From Li Bai's ancient poem "Little Youshan"

Original text:

The fragrance of orchids is far away in the wind, but the sweet rain of elegant osmanthus is close by. The grass and roots are fragrant. The withered vines lack flowers and leaves. If you want to find thousands of mountains and valleys, you want to know hundreds of solutions. The water flows deep down, and there are so many people missing from the sudden rise!

Orchid is called "Youlan" because it mostly grows in deep valleys and has a quiet fragrance.

A kind of Orchid. Orchid (Chunlan) generally has one scape and one birch, while Hui has many flowers, but the fragrance is slightly weaker.

This is not to emphasize the difference between orchid and hui. It is just a pairing and the same word cannot be used. In other words, orchid and hibiscus refer to the same thing.

It is probably a mistake to stay.

Although the fragrance of orchids is not strong, it travels very far with the wind. Even if the grass withers, it still leaves behind its fragrant roots.

Excellent in nature but not ostentatious.

Since ancient times, the Chinese people have loved orchids, raised orchids, chanted orchids, and painted orchids. The ancients once praised that "watching leaves is better than watching flowers." People also appreciate the orchid's perseverance and perseverance in the company of vegetation, not competing with other flowers,

not afraid of being bullied by frost and snow. Orchids have always been regarded as a symbol of nobility and elegance. Together with plum blossoms, bamboos and chrysanthemums, they are known as the "Four Gentlemen".

Orchid is also known as the fragrance of the king, the fragrance of the country, the guest, the charming world, the fragrance ancestor, and the maid. The ancients had a special liking for the Chinese orchid. The Chinese orchid was called "Hui" in ancient times. "Hui" refers to the center "Hui Xin" of the Chinese orchid. It is often named "Huizhi" together with the Angelica dahurica of the Apiaceae family.

Zhilan is called "the fragrance of the king", "the leader of all fragrances", "the best fragrance in the world", etc. Chinese orchid orchid is the representative of orchid and cymbidium. Chinese orchids: Chunlan, Jianlan, Hanlan and Molan are all called cymbidium.

According to records, as early as the late Spring and Autumn Period, King Gou Jian of Yue had planted orchids in the mountains of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, orchids have been used to decorate courtyards. In ancient times, people mainly collected wild orchids at first. As for artificial cultivation of orchids, they started in the palace. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, orchids were cultivated from the palace to the private gardens of the scholar-bureaucrats, and were used to decorate the gardens and beautify the environment, as described in Cao Zhi's poem "Autumn Orchids Cover Long Slopes".

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the cultivation of orchids developed to common gardens and flower farmers. For example, Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote poems such as "The fragrance of orchids is far away in the wind, and the fragrance of orchids flows through the roots."

Extended information

Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. Later generations hailed him as the "Immortal of Poetry", and together with Du Fu, he was called "Li Du".

In order to distinguish him from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, namely "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also collectively called "Li Du". Big Li Du". According to the "New Book of Tang", Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng (Liang Wuzhao King Li_) and the same clan as the kings of Li and Tang Dynasties. He is a cheerful and generous person who loves drinking, writing poetry, and making friends.

Li Bai was deeply influenced by Huang Lao Liezhuang's thoughts. There is "Collection of Li Taibai" handed down to the world. Most of his poems were written when he was drunk. His representative works include "Wang Lushan Waterfall", "The Road is Difficult" and "The Road to Shu is Difficult". "About to Enter the Wine", "Liang Fu Yin", "Early Departure from Baidi City" and many other songs.

The Song Dynasty people have biographies of Li Bai's poems and poems (such as the first volume of Wen Ying's "Xiangshan Wild Records"). In terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievements, "Li Bai's Ci" enjoys an extremely high status.

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