It is also called Yangchun Hua, because it blooms in March.
Liu Yuxi once said in a poem: "Du Xuan has thousands of peaches in Qian Qian, all of which were planted after Liu Lang left." Later, Du Xuan flower was used as another name for peach blossom. Liu Lang, formerly known as Liu Yuxi, was later used to refer to peach blossoms.
Li He has a poem: "The situation is that youth will dusk and peach blossoms will fall in red rain." Red rain, originally used to describe colorful fallen peach blossoms, was later used as another name for peach blossoms. Tao Qian's Record says: "During the Jin, Thai and Yuan Dynasties, Wu Lingren made a living by fishing, and went downstream, forgetting the distance. Suddenly, he met the peach blossom forest, sandwiched between hundreds of steps, and there were no miscellaneous trees in it. The grass is delicious and the English is very colorful. " Later, Wuling flower is another name for peach blossom, also known as Wuling color.
Peach blossom, the blooming flower of peach tree, belongs to Rosaceae. The leaves are elliptic and lanceolate, and the drupe is nearly spherical, which is mainly divided into two categories: peach and peach. Peach blossom originated in north-central China, and is widely planted in temperate countries and regions in the world. Its propagation is mainly by grafting.
Peach blossom can be made into peach blossom pills, peach blossom tea and other foods. With high ornamental value, it is a common material for literary creation. In addition, the elements in peach blossom have medicinal value of dredging meridians and moistening skin. Its gorgeous language and representative meaning are: prisoners of love. From March to June every year, different Peach Blossom Festival activities are held in different places with peach blossoms as the medium.
Shared species
First, the small white peach: white flowers, oval petals, few calyx flowers, brown branches with green spots.
Second, the big white peach: big white flowers, round petals, green branches densely covered with fine hair.
3. Five-color peach: also known as sprinkling peach, the flowers are mostly white or slightly red, one or several flowers are pink, and one flower or petal is half white and half pink. Rectangular petals, red-brown branches.
Four, thousand petals pink: the flowers are pink, mostly three-wheeled petals, and the filaments are pink. Some flowers are reddish, filaments are red and flowers are red.
Five, hearts: pink flowers, nearly double, reddish brown branches.
6. Crimson peach: crimson flowers, purple-brown calyx tube, deeply wrinkled and hairy. These flowers are green and brown.
Seven, green peach: petals pale green, inverted oval, green with reddish brown spots, flowering late, mostly in mid-April.
Eight, drooping peaches: the branches are drooping, the flowers are double, the color is deep red, sprinkled with gold, reddish and pure white.
In addition, there are birthday peaches and purple leaf peaches. The former has large white flowers, late flowering, short tree shape and large leaves. The latter is mainly characterized by purple leaves. There are also white peaches, pink peaches, pinxia peaches, Wubao peaches, Zhao Shouhong, green calyx drooping, two-color peaches, chrysanthemum peaches and scarlet peaches.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia: peach blossom