Osmanthus fragrans has a long history of cultivation in China. Osmanthus fragrans was first mentioned in the literature of the old Warring States Period (475 BC to 2265438 BC+0 BC).
Osmanthus fragrans
Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing, known as "the swaying mountain is full moon red". Qu Yuan (340 ~ 278 BC)' s Nine Songs of the Chu Dynasty' also includes: "Help Beidou to drink cinnamon pulp, and the Xinyi car is a laurel flag". From the Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Osmanthus fragrans has become a valuable flower and exquisite tribute. In the early Han dynasty, it was introduced into the palace clamp garden and was successful. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, osmanthus planting has become popular. In the Tang Dynasty, it was very common for literati to plant osmanthus, and chanting osmanthus became a common practice. There is a famous sentence in the poem Lingyin Temple in the Song Dynasty, "Osmanthus fragrans is in the middle of the moon, and the fragrant clouds float outside", so later generations also call it "Tianxiang". After Tang and Song Dynasties, Osmanthus fragrans was widely used for garden cultivation and appreciation. In the poem Osmanthus fragrans written by Ni Zan in the Yuan Dynasty, there is a phrase that "the leaves of osmanthus fragrans are dusk, and the light and shadow in autumn are dim", which shows the situation of planting Osmanthus fragrans in front of the window. Folk cultivation of osmanthus fragrans began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the early Ming Dynasty. Five osmanthus producing areas in the history of China were all formed here.
Osmanthus fragrans from China was introduced to Britain through Guangzhou and India in 177 1, and has developed rapidly in Britain since then. Now it is cultivated in many countries in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, especially in Mediterranean countries.
Peach blossom "Qian Jin Fang" contains: "Three peach blossoms, drink on an empty stomach, slim waist". The famous doctor Aberdeen recorded: "Peach tastes bitter and has a flat nature, which can control moisture, facilitate urination and relieve three pests". The ancients in China realized the beauty value of peach blossoms long ago. The earliest existing pharmaceutical monograph "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" says that peach blossom has the effect of "making people feel good".
China has a long history of ancient beauty, among which there are five ancient beauty theories, represented by Chu beauty, Jin beauty, Liang Meiwei, Tang Mei and Song Mei.
Chu Mei: At Zhanghua Temple in Shashi, Hubei Province. It is said that it was planted by King Chu Ling. It has been more than 2,500 years, and it is the oldest ancient beauty.
Jin Mei: In Jiangxin Temple in Huangmei, Hubei. It is said that it was planted by Zhidun, a famous monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it has been 1600 years. In late winter and early spring, plum blossoms twice, which is called "Ermei" (another saying is that it is named Ermei because the whole flowering period lasts in winter and spring). The log has withered, and now it is a new branch developed in recent years.
Liang Meiwei: The Capitol Hill in Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang Province. According to legend, it was planted by Master Guan Ding, a disciple of the founder of Tiantai Temple in Buddhism, with a history of 1300 years.
Tang Mei: There are two kinds of ancient beautiful trees called "Tang Mei". One was planted in the courtyard of Tang Ming, Chaoshan, Zhejiang, which is said to have been planted during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. A piece of Heishui Temple in Kunming, Yunnan, is said to have been planted by Daoan monks in the first year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 7 13).
Song Mei: Baochi Temple in Chaoshan, Zhejiang. Generally speaking, plum blossom has five petals, but this Song Mei plant has six petals, which is unusual.
Plum is a unique traditional flower and fruit in China with a history of more than 3,000 years. According to the records in the above-mentioned ancient books, plums were used to replace cheese as seasoning in ancient times, and they were indispensable things for sacrifice, cooking, gifts and so on. At least 2,500 years ago, wild plums were introduced and domesticated, making them domestic plums-fruit plums. 1975, Chinese archaeologists discovered the plum pit in the bronze tripod of Shang Dynasty in Yin Ruins, indicating that plums were eaten as food as early as 3200 years ago. The rise of ornamental plum blossoms began in the early Han Dynasty. "Miscellanies of Xijing" contains: "In the early Han Dynasty, a forest garden was built, and different trees were offered far away, including Zhu Mei, and plum blossoms were married." At this time, the plum blossom varieties with strong ornamental and ornamental properties may belong to Jiang Mei and Guanfen, and a layer of blush is sprinkled on one side of the plum blossom. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Yang Xiong wrote "Shu Du Fu" and said: "Cherry blossoms, plum blossoms and magnolia trees are all used." It can be seen that plum has been used as a garden tree species for urban greening about 2000 years ago.
About 100 million years later, the lotus, primitive humans began to appear. In order to survive, human beings collect wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, and soon find that the wild fruits and root nodes of this "lotus" (namely lotus seeds and lotus roots) are not only edible, but also sweet and delicious.
Professor Ren Xu, a paleobotanist, discovered lotus leaf fossils in Qaidam Basin 40 years ago, at least 654.38 million years ago. 1973, the pollen fossil of lotus was found in the cultural relics unearthed from Hemudu cultural site 7000 years ago in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. In the same year, two carbonized lotus seeds were found in Yangshao cultural site in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province more than 5,000 years ago. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century), the ancients ate about 40 kinds of vegetables, and lotus root was one of them. There is a phrase "Iowa in the gills" in the Classic of Language, which means that lotus flowers grow everywhere in the swamp waters of the motherland.