When we talk and write articles, we always like to talk about winter jasmine. We say that plum blossoms are jasmine flowers, that azaleas are jasmine flowers, and that they are early cherry blossoms and peach blossoms. But which one is the real jasmine flower? Maybe some people don't know yet.
In fact, the real winter jasmine is a small light yellow flower. It blooms earliest and sometimes comes with the snow. After it blooms, spring comes with a hundred flowers blooming. Therefore, this flower, together with plum blossoms, daffodils and camellias, is also known as the "Four Friends in the Snow".
To elaborate, the winter jasmine has several names, such as golden belt, yellow jasmine, golden plum, small yellow flower, etc. In short, the names are all related to yellow. The land is vast and abundant, and each place has its own customs. I don’t know what you call them.
Because the winter jasmine is not afraid of severe cold, frost and snow, it is the herald of spring. And because of its unique yellow color, which is different from ordinary red flowers, the ancients also liked it very much. There are many poems about spring flowers. Here we will appreciate a few quatrains from the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The golden green calyx brings spring cold, and there are several yellow flowers.
Mr. Xun said to tourists, don’t look at them like flowers.
This is Bai Juyi's poem "Playing with jasmine flowers and giving them to Yang Langzhong". The first sentence talks about the shape of spring flowers. The cold wind is blowing in the wilderness and there is almost no life. The unique winter jasmine is not afraid of the cold. Its golden petals and emerald green branches and leaves dare to fight against the frost and snow.
Flowers like to put on heavy makeup. There are not many yellow flowers, and even fewer dare to bloom in this cold weather. Only the winter jasmine is unique. Please pay attention to the difference. Although the jasmine flower is also yellow, it is a kohlrabi and blooms in late spring. Here Bai Juyi despises the jingjing flower, and actually uses the winter jasmine to refer to Yang Langzhong and himself.
Fortunately, the trees are planted close to Songyun, so they don’t bloom as soon as the peaches and plums bloom.
How dare you go to the apricot garden? Let’s take a look when there are no flowers.
Pine trees and bamboo are the three friends of winter. They have always been praised for not being afraid of the cold, and winter jasmine is lucky to be able to stand with them. Avoid the peach and plum trees and don’t follow their drift.
Liu Yuxi was not depressed after the failure of the Yongzhen Reform Movement, as evidenced by his two inscriptions on the peach blossoms. When Bai Juyi recruited Liu Yuxi for the jasmine flowers, he was actually praising Liu Yuxi for being as strong and unyielding as the jasmine flowers.
As soon as I see the flowers blooming in the high-rise building, I feel spring coming from all directions.
The warm sun and clear clouds know the order, and the east wind does not need to be urged.
This poem "Spring Outing" was written by Linghu Chu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The weather is cold in winter. When you stand on the balcony and look around, you suddenly see some spring flowers blooming under the window. Do you feel a sudden surprise? Ah, spring is finally here again.
This spiritual effect was so great that the poet suddenly felt as if spring was right in front of him, and he seemed to have a kind of spring warmth in his body. It's the sun, clouds, and clouds that know how to grasp the rhythm and don't need the east wind to push them. Spring has come to the world early. This winter jasmine is here to report the news for them.
Light and bright Orioles feathers, slender and knotted with dodder.
It is early spring and should be criticized for being late.
This is "Spring Flowers" by Yan Shu, a poet from the Song Dynasty. The poem says that the winter jasmine flowers are of suitable shades of color, not as bright as peaches and plums, but just like the feathers of an oriole, and the soft branches are also covered with dodder. Some people think that Cuscuta is a parasitic plant, but actually it is a parasitic plant, and Cuscuta is a type of lichen.
Praise the diligence of the winter jasmine in three or four sentences. It blooms alone in the cold weather in early spring, making it ridiculous that the flowers are still sleeping. When they wake up, do they feel that they are moving too slowly and feel a little ashamed?
The covering lantern has long, slender green strips, which are covered with snow and turn into bright yellow in the cold.
Welcoming spring is not self-sufficient, and hundreds of flowers are full of fragrance.
This is "Spring Flowers" by Han Qi, a poet from the Song Dynasty. He said that the winter jasmine sprouted and bloomed in the cold and snowy days. Its long and delicate branches seemed to be exhausted and could only crawl on the railings and fences.
It is so diligent that it attracts spring. It is neither exclusive nor satisfied. It knows that one flower blooming alone is not spring, and it has to gather together with the flowers that will come later to dress up a colorful spring.
There are too many poems about spring flowers by the ancients. Friends who are interested can appreciate them by themselves. In fact, jasmine plants are not tall and are cold and drought tolerant, making them the most suitable for home potted plants. If there is a pot of winter jasmine on the balcony, the yellow flowers are fragrant in spring, green in summer and autumn, and the branches are whirling in winter, the home will be full of spring in all seasons.