What does the apricot flower symbolize and what is its meaning and connotation?
In China, apricots have always symbolized happiness. Because apricots are homophonic to "lucky", which means "lucky". In ancient times, apricot flowers were valued highly, and apricots are homophonic to "lucky". Together they are used to praise a man's high-mindedness and high moral standards, and a woman's chastity and tranquility, which is in line with the Kun Dao. The Book of Changes It says that "the Qian Dao becomes a man, and the Kun Dao becomes a girl." The combination of Yin and Yang will lead to prosperity, but it also implies the meaning of being lucky (apricot) to become plum (matchmaker).
As the messenger of spring, apricot blossoms are the earliest to bloom. In fact, apricot blossoms are also the messengers of wine. In March, the wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful, and the peach blossoms are red and the plums are white, sultry. Du Mu's "Qingming" wrote: "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and passers-by are about to die. May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance." There are different opinions on where Xinghua Village is. One said it was in Fenyang, Shanxi, and the other said it was in Fenyang, Shanxi. It is said that in Jinling Fenghuang Terrace, there is an apricot forest within a ten-mile radius of Xinghua Village in Guichi, Anhui Province. In the spring of March, "the spring breeze blows on the apricot blossom branches, and the ten-mile smoke village is all red", which is one of the top ten famous sceneries in Guichi.
The beauty of "going out". While "peach blossoms chase water" is widely criticized, people are admiring the beauty of "red apricots coming out of the wall". Wu Rong of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Apricot Blossom": "When I take a photo alone by the water, the most affectionate place is on top of the wall." Xinghua is full of inner excitement towards the shy "coming out". Lu You of the Song Dynasty wrote "Composition on Immediately": "The willows will not cover the spring scenery, and a branch of red apricot will emerge from the wall." "Out of the wall" Hongxing, independent and charming. Yuan Haowen of the Yuan Dynasty also had a sentence "A branch of apricot blossoms spread across the wall, and half of the palace pretends to be Xiaoqing" ("Xinghua Miscellaneous Poems"). But what has been recited by thousands of people is Ye Shaoweng's "It's Not Worth It to Visit the Garden" from the Song Dynasty: "You should pity the clogs with green moss on their teeth, and the small buckle firewood door cannot be opened for a long time. The spring scenery is so full that the garden cannot be closed, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall." The reason is. The reason is that the poet set up a special scene of looking for spring, which is subtle and subtle, making people feel the strong vitality of the apricot blossoms in full bloom when spring comes. The poem contains a meaning of breaking through depression and standing out. The artistic conception is profound and the charm is profound.
Why do poets like to praise the red apricots that "come out of the wall"? Apricot blossom is the seasonal flower in February, so February is also called the Apricot Moon. The apricot blossoms in February evoke people’s desire for spring. As the messenger of spring, "a branch of red apricot" transcends the walls of white walls and black tiles or the fences of climbing vines, and is the first to reveal the news of spring, indicating that all good and upward things have strong vitality. , it cannot be "closed".
The apricot blossom is a symbol of farming. "January is the first month, February is the apricot moon, March is the peach month, April is the locust moon, May is the durian moon, and June is the lotus moon." China, which has a developed agricultural civilization, calls the second month of the lunar calendar the "apricot moon" because When the apricot blossoms bloom in February, people know that the new year has passed and it is time to pick up farm tools and cultivate the fields.
The apricot blossom is a symbol of education in China. It is known as the "apricot altar" in the education circle because apricot trees were planted all over the place where Confucius lectured. Therefore, all places where Confucius lectured later were called apricot altar.
Apricot is also synonymous with beauty. In my country, apricot face and peach cheeks are often used to describe the beauty of women. In traditional physiognomy, phoenix eyes, almond eyes, and peach blossom eyes are considered to be the three most distinctive eyes. Unlike peach blossom eyes and phoenix eyes, which give people a charming look, almond eyes often give people the feeling of bright eyes, good vision, gentleness and spirit. Therefore, since ancient times, there have been sayings about onion fingers, lotus root arms, pink noodles, almond eyes, and willow leaf eyebrows.
Xinglin is also a symbol of medicine. We often use "Xinglin" to refer to doctors. The reason is related to a legend from the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, there was a famous doctor named Dong Feng, who lived in seclusion in Lushan, Jiangxi Province. He never charged money for treating diseases, and only asked those who were cured by him to plant a few apricot trees in front of his house as a memorial. A few years later, the apricot trees grew into forests and the apricots matured. Dong Feng exchanged the apricots for rice to help the poor people. People were very grateful to him and called the lush apricot forest "Dongxian Apricot Forest". So later, "apricot forest" became synonymous with traditional Chinese medicine, and apricot flowers were praised as the "flower of traditional Chinese medicine".
The flower language of apricot blossom: shyness, doubt, and girlish admiration.