spilled ink on it. Many experts and scholars have come to Yanling to enjoy plums and left many hymns. Since 200 1, the people's government of Yanling county has held the "Central Plains Flower and Tree Expo" for five consecutive times, bringing together talents from all over the world to discuss the Yanling wintersweet culture, which has played a promoting role in highlighting the cultural taste of Yanling wintersweet and enhancing its popularity. ?

At present, Yanling Chimonanthus praecox culture has become the most remarkable and striking cultural factor in the cultural treasure house of the Central Plains. ?

Therefore, we believe that Yanling has a good foundation and conditions to declare "the hometown of Chimonanthus praecox culture in China". In order to carry forward the excellent tradition of national culture, inherit the long-standing Chinese civilization, protect and rescue folk culture, promote local ecological protection, promote the rapid development of tourism and cultural industry, promote the construction of local spiritual civilization with Scientific Outlook on Development, stimulate the enthusiasm of local protection of folk cultural heritage, accelerate the research and inheritance of Chimonanthus praecox cultural heritage, and develop Chimonanthus praecox cultural industry.