What is the symbolic meaning of Mei?

The flower language of plum blossom is strong, elegant and loyal. It is a symbol of good luck and happiness, which means happiness, happiness, longevity, smoothness and peace. It symbolizes nobility, aloof and perseverance, and means strong character and high integrity; It is a symbol of beauty and can be used to describe a charming girl.

Mei, as a symbol of spreading good news and celebrating good luck in spring, has been regarded as an auspicious thing by China people since ancient times. "Mei has four virtues, and life is the foundation of the Yuan Dynasty; For Heng, blooming means unimpeded; Beneficial results, symbolizing peace and benefit; Maturity is chastity, which means firmness and chastity. This is Mei's four virtues of "Yuan Henry Zhen". Plum blossom has five petals, symbolizing Five Blessingg, that is, happiness, happiness, longevity, smoothness and peace.

Plum blossom is the first of the top ten famous flowers in China. Together with orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, they are called "four gentlemen", and together with loose bamboo, they are called "three friends in cold years". In the traditional culture of China, Mei gives people an incentive to work hard with her noble, strong and modest personality. In the cold, before bloom, the world was lonely, and spring came.

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The ancient literati in China had a special liking for plum blossoms, and appreciating them was an elegant thing. Plum appreciation is mainly based on the word "exploration", and plum appreciation generally pays attention to color, fragrance, shape, rhyme and time.

Color: The colors of plum blossoms are purplish red, pink, light yellow, light ink and pure white. "Red plum", the flower shape is extremely beautiful, and the flowers are rich; "Green calyx", white flowers, green sepals, double white petals, fragrant; "Purple plum", double purple, faint fragrance; "Red in the bone", deep red double petals, the color is not light when it fades, and the tree is like mahogany; "Jade Butterfly" is slightly reddish in white, with single and double petals, gentle and elegant. Tens of thousands of plum blossoms are planted in pieces, and the branches are sparsely decorated with jade. Some are as bright as the morning glow, some are as white as snow, and some are as green as jasper, forming a spectacular sight of Meihaiyun condensing clouds and steaming.

Fragrance: The fragrance of plum blossom is unique, elegant and elegant, which is called dark fragrance by scholars in past dynasties. "Deliberately looking for fragrance, fragrance is nowhere to be found" is hard to capture, but it is always refreshing and intoxicating. During the plum blossom season, I wandered among the flowers, and the breeze swept through Meilin, just like soaking in the sea of incense, and I was covered with incense.

Form: The ancients thought that "Mei put emotion first", that is, form and posture. The forms are prone, supine, lateral, lying, reclining and looking forward, and the postures are divided into upright, flexion and skew. The bark of plum blossom is dark and rough, the branches are vigorous and rough, the charm is exhausted, and there is a kind of unyielding masculine beauty. The branches of plum blossoms are thin and clear, with harmonious colors, or curved like Youlong, or invincible, changeable and regular, showing a strong sense of strength and line rhythm.

Rhyme: Fan Chengda, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said in Mei Pu: "Mei wins with rhyme and has a high style, so it is more important to be thin with old branches and strange stones." Therefore, in the works of poets and painters, the shape of plum blossom is always inseparable from the words horizontal, oblique, sparse and thin. People regard Mei Yun as "sparse but not dense", "old but not tender", "thin but not fat" and "open".

Time: visit and enjoy the plum blossoms in time. Precocious, not in bud; It's getting late and colorful. The ancients thought that "flowers will not bloom well", that is, plum blossoms are better when they are in bud, hence the name "exploring plum blossoms". Plum blossoms are waiting to be stung. Generally speaking, 10 days before and after the sting is the best time for Chun Mei to explore and appreciate them. The situation of enjoying plums is also very particular.

Mei Pin was written by Zhang Gongfu in Song Dynasty in 1 194, which specifically introduced how to appreciate plum blossoms. There are twenty-six suitable places in Mei Pin: light clouds, morning light, thin cold, drizzle, light smoke, thin moon, sunset glow, light snow, sunset glow, rare birds, solitary cranes, Qingxi, small bridge, bamboo edge, Panasonic, bright windows, hedges, cangya, moss, copper bottles, paper accounts, flutes in the forest and knees. ?

Four Expensive and Four Not Expensive: Expensive and sparse, Expensive and Open, Expensive and Thin, Expensive and Old. Mei's vigorous and rough branches are beautiful and look like Youlong. The vigorous and stubborn branches are dotted with a few pale plums proudly placed in the cold, and covered with a layer of Bo Xue, "the spirit of a snow tree in ancient beauty", just like a natural ink painting.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Mei (Prunus of Rosaceae)