Su Shi's famous saying "Lu Ju" refers to loquat.
The famous sentence "Lu Ju means" contains profound cultural connotations. It emphasizes that people should cherish what they have and seize the happiness and wealth in front of them. Lu tangerine is a special variety selected through the long history. It represents China's long cultural tradition and agricultural civilization. The "delicious and hard-to-get" meaning of lu tangerine is regarded as a treasure in traditional Chinese culture.
The artistic style contained in Su Shi's famous line "Lu Ju refers to" is very unique. The poem is concise and clear, and the artistic conception is profound, giving people a deeper understanding and understanding of the value of "Lu Ju". In addition, in terms of poetic language, Su Shi used natural scenery as the background and borrowed a large number of symbolic and rhetorical techniques to reflect the charm of Chinese classical literature.
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Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.) is an evergreen tree plant of the genus Loquat in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rosaceae family. The branchlets are thick, with embroidered or gray-brown hairs, the leaves are oblanceolate, and the petioles have gray-brown hairs; the panicles are terminal, the calyx tube is shallow cup-shaped, and the fruit is spherical or oblong.
Loquat is one of the important fruit products in Chaozhou area. The flowering period is from October to December and the fruiting period is from May to June. Loquat was first recorded in the "Putian County Chronicle": "Loquat matures in early summer, yellow in color and sour in taste." It is named because its leaves are shaped like a pipa. Loquat is native to China's Sichuan and Hubei areas. It is now distributed in the south of the Yangtze River Basin and is mostly cultivated in low mountains, hills and plains.
Loquat is suitable for a warm and humid climate, requires higher temperatures during growth and development, is more tolerant of salt and alkali, and prefers medium-sized or acidic soil with good drainage and rich humus. Loquat propagation methods include seed propagation, cutting propagation and grafting propagation.
Loquat is rich in nutrients and can be eaten as a fruit. It has the effects of quenching thirst, moistening dryness, clearing the lungs, and relieving coughs. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Loquat leaves have a thin odor and a thick taste. They are yin in yang and can cure the lungs." "Stomach diseases", loquat leaves can also be used to treat stomach diseases.
Cultivation of loquats began in China as early as the Western Han Dynasty, and became very common in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi wrote a poem "Huaishan Mountain looks down on Chu Jiangyang, and loquats are full of trees in May." view. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, loquat has been regarded as a beautiful symbol of nobility, beauty, auspiciousness and prosperity.