Summer is coming, and the word locust summer is often used in ancient poems.
Why is the locust tree associated with summer, because the locust tree only begins to draw out new feathery green leaves in late spring, the locust tree is tall, and the leaves take up the daylight and rain of late spring, and quickly spread out into a new shade. In the summer festival, many trees have withered, and even the leaves have grown into dark green, and the locust tree with its beautiful huge shade shade continues to autumn, giving people shade under the hot sun and giving people a cool summer.
The flowering of the locust tree is not in the spring, whether it is the national locust or the acacia, the locust tree blooms in the summer, the acacia is slightly earlier, the most beautiful white flowers bloom in april of the lunar calendar, and the national locust blooms in midsummer and late summer. But these late-blooming flowers prove the locust tree's ability to tolerate sunlight and drought, highlighting the vigorous vitality of the locust tree.
Why are there so many trees, and why choose locust trees to represent the shade of summer?
First, the locust tree is tall and the wood is hard, which was a good wood tree and shade tree in ancient times.
At the gate of the palace of the Zhou Dynasty, there were three huge locust trees, and when the three dukes were facing the heavenly son, they stood facing the three locusts. The Three Dukes Taishi and Taifu Taibao were all important figures who were highly respected and assisted the Heavenly Son, and they were also older, and the locust tree in front of the court just gave them shade, which was also a symbol of status. Therefore, the locust tree has always been a symbol of nobility and stability.
The court of the Han Dynasty planted locust trees according to the ancient rituals of the Zhou Dynasty.
Locust trees were also planted outside the court of Cao Pi of the Wei state.
Second, locust trees grew well in the plains of ancient northern China and multiplied rapidly.
And it is suitable for making palaces or street trees. Because of the ancient sidewalks, there were many high horses and chariots, and the trees had to be tall.
"The green locust is dusty. Dragon Lou Feng Que looked at Cui Wei.
Breeze drizzle miscellaneous incense comes. The earth produces a golden fire to illuminate the platform. "Wei Jin Anonymous "Walker Song"
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi of the Wei state was called emperor, the capital city of Yicheng, in Linzhang County, Hebei, on the road to Miyagi planted more locust trees, green locust trees witnessed the rolling traffic of the capital, these dusty traffic, leading to the majestic palace.
After a breeze and drizzle in the summer, the locust trees bloom and the fragrance is fragrant, and after the rain, in the shade of the locust trees, copper watches are set up for each mile to record the number of kilometers.
As can be seen from here, in ancient times, a mileage table was set up on the side of the road to record the mileage of the trip. But the closer you get to Miyagi, the more luxurious it is, and the five-foot-high copper mileage table echoes with the acacia shade, and the golden splendor shows the strength of the empire.
"Chang'an Avenue, sandwiched with poplar locusts."
Walk down the Zhu wheel, and there is a luan perch.
Hidehiko gathered and taught me cuteness. Wei Jin · Anonymous "Song of Guan Longren in the Time of Jian Jian"
Some people say that the earliest road tree planting in China is the origin of the Western Wei Wei Xiaokuan (508-580 AD), when doing the Yongzhou Thorn History, will be used to record the number of miles of the earthen platform, changed to plant locust trees, where there are recorded miles with locust trees instead, not only strengthen the roadbed, prevent the collapse of the earth platform, maintain the road, but also facilitate the recording of road mileage, from which the road planting locust tree passed down.
In fact, this statement is very one-sided.
Because the road was planted with locust trees, there were locust trees and willow trees in the three kingdoms during the Wei Wendi period, more than 300 years before Wei Xiaokuan, and there is also a record, that is, during the reign of the former Qin Jianjian in the north during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the official roads from Chang'an to various states under his jurisdiction were planted with locust trees and willow trees, and every twenty miles were set up with long pavilions and forty miles set up a station for cars, horses and pedestrians to rest.
And this time, 200 years before the Western Wei Wei Xiaokuan.
This poem is the time when the Guanlong people admired the greenery of Chang'an.
On the avenue of Chang'an, willow and locust trees are planted alternately. Below is a vermilion chariot and horse, and above it stands a beautiful big bird.
Countless wise and talented people gathered on the avenue of Chang'an, and the shade of the trees covered the people of Li.
In fact, the ancients have long been aware of the huge greening effect of locust trees, and have long been used for road planting.
"Nan Mo Bei Tang lian bei li, five dramas and three articles control three cities."
