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Why is hibiscus the city flower of Chengdu?
Chengdu is also known as "Rongcheng". As the name implies, hibiscus flowers should be the favorite of Chengdu people. Whenever hibiscus flowers are in full bloom, pink hibiscus flowers are as big as jade bowls. From a distance, the city is beautiful, and Shili Long Street is hidden in layers of colorful flowers. And how did this beautiful name come from?

Meng Changjun, the Emperor of Shu after the Five Dynasties, had a concubine named "Mrs. Huarui". She is not only charming, but also likes flowers. One year, she went to the flower market. Among the flowers, she saw clusters of hibiscus flowers rolling in like colorful clouds in the sky, and she especially liked them. Meng Changjun ordered people to plant hibiscus trees in the city gardens to please his beloved princess. When the flowers bloom next year, Chengdu will be "forty miles like a splendid place", and Chengdu will be called "Furong City" from now on. Later, after the demise of Shu, Mrs. Hua Rui was swept into the harem by the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Mrs. Hua Rui often misses Meng Chang and secretly treasures his portrait to express her feelings of missing him. When Zhao Kuangyin found out, he forced her to hand over the portrait. However, Mrs. Huarui refused, and Zhao Kuangyin killed her in a rage. Later generations respected Mrs. Hua Rui's loyalty to love and regarded her as the "hibiscus flower god", so the hibiscus flower was also called the "love flower".

In addition, there is a legend of "tortoise painting hibiscus". It is said that when Chengdu was first built, the foundation was unstable and collapsed repeatedly. Later, a tortoise led the way to build a city, and the route guided by the tortoise was like a hibiscus flower, from which Rongcheng was born.

Some people say it is "hibiscus protecting the city", that is, Meng Changjun, the owner of Shu State after the Five Dynasties, ordered people to plant hibiscus in Chengdu Tucheng to protect the city walls. In September, hibiscus blooms. From a distance, it looks like brocade embroidery, and the city is full of brightness, so it is called "Furong City".

In the Qing Dynasty, Chengdu was also called "a city with 40 miles of flowers and dozens of hibiscus", and "a city with 10 miles of green trees, half hibiscus and half mulberry". During the Cultural Revolution, the hibiscus trees in the city were basically cut down. Now, the hibiscus flowers in the streets are smiling again.

Hibiscus began to sprout and turn green in early spring, and it was not until late autumn that it was proudly in full bloom in the first frost. It is the fortitude of hibiscus that earned her the nickname "Frost-resistant Flower". Su Dongpo has a poem saying: "Wan Lin sweeps the pornography, only Furong is alone; It's called anti-frost, but it seems to be the most suitable cream. " In the middle and late period of 10 every year, hibiscus flowers are in full bloom, like clouds falling from the sky, red and white, blooming in the wind.

Muhibiscus also has a very attractive name "Drunk Lotus". Drunk hibiscus has three drunkenness, which is called "three drunken hibiscus". Within a day of flowering, the color can change into three colors: white or pink at the beginning of the morning, dark red at noon and purple at night. ? "Three drunken hibiscus" is different from other flowers. Its own color will not show up at the beginning of flowering. She hides her beauty deeply, and then shows it step by step, so that every kind of beauty can be left intact today.

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