Pine, bamboo and plum are immortal after winter, which is intended to affirm their indomitable integrity; Peach, plum and apricot all bloom in spring, which is intended to affirm their infinite vitality. Put them together for Spring Festival couplets. The moral of this story is to encourage people to endure severe tests and finally usher in a prosperous spring and a bright future.
Pine trees are evergreen all the year round, bamboo does not wither in winter, and plum blossoms bloom in cold areas, so it is called "three friends in cold years" Plum, bamboo and pine are beautiful, bamboo is thin and long-lived, and turquoise is ugly and elegant, which means three beneficial friends. It's freezing, and flowers and trees are dying. Only the three "friends" of Song are thriving and full of vitality.
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Origin of pine, bamboo and plum:
In the second year of Bei Yuanfeng (1079), Su Dongpo, a great writer, was rejected by his ministers and exiled to Huangzhou (now Huanggang County, Hubei Province). When he first arrived in Huangzhou, Su Dongpo was far away from his relatives and friends and felt very depressed. He had to send love poems to solve his worries. Later, his family and friends came to visit him, and his mood gradually improved. However, poverty in life is still a big problem.
In order to solve the economic difficulties, Su Dongpo reclaimed a wasteland and planted crops such as rice, wheat, mulberry and jujube. Soon, he built a small house by the field and named it "Tang Xue". There were snowflakes on four murals in the house. Su Dongpo planted pine, cypress, plum, bamboo and other flowers and trees in the yard. The whole apartment was elegantly dressed, which was very suitable for Su Dongpo's mood at that time.
On one occasion, Xu Junyou, the magistrate of Huangzhou, made a special trip to Tang Xue to visit him. Seeing that his residence was deserted and desolate, he jokingly asked him to sit and lie down. All he can see is snow. Is it too lonely and cold? Su Dongpo pointed to the swaying flowers and trees outside the window and smiled brightly: "Wind and spring are two kinds of music, and pine and bamboo are three kinds of beneficial friends." In other words, the sound of the breeze and the gurgling spring are two beautiful music.
The evergreen pine and cypress, the bamboo that survived the cold winter and the plum blossom that proudly bloomed in the snow are the best friends who accompany the cold winter. When Xu Junyou saw that Su Dongpo could still encourage himself with "pine, bamboo and plum blossoms" in adversity, he still maintained Shuang Ling's noble sentiment, which was very emotional. From then on, he admired him even more.
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