"A hundred flowers are blooming, but pomegranate flowers are burning." In May, all the spring flowers in southern Xinjiang fell, and the pomegranate that didn't compete with flowers quietly bloomed-from the pomegranate ecological park in Bashiyujimai Village, Qira Township, Qira County, to the pomegranate planting base in Qugur Village, Kashgar City, and then to the "hometown of pomegranate" in Maxiang, Piales, Pishan County. Leaves are like cut pomegranate trees, some red pomegranate flowers are in bud, and some are full of flowers.
Xinjiang is the earliest place to grow pomegranate in the history of China. However, pomegranate is not a local variety, but an exotic one. Wodan, Danruo, Jinbiao, Jinpeng, Tulin and Tianjiang are just nicknames of these beautiful pomegranates to show people's love for them.
Pomegranate fruit has many round seeds, which is called "pomegranate opens 100 grains" by the people, symbolizing the full house of children and grandchildren. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, people in many places "send pomegranates to convey friendship" as a symbol of auspicious festivals.
Pomegranate, grape and fig are called the three famous fruits on the Silk Road. According to historical records, pomegranate was introduced into the Central Plains from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. Zhang Hua, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, recorded in the Natural History: "When Qian went to the West, he got pomegranate seeds from Anshi State in Tulin, hence the name An Pomegranate." The history of pomegranate from the western regions is also mentioned in ancient poems. For example, in the poem "Ting Liu" written by Yang Sheng 'an in the Ming Dynasty, he said, "There are many exotic species that have moved to the western regions, and flowers are hidden outside the threshold. Not for late autumn, but for summer. " The pomegranate in the Ting Liu is pomegranate.
It is said that the first poem describing pomegranate in the history of China was written by the famous genius Cao Zhi. The poem is written like this: "pomegranate is planted in the vestibule, and the green leaves shake pale green." Danhua is burning, brilliant and brilliant. Show off frost and dew, why spring and summer? It is a good thing to be late. I wish you peace. " The information revealed in this poem let later generations know that pomegranate bloomed in the Central Plains at the end of the Han Dynasty and became a domestic plant of the nobility. During the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an had the grand occasion of "Liu Hua covering all the suburbs".
Pomegranate, as an "exotic product" from the western regions, has been integrated into the culture of the Central Plains. It is a seasonal flower in May and a natural poem in midsummer. Poems such as "Pomegranate blossoms in May, flowers grow early among branches", "Bamboo leaves honor wine, pomegranate blossoms in May" and "Pomegranate blossoms are enchanting and roasted in May" all point out that the flowering period of pomegranate blossoms coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival, so the ancients have the custom of enjoying pomegranate flowers in the Dragon Boat Festival, and Fan Chengda has a poem "Pomegranate flowers greet the Dragon Boat Festival in three days".
Pomegranate blossoms in Yecheng. Photo by Yang Biao
Liu Huahua is in bloom, and summer is already deep.
Liu Hua bloomed in the midsummer of Tang poetry and Song poetry, like a beautiful poem, light and slow, and full of fire. For example, Du Mu, a great poet, once compared Liu Hua's brilliant red with "fire": "Liu Hua is like a volcano, reflecting a hill, which can be frivolous and calm in the midst of complexity." "On a beautiful Hosta, I only doubt that it will burn Cui Yun." Song Dynasty poet Okra also praised: "Ying Ying pomegranate flowers are red and ink-free." There are also some poems describing the brilliance of the streamer lamp: "Liu Huahong is like a fire", "Liu Hua sees the fire and burns again", "The fire burns again when the Ming people go in the long night."
The most famous sentence about Liu Hua is Han Yu's poem "Liu Hua shines brilliantly in May", which tells the burning color of pomegranate flowers. In this way, the touch of warm red on the branches of pomegranate trees has passed through thousands of years of Tang style songs and rains, long and short fences in the fields, and lived in the artistic conception of classical poetry for thousands of years, allowing future generations to see the green leaves like smoke and the flowers overflowing.
Who in the room doesn't like flattery? Pomegranate flowers are often used to compare beauty in ancient poems, and their red skirts are often dyed with pomegranate skins, which are extremely positive in color and are called pomegranate red or China red. Therefore, people also call this red skirt "pomegranate skirt". Zhang Xianyou said that "pomegranate flowers reflect pomegranate skirts"; Huang Tingjian also said in his poem: "The mountain in the window is an eyebrow, and the pomegranate flower on the table is a dance skirt." Bones are like fire, people and flowers set each other off, and bright pomegranate skirts have fascinated one beautiful summer after another for thousands of years.
In southern Xinjiang, the local people call pomegranate "Anar", and many girls are named "Anar Guli" (pomegranate flower) and "Anar Khan", which has the beauty of music and color. They are dressed in Adelaide silk skirts, mostly pomegranate branches, which are real "pomegranate skirts".
"A little green and a little red, spring scenery doesn't have to move." If we say that the early summer in southern Xinjiang began to burn from the fiery pomegranate flowers on the green branches, it would be like a paper that couldn't hold the fire and burst with a "poof", which was beautiful. It blooms and bears fruit at the same time, until July, which awakens people from the laziness in early summer and throws them into the endless enthusiasm in midsummer. Then, most of the early autumn in southern Xinjiang comes from a freshly squeezed pomegranate juice in Bazaar, southern Xinjiang. When its sweet and sour taste soaked the lips and teeth, the tip of the tongue, and then looked up, Anar Guli, a girl in red, still had the color of pomegranate flowers in her smiling eyes. ...
Recently, I saw in a video that the red pomegranate garden in Pialesma Township, Pishan County, Hotan area is simply an ocean of pomegranate. A leafy pomegranate tree is full of fiery pomegranate flowers. Pomegranate flowers indicate that farmers will have a good harvest this year. Farmers here grow pomegranate at home, relying on pomegranate industry, enjoying pomegranate flowers in spring, pomegranate juice in summer, pomegranate fruit in autumn and pomegranate juice in winter, making pomegranate industry a sweet cause for farmers.
Since pomegranate came to China across the Gobi Mountains and Seas, it has left a unique mark and become a beautiful fruit in China culture, similar to peaches, plums, oranges, dates and persimmons, full of auspicious meanings and beautiful expectations.
Beauty is nothing more than pomegranate skirts and bright pomegranate flowers; People love pomegranate, love its fullness and richness, and it is auspicious. Its sweetness is the taste of happiness now.