Wang Wei, a famous poet in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, has a poem "Acacia" that has been handed down through the ages:
when those red berries come in springtime,
flushing on your southland branches?
take home an armful, for my sake,
as a symbol of our love!
in fact, this kind of lovesickness exists in people, but it is difficult to express. The beauty of this poem lies in holding red beans, sending acacia, symbolizing comparison, approaching the point, swaying the wind and lingering feelings. Therefore, it can arouse readers' emotion and has eternal artistic charm.
so, when did red beans begin to have the image of acacia? Why is it that red beans represent acacia and are called "acacia beans"?
According to legend, in ancient China, there was a man who went to war. His wife leaned against the big tree on the high mountain day and night to pray, and cried under the tree because she missed her lover. Tears dried up, and then flowed out into drops of bright red blood. These blood drops are difficult to dissolve, so they condense into red beans, which take root and sprout, grow into trees and are full of red beans, which people later call acacia beans. Day after day, spring went to Qiu Lai, and the fruit of the big tree, accompanied by the miss in the girl's heart, slowly became the most beautiful red heart-shaped seed in the world-acacia beans.
In fact, the real red beans are heart-shaped with a shallow heart-shaped grain along the inner edge of the shape, which is called "heart-to-heart"; Its texture is hard, bright as blood, red and shiny, shaped like a beating heart, symbolizing "pure love"; Seeds are crystal clear, never fade, and will not rot, rot, break or break for a long time, which is called "everlasting and faithful". It grows on a high cliff, absorbs the aura of heaven and earth, and is the heart of heaven and earth. In China, only a few areas such as Yunnan and Hainan have such pure red beans. The acacia beans in other areas south of the Yangtze River, perhaps due to the climate, not only have smaller particles, but also carry Darkmouth. This kind of acacia bean with Darkmouth is commonly known as "lover's tears".