Guizi falls in the middle of the month, and the sky is fragrant and the clouds float out
Flowers bloom and fall, and the moon is full and the moon is missing
It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again.
This is a festival with the theme of "worshiping the moon" and "appreciating the moon", "the summer retreats from the nine clouds, and the autumn is clear and the scenery is clear", people look up at the starry sky and look at the bright moon.
Thus, the story of Chang'e running to the moon came into being.
The moon is round from the middle of the autumn equinox. If you look closely at the Guanghan Immortal Palace where Chang'e lives, you will find that there are spots on the bright moon. This aroused the suspicion and reverie of the world. Because around the Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when the osmanthus blooms and the universe is fragrant, the large shadow in the Moon Palace is considered to be the osmanthus tree. "Huainanzi" has said that "there is a laurel tree in the moon", and later there was another laurel cutter Wu Gang. Tang's "Youyang Miscellaneous" contains: "In the old saying, there are laurels and toads in the moon, so the laurel is 500 zhang high, and there is a person under it who often cuts it, and the tree is created with it." The surname is Wu Minggang, a native of Xihe, who has learned immortals, and ordered to cut down trees. "Wu Gang failed to cultivate, and was sent to the Moon Palace by Emperor Yan to cut down the immortal tree - Laurel. The laurel is five hundred zhang high, with the cut that is, Wu Gang works hard every day to cut down the tree more than once, tens of millions of years have passed, and the magical laurel tree is still the same, vigorous, every Mid-Autumn Festival, the fragrance is overflowing.
Li Bai felt this and wrote a good sentence of "If you want to cut the laurel in the moon, hold the salary of the cold". Legend has it that only on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu just took a break under the tree and spent the reunion festival with the world. Therefore, when celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, people want to eat moon cakes to enjoy osmanthus and eat various foods made of osmanthus, such as cakes and candies. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, just when the night is quiet and round, when the cong gui is in full bloom, the mind is refreshed, the strong fragrance is fragrant, drink a glass of osmanthus nectar wine, take a bite of the osmanthus sugar cake, the family is sweet and sweet, what a warm and joyful atmosphere, what an elegant and romantic enjoyment!
Because of the above myths and legends, the laurel tree is often called "fairy tree", "cyclamen", and "old moon in flowers". In fact, the laurel tree is called "gui" because the leaves resemble gui; Because of the wood texture such as rhino, it is also called "wood rhino"; Because of its elegant and noble nature, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is also known as "fairy friend"; Osmanthus usually grows on rocky ridges, also called "rock osmanthus"; When the osmanthus blooms, the fragrance is far-reaching, so it has the reputation of "nine miles of incense"; Most of the osmanthus flowers are golden in color, and the flowers are as thin as millet, so they have the name of "golden millet"; Osmanthus flowers bloom in autumn, so they are called "autumn fragrance"; Because the ancient imperial examination is in the autumn, just when the osmanthus is in full bloom, so the championship and high school jinshi are "folded laurels". In the minds of the Chinese people, the osmanthus tree is a symbol of nobility, chastity, honor, friendship and auspiciousness.
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The laurel tree is the only tree species associated with festivals and celestial worship. Since ancient times, the laurel tree has been extremely loved by people. According to records, the history of osmanthus tree cultivation in mainland China is more than 2,500 years, and there is a "swaggering mountain" in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas...... Duogui" and other words, Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" has the sentence "Aiding Beidou Xi drinking cinnamon syrup, Xinyi Chexi knotting the laurel flag". "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" praised "the beauty of things, the osmanthus of ostentation", from the Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, osmanthus became a precious flower and tribute. It is recorded in the "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first repaired the forest garden and planted strange trees and flowers, including ten cinnamon trees.
Since the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, osmanthus cultivation was extremely popular, and the literati of the Tang Dynasty planted osmanthus very commonly, and it became a common practice to chant osmanthus. Bai Juyi wants to go to the "mountain temple to find Guizi in the moon"; Li Qiao, a Tang dynasty man, asked through a poem, "Who planted osmanthus and did not grow branches", who planted osmanthus on the moon, and why did the branches not grow outside the moon ring? Yang Wanli said that osmanthus "is not a human species, it moves from the middle of the moon." A little fragrant in the cold and a little blowing all over the mountain"; Song Zhiwen praised "Guizi falls in the middle of the month, and the sky is fragrant and the clouds are floating"; Li Qingzhao said that osmanthus "is dull and light, yellow, soft in nature, and only fragrant in the distance." Why should it be light blue and light red, it is the first class in flowers. The poet expressed his feelings, compared with the osmanthus with light and fragrant colors and high traces, showing the author's outstanding character and talent, and the discussion was affectionate and intriguing.
Xie Jin, a genius in the Ming Dynasty, once had a couplet, which was known as the absolute through the ages. The upper link hides a mystery: "Pu Ye Peach Leaf Grape Leaf, Herbaceous Woody", the "Pu" and "Peach" in the couplet are homophonic with "Grape", and "Pu" and "Peach" are respectively "herbaceous woody", and it is difficult to bypass the "obstacle" to the lower link. It is said that Xie Jin was nine years old at the time, and he used flowers to enter the couplet, blurting out: "Plum blossoms, osmanthus roses, spring fragrance and autumn fragrance." The "plum" and "gui" in the lower link are homophonic with "rose". "Plum" and "Gui" are also "spring fragrance and autumn fragrance" respectively, the idea is ingenious, novel and interesting.
When it comes to osmanthus, people will think of the famous folk song: "August Osmanthus Blooms Everywhere". The classic in this red song, accompanied by the hunting red flag, accompanied by the footprints of the Red Army, sang the north and south of the river, and sang the land of China. It is said that the folk song was produced in the golden autumn season when the osmanthus flowers are in full bloom and the fragrance is overflowing. In the process of circulation, it has been processed and polished by many people, and gradually enriched and perfected. This song has been sung from generation to generation and has endured.
Among the many famous flowers, osmanthus is a kind of longevity plant, there is an ancient osmanthus in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, it is said that it has gone through more than 2,000 years of vicissitudes, still leaves and flowers, fragrant overflowing. Osmanthus branches are luxuriant, evergreen all year round, widely used in the garden, often used as landscape trees, often used in the old garden to plant, the ancient name is "double gui dangting" or "double gui liufang". Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, osmanthus flowers can be seen in many places in Xi'an, and osmanthus trees are planted in botanical gardens, streets, many parks and campuses.
About the Author
Gao Mingyu, a native of Tanjia Village, Zhenxing Street Office, Yanliang District, was born in June 1953 and is a farmer. He is the vice president of the Shandong Immigrant Culture Research Association of Yanliang District, a member of the Native Literature Committee of the Shaanxi Prose Literature Association, a member of the Xi'an Writers Association, and an executive director of the Yanliang District Writers Association.
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