General Zhu loves Lan Zhu de and Orchid

In the "Women's Basketball No. 5" film shot in Shanghai in the 1950s by the famous director Xie Jin, according to the plot, the male and female protagonists put two pots of orchids in their study. One of