Rouge flower can be said to be a kind of flower with strong local flavor. It is full of vitality, and a seed can sprout a plant, which is open to the public.
Broken walls, it is full of vitality, festive and lively, completely ignoring the surrounding rubble. Rose red flowers, towering, fresh and tender, have an indomitable attitude. It also has a very fragrant name-rouge!
Yes, it is rouge. It is as beautiful as its name. Because I ran through the corner at the gate of the community in the morning, I saw a bunch of rose-red closed flowers among the rubble downstairs. At that time, the morning light had just appeared, and I was bending down to look carefully. Take out your mobile phone immediately and take a picture of this wonderful moment.
For me, I am an old acquaintance. I didn't expect to meet unexpectedly in a corner of the city where I settled many years later. An old woman passing by thought that I didn't know this flower, so she casually told me that it was a rouge flower and wouldn't bloom in the morning. I nodded and smiled, and now my heart is rippling.
With it, it is not a first acquaintance, but a reunion. Memories are instantly replayed to childhood, and I vaguely remember that there is such a cluster of rouge at the door of almost every household in the rural area of childhood. It grows in the fence, in the doorway and in the ruins. I don't remember whether it was planted on purpose or brought with the wind. It seems that it was born there. I didn't delve into it. Anyway, fresh and tender roses look good.
Especially in the evening when the rouge flowers are in full bloom, when the faint smoke rises gracefully over the countryside, clusters of rouge flowers will appear eager and full of excitement in the neat courtyard behind the old museum.
Childhood in the country is always happy and unforgettable. It is eight or nine years old. I was playing with some good friends and caught a glimpse of colorful rouge flowers. Its roots are like slender radish heads, and its stems are like hollow bamboo, one section after another. Shady places grow very high, and the leaves are green like the shape of a human heart; Under the green leaves, the rouge flowers spread obliquely and vertically, like a long horn dyed with purple carmine. With a faint fragrance, people are dumbfounded.
That flower is really beautiful. It adds a little fragrance and fun to the barren life. Being a girl, you have your own way of playing without a teacher. The happiest thing is to dye your nails with it. We picked a lot of big and red rouge flowers, carefully mashed them in a bowl, mixed them with alum and painted them on each other's nails. After a night, you must have left a beautiful red on your nails. I can't help but admire that girls are born with the ability to love beauty. Even in the barren wilderness, they can teach themselves to be beautiful.
Grandma never blames us when she meets us and tells us to pick flowers slowly. Don't pick it, play if you like, and go to the United States if you like. Sometimes grandma will carefully help us re-wrap the covered "nail sleeve". We wear such "fingernail covers", and our fingers are heavy, much like little carrots that have just been washed out of the water. It's hard, but everyone is willing to put up with it. Bear with it, and beautiful red nails will come out.
Grandma said there was a legend about rouge flowers. The noble "rouge flower" is named purple jasmine because it looks like jasmine and is mostly purple. Mirabilis jalapa changed from a noble palace flower to an ordinary wild flower because of a poem by Qianlong! According to legend, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had a distinctive taste. He doesn't like women in the palace and dresses up with lead powder. This can be anxious for the concubines and maids in the harem! Later, I don't know which princess found mirabilis jalapa. After painting, I found that Emperor Chongzhen was not disgusted! So it seems that the harem beauties have finally found a savior, and they have used mirabilis jalapa powder instead of lead powder to dress up. In this way, Mirabilis jalapa has become the "rouge flower" of Ming and Qing dynasties for a long time!
The turning point of fate, until the early years of the Qing Dynasty, mirabilis jalapa was still a noble "powder" that people loved. There is also a story in A Dream of Red Mansions in which Baoyu tells Pinger to rub purple jasmine powder. Unfortunately, the fate of Mirabilis jalapa was completely changed because of the preference of an emperor. Emperor Qianlong loves flowers! When he knows that there is such a flower as Mirabilis jalapa, he must go and see it. I don't want the emperor to be greatly dissatisfied after enjoying himself! It turns out that this gentleman didn't smell the fragrance of mirabilis jalapa! How can it be called "jasmine" without fragrance?
So the old man was addicted to poetry and wrote a poem with derogatory meaning. In addition, Gan Long really wronged Mirabilis jalapa. Mirabilis jalapa has a faint fragrance, but not as strong as jasmine. Maybe it was just that Qianlong had a little cold that day, and he didn't smell it, so he said he was "odorless"! Anyway, Jasmine jalapa is in trouble! The maid does not wipe; Literati don't write poems, big families don't plant ... is mirabilis jalapa silent?