Weak willow green locust hanging on the ground, good red dust dark sky. Chu Tang · An excerpt from Lu Zhaolin's Chang'an Guyi (652).
Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention Chang'an, was the largest and most prosperous international city in the world at that time. There are 11 avenues in the north and south of the city, 14 streets in the east and west, and there is the East Market and the West Market, and the roads are staggered, leading to 110 neighborhoods.
Then the most important sidewalk trees on these roads are willow trees and locust trees, willow trees, Han Yu once said that it is the ultimate victory over the smoke willow full of imperial capital, that is early spring in January, the willows have just sprouted, at this time and the willow trees are staggered with the locust trees, and there is no germination, so this time is the world of willow trees, but in late spring and summer, the locust trees are stretched with green shade, covering the trunk roads of Chang'an, but the willow trees are weak compared to each other.
Stretching atmosphere of the locust tree, is the most important green tree of Chang'an Road, tall stretch, below can walk galloping high-headed horses, traffic and water, Chang'an even dust has a prosperous atmosphere, surging up in the green corridor.
Therefore, the locust tree is a summer scenery that cannot and cannot be ignored.
Third, the word Huaixia originated in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty.
"Floating letters are sent, and bo eunuchs have them."
There is no return to the comings and goings, and there is no parting party to suffer from this.
The willow color is beautiful in spring, and the locust yin is the first in summer.
Unconsciously on the ditch, holding a glass of wine. "Sheng Tang · Wang Wei's "Zisheng Temple Sending Gan II"
In the early summer of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Wang Wei sent a friend off at the temple.
In summer, the locust trees are full of shade, and the send-off place is shrouded in the most beautiful and freshest shade, and this is the place where the temple is clean. In the Tang Dynasty, temples were under official jurisdiction, often serving as a lodging function for officials, with a higher style.
Bid farewell to friends here, a kind of temple atmosphere, let people give birth to tranquility and philosophy, such as this floating life, the feeling of floating and sinking in the eunuch sea is cathartic and soothed here. The green and quiet of this locust tree makes people cherish the confidant and parting of the world.
So he said that this beautiful willow, shrouded in twilight smoke, this locust tree with its huge shade, was so spectacular on the first day of summer. In such a green season, I want to be separated from you.
The shade of the locust tree is the most common and the most beautiful scenery in early summer, because it is new, fresh and has the most beautiful shade. People suddenly feel that in early summer, with this locust shade, the green is moving.
Han Yu also has the beautiful sentence "Mud Rain City East Road, Summer Locust as Yuntun", after the summer wind and rain, the locust tree quickly branches and leaves, like a cloud of green clouds, on the side of the road Tun collection.
In the Song Dynasty, more attention was paid to the relationship between trees and solar terms, for example, there were twenty-four flowers and trade winds, with flowers and trees corresponding to the solar terms of late winter to late spring, a kind of solar terms, a kind of flower blossom.
So after the summer, there are not many flowers, what is the most common, the most representative of the time of the plant, has a broad spectrum, but also pleasant, the first choice of the green shade of the most lovely, the most vigorous locust tree.
"The wheat is moist in the morning, and the wind is clear in the afternoon." Song · Zhao Shimin's "Sentence 2"
This is a broken poem describing the beauty of early summer. Every time the ancients had a short and broken sentence, it was like a flash of inspiration, like a couplet, self-contained. If you can have better verses combined into poems, it is best, but often this kind of broken sentence broken poems has its own unique charm.
He said that this wheat is ripe for the season, and the air is warm in the morning wind.
In the early summer when the locust tree stretches, the noon wind also cools up.
Then there is actually a interaction between animals and plants and air. Early summer is the season when the wheat grows and matures, and the aroma and air of the wheat field are intertwined with each other, and the fragrance of the plants makes the air full and moist. And the wind blows through the locust trees, and the temperature is reduced, even at noon, it is particularly cool and beautiful.
So how to connect other verses with other verses, so as not to affect the full, quiet and pleasant atmosphere brought by this poem? It's a conundrum indeed.
Therefore, this beautiful sentence with huai xia fengqing is particularly evocative, and it is a perfect three-dimensional picture.
Ouyang Xiu, a literary master, greatly appreciated this sentence, saying, "Celebrities in past lives have never arrived." "
The locust tree is the most beautiful in summer. Standing under the locust tree, you can look out over the gradually ripening wheat waves tumbling in the sun, where coolness and harvest are present.
"The sun will never know the summer of locusts, and the clouds and yellows will celebrate the autumn of wheat."
The same dynasty of the state of the collection, to give Mu gong rest. Northern Song Dynasty · An excerpt from Huang Tingjian's "Eight Rhymes of the Father of the Tongkong Sutra on the Feast of the Sons of the Cixiao Temple"
After the summer, the sun is hot, the day is long, only in such a season, you know how cute the shade of the locust tree is, you know that the locust tree is the most beautiful green tree in the summer, representing the summer, representing the shade in the summer.
And this season is also the time when the wheat in the field is ripe and yellow.
The wheat, like a yellow cloud, is the greatest harvest in the summer.
At this time, the emperor was also very happy, and summoned high-ranking officials who knew agricultural affairs and let them take a break during this time. From the beginning of spring ploughing, these officials will go down to the localities, supervise spring ploughing, coordinate agricultural affairs, summer is coming, the wheat also looks almost ripe, these worried officials, should also take a vacation, let them enjoy the summer under the shade of the locust, and savor the joy of the harvest in sight after hard work.
" Hengtang halo shallow glass Ying. The green leaves are shady and the courtyard is quiet.
After the cherry is ripe, the wheat is cold in autumn, and the peony is opened when the locust is summer. Northern Song Dynasty · Xie Yi", "Yulou Spring"
It's the beautiful greenery of early summer. The water in the pond is also green, the courtyard is also green, with green leaves and shade, and the courtyard is quiet.
After the cherry was red, the wheat was ripe in the early summer, and the temperature was so cool.
The peony in the courtyard was opened at the bottom of the locust tree.
This has the early summer of the locust tree, and the day is so quiet and long.
Of course, the shade of locust trees can filter the sunlight and reduce the temperature of the courtyard. Under the huge stretch of locust trees, not only peony blooms, but also grass, calamus, and all kinds of wild grasses in summer.
It is the huge acacia shade that shades these lovely delicate flowers. The locust tree is like a kind elder, sheltering the courtyard and sheltering the children and grandchildren in the courtyard.
Therefore, the high-ranking bureaucrats in ancient times worked hard, and there was also a possibility that because of his contribution, they could enable their descendants to gain a future because of his merits, which was called Yin Feng in ancient times.
Fourth, the beauty of locust flowers, the clear flowers of summer
"Before the rain passed, the mountain did not slope, and the cicadas fell on the locust flowers.
The north and south of the wheel have been unlimited, and the old people on the river have arrived home. "Don · Xu Hun "Sending Relatives and Friends on the River in Summer"
This is really the time when the sun rises in the west and the rains in the east, especially in the mountains, where the clouds are raining in the front mountains, while other places are where the summer sun shines high.
Xu Hun walking in the mountains, seeing the beautiful summer scenery in the mountains, is different from the magnificent scenery of Jiangnan Pastoral.
You see, the wind and rain have driven down the locust flowers, and after the wind and rain, there are still raindrops on the trees, and the temperature rises under the sun, and the sound of cicadas is heard. It's not a mountain with four seasons, it's four seasons together. Because cicadas usually chirp when the temperature is as high as 23 degrees.
The climate of this mountain is changeable, and the wet flowers in the ground actually continue to sound the cicadas immediately.
I thought of this mountain road to endlessly tossed, but I remembered that the old man was on the Pingjiang River, all the way to home.
Then the reason for choosing this locust flower poem is because the ancient locust tree, usually the national locust, bloomed yellow, in midsummer.
And the locust flowers we see now are acacia and acacia, which bloom white flowers in early summer.
But whether it is the national locust or acacia, their green leaf stretch period is in the early summer, the green leaves are extremely similar, the green shade is also similar, the flowers in addition to the flowering time is different, the flower color is different, the flower type and fragrance are also clear, are the kind of butterfly-shaped clusters of flowers, hanging cute.
The antherm value of the national locust is high, the fire is released, and the acacia flower is of high edible value, sweet and delicious, in the countryside, the use of locust flowers to make dumplings, steamed locust flowers, locust flowers fried eggs, is a seasonal delicacy. The white locust flower can be eaten raw, and it has become a sweet memory of many people's childhood summers.
It's locust summer again, do you like the shade of the locust tree, or the fragrant and lovely locust flowers?
Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. Image from the web.