1. "Occasionally Presenting to Ancestor Zheng" by Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty "The silent pavilion has a thin make-up and a skirt with twin phoenixes and tulips. The talented scholar in Xijing looks at it from the side, how does it look like the beautiful girl of the Qiao family?" Translation: Girl Wearing a beautiful colorful dress, a phoenix hairpin in her hair, neatly applied light makeup, and a fragrant fragrance, she stood tall and thoughtful, silent. The talented man from Chang'an looked at him from the side and wondered why he looked so much like the graceful girl from the Qiao family.
2. "A Guest's Journey" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
"Lanling's wine is filled with tulips, and the jade bowl contains amber light. But it makes the host drunk, and the guest does not know where he is in a foreign country." Translation: Lanling wine is as sweet as tulips. Xinglai filled the jade bowl, glowing with amber light and crystal clear and charming. If the host serves such good wine, he will definitely make the guests from a foreign country drunk. In the end, how can we tell where is our hometown?
3. "Ancient Meanings Presented to Supplement Que Qiao Zhizhi" Shen Quanqi of the Tang Dynasty
"The young woman of the Lu family has tulips, and petrels perch on the tortoiseshell beams. The cold rootstocks in September urge the wood leaves, and the ten-year march will Reminiscent of Liaoyang. The music of the White Wolf in Hebei is broken, and the southern autumn night in Danfeng City is long. Who is so sad that the bright moon shines yellow?"
Translation: The young housewife of the Lu family lives in In the gorgeous house with tulip-soaked and mud-coated walls, petrels flew in and perched in pairs on the gorgeous roof beams. In September, after the cold wind passed, the leaves fell one after another amidst the eager pounding of clothes. My husband had been on an expedition to Liaoyang for more than ten years, which made me miss him.
Tulip related introduction:
Tulips are native to the Mediterranean coast, Central Asia, Turkey and other places. Due to the Mediterranean climate, tulips have the characteristics of adapting to wet and cold winters and dry and hot summers. They have the characteristics of dormancy in summer, rooting and sprouting of new buds in autumn and winter but not unearthed. After the low temperature in winter, tulips begin to stretch and grow to form stems and leaves around early February of the next year. 3 ~Characteristics of flowering in April. The suitable temperature for growth and flowering is 15-20℃.
Tulips are long-day flowers that like to be sunny and sheltered from the wind. They have warm and humid winters and cool and dry summers. It can grow normally above 8℃ and can generally withstand low temperatures of -14℃. It has strong cold tolerance. If there is thick snow cover in severe cold areas, the bulbs can survive the winter in the open field. However, they are afraid of the heat. If summer comes early and midsummer is very hot, it will be difficult for the bulbs to survive the summer after dormancy.