Rouge "flies into the homes of ordinary people". Rich people don't like it, and there are folk people! After losing power and influence, the seeds of Mirabilis jalapa were scattered among the people. On the contrary, it spread more widely. The broad masses of the people also like this flower very much, giving it many names of grounding gas. For example, it likes to bloom at night, which is when people make a fire and cook. Hence the name: "Dinner Flower"! For another example, its fruit really looks like a small Grenade. Hence the name: "Thunder Flower"!
Grandma is also called "the dead wife flower". It usually sets at sunset and opens at night. At that time, the house was deserted and there were no clocks, but it was time to cook dinner when the flowers bloomed at night. The late wife Hua is a diligent and housekeeping kannika nimtragol. Grandma carefully wrapped our nails and said, "people can't be rich and expensive forever, just like flowers, but don't sell yourself short." As long as you are hardworking, hardworking and willing to suffer, you can still be loved. " At that time, we seemed to understand these words, but we nodded again and again and replied softly, "I remember, I understand."
It was such a summer night, when we were sitting at the door frame of our home to enjoy the cool, the wind seemed to blow and the heat of the day gradually disappeared. The stars in the sky are densely arranged in this dark blue night sky like diamonds. Crickets in the grass also dare to sing. When girls are together, it is inevitable that their nails will be redder and brighter than others. We shook our fingers gently, looked at the trembling fingers and smiled foolishly. We also smiled in our hearts.
Years later, I met it in some books and online, just surprised. It smells like jasmine, hence the name "Purple Jasmine". It turns out. Its origin is unusual. It is a very common ornamental plant, its seeds can be used as cosmetics and its roots can be used as medicine. Like a hidden fairy.
Rouge flower is also called "official pink flower" and "pink bean flower". Its seeds are slightly larger than soybeans, and the black seed coat is covered with dense white powder, which has whitening effect and can also remove acne. This is a natural cosmetic.
The seeds of carmine flowers were used to make flour in ancient times, which is very common. There is one in the Hosta flower stick mentioned in A Dream of Red Mansions.
Rouge is still a medicinal material, which comes from Chinese Materia Medica and comes from Emei Yaozhi. When its leaves are flourishing, it is picked, washed and used fresh. Mirabilis jalapa leaves are sweet, light and slightly cold. Its effect is to clear away heat and toxic materials; Expelling wind and dampness; Activating blood.
Its root is pungent and enters the liver meridian. "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned that it has the function of relieving pain and expelling wind, and is used for epilepsy and headache. In addition, the root of carmine flower can also play an analgesic role in rheumatic joint pain, joint pain, muscle pain and other uncomfortable symptoms.
There is a cloud in the Book of Songs: "A corner of the setting sun is covered with brocade, and red, yellow, purple and white meet. (Qing? Eugene's Xiao Geng Ci? Bodhisattva Man). In the evening, Mirabilis jalapa blooms quietly, completely ignoring the surrounding rubble. Just add a touch of bright color to this hot summer day.
"Good name stolen to the end of the beautiful. Ye Yirao Meijuan. Make it fruity and then grind it into fine powder. " Mirabilis jalapa is not gorgeous among many flowers, let alone noble. It "opens early and gathers late, and its fragrance is not as good as jasmine, so it is not important to the world" (Qing? Chen Haozi's "Flower Mirror"). Purple flowers dominate in summer nights and early mornings. At night, it blooms with the moon and is beautiful with the stars. As the name implies-rouge.
Years later, every time I see rouge, I will think of these. Rouge, flowers bloom and fall, is a natural thing. Especially in the front and back of rural houses. This common and fragrant flower, which is wild in the countryside and among the people, can bloom in barren places, and generate shows the enthusiasm and joy of life. It turns out that rouge is the most beautiful and touching village girl in our hearts! It makes people feel kind.
Rouge has experienced a cold and warm life from nobility to other places, from unattainable to approachable. In the end, it did not disappear, but still bloomed in the vast world with a full attitude. How about liking me? So what if you hate me? The fragrant grass is luxuriant, with rural flavor, delicate taste and long journey. "I'll open my flowers, whatever you say!"