In the Jin Dynasty's Nanzhi, it was recorded: "When Guangxi comes out of Hepu, it will be born on the top of the mountain, evergreen in winter and summer, with its own forest and no miscellaneous trees." Nanjing is the ancient capital of China. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Qi Dynasty (AD 483-493), Xiangzhou, Hunan sent osmanthus trees to plant in Fanglin Garden. According to "Southern Fireworks", (583-589 AD) a "Gui Gong" was built in the courtyard for the beloved princess Zhang Lihua, and a osmanthus was planted under the tree, which made Zhang Fei domesticate a white rabbit, called the Moon Palace. It is conceivable that the legend that the moon and Chang 'e, osmanthus tree and jade rabbit were regarded as the moon palace was quite popular at that time, indicating that osmanthus tree was used for garden cultivation in China as early as 2000 years ago. At present, there is also a Chinese osmanthus in the holy water in the southeast of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. According to legend, it was planted by Xiao He of Emperor Gaozu Liu. Its trunk diameter is 232 cm, its crown area is more than 400 square meters, and its branches and leaves are lush and magnificent. In the Tang Dynasty, it was very common for literati to introduce osmanthus, and singing osmanthus became a common practice. Liu Zongyuan moved more than ten osmanthus plants from Hengyang, Hunan Province to plant Lingling. Bai Juyi is the secretariat of Hangzhou and Suzhou. He brought cinnamon from Tianzhu Temple in Hangzhou to Suzhou for planting. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Deyu collected a large number of flowers and trees in recent twenty years, among which the red laurel in Tunxi, the laurel in Zhongshan, the laurel in Qushan, the purple laurel in Yongjia and the Zhen Hong laurel in Zhongshan were all introduced to his villa on the outskirts of Luoyang. At this time, it is more common to plant osmanthus in the garden temple.
China is the hometown of osmanthus fragrans, and there are many couplets related to osmanthus fragrans in Lianyuan. If you can taste the couplets related to osmanthus in autumn, you will be more interested in appreciating osmanthus. Li Qingzhao, an outstanding female writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote many couplets in her life. One of them wrote: "The reflection of flowers is changing, and the laurel fragrance is in Zhang Jiucheng." "Liu Sanbian" in the first couplet is a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, as opposed to Zhang Jiucheng and Song Gaozong in the second couplet. At the same time, the "flower-exposed reflection" in the first couplet is Liu Sanbian's character, which matches the characters of "Gui Xiang" and Zhang Jiucheng in the second couplet.
After Tang and Song Dynasties, Osmanthus fragrans was widely used for cultivation and appreciation in gardens. There is a famous sentence in the poem Lingyin Temple in the Song Dynasty, "Osmanthus fragrans is in the middle of the moon, and the fragrant clouds float outside", so later generations also call it "Tianxiang". In the poem Gui Fu, Li Bai wrote, "Ghost in Nanshan, An Zhi, with green leaves and fragrant roots hanging down. Yin Qing can also entrust, why not plant Yuan Jun? " It shows that the poet should be planted in the laurel garden, which can be watched and encouraged from time to time. This demand leads to the growing popularity of osmanthus in gardens. For example, in the Song Dynasty, Mei wrote "Lin Xuangui": "There are no evil trees in the mountains, but there are green laurels". In Ouyang Xiu's Xie Shuanggui Shuzi, "Fu, Yao Lanqu" implies that osmanthus fragrans have been transplanted to the peony railing in the poet's courtyard. In Song Dynasty's Song of Osmanthus fragrans by Mao Kun, "Jade steps show graceful autumn osmanthus shadows" means planting osmanthus fragrans in front of the jade steps. In Ni Zan's poem Osmanthus fragrans in Yuan Dynasty, "Osmanthus fragrans is Ye Wan in color, and the autumn light is pale" points out that Osmanthus fragrans is planted in front of the window. Jie Jin, a gifted scholar in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a couplet: "Pu Yetao leaves grapes and herbs are woody; Plum blossom, osmanthus rose, spring fragrance and autumn fragrance. " The words "Pu" and "Peach" in the first couplet are just homophonic with "Grape"; "Mei", "Gui" and "Rose" in the second couplet are homophonic. At the same time, "Pu Ye Tao Ye Grape Leaf" is classified as "herbaceous woody". "Plum blossom, sweet-scented osmanthus and rose" is embodied in "spring fragrance and autumn fragrance", which shows that couplets are ingenious, novel and interesting.
Guihu Park in Xindu, Sichuan is famous for planting osmanthus along the lake, and it is a famous scenic spot for enjoying osmanthus. Guo Moruo praised the title: "Gui Rui Fenfang is beautiful; The lake adds color and changes the world. " This couplet touches the scene, and there is love in the scene, and love comes from the scene. At the same time, the word "Gui Hu" in Guihu Park is embedded at the top of the upper and lower couplets, which is unique and unique.
Shui Sheng Temple in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, is famous for the osmanthus trees planted by the temple in the Han Dynasty. Although this ancient osmanthus tree has experienced more than two thousand years of vicissitudes, it is still flourishing and fragrant. There is a couplet in the temple that reads: "The osmanthus trees are fragrant, with beautiful shade and antique; Lingquan is beautiful, clear and tacky. " This couplet is picturesque and beautiful enough to remind people of the ancient laurel of Shui Sheng Temple.
Among many famous flowers, osmanthus fragrans is a long-lived plant. According to the survey data of 15 provinces and cities in China, there are more than 2,200 species of ancient osmanthus plants over 100, and about 0.5% of them are over 1000. These ancient osmanthus plants are precious heritages left by our ancestors, which provide us with very valuable materials for excavating osmanthus culture, conducting scientific and technological research and developing tourism resources.
Someone has done a special study on the flowering habits of osmanthus fragrans. The flowering of osmanthus fragrans is mainly annual branches, and the amount of flowers is closely related to the branching ability, the number of axillary buds and the weight of flowers.