The word "Mo Mei" is often mentioned in China's ancient books. For example, Guo Tuo's "Tree Planting Book" in Tang Dynasty said: "Plum blossoms are grafted on neem trees, and they become ink plums." About this experiment, the author has been unsuccessful for three years, and this method may be a hypothesis of the ancients. In the Song Dynasty, plum paintings were more popular. At this time, Hua Guang, a master of painting plum blossoms, appeared. He is good at using ink to make plums, and some people think that he is the originator of ink painting. In the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Mian was a continuation of Huaguang, and he was also good at painting Mo Mei. He wrote a very famous poem about Mo Mei, which said: "I am the first tree in Xiyan Lake, with flowers blooming and falling with light ink marks. Don't boast of lewdness, just leave a breath and do it all. " Later, many ancient books mentioned "Mo Mei", which actually refers to Mo Mei paintings, but some people think that it refers to Mo Mei, that is, a plum variety with a color like ink.
Wuhan East Lake Meiyuan is the location of China Plum Research Center, which is famous for its plum varieties, but there is no "Momei" variety with the same color as ink. There are no varieties of plums in other scenic spots in China, such as Meihua Mountain in Nanjing, Meitan in Lingfeng in Hangzhou, Du Fu Caotang in Chengdu and Meiyuan in Wuxi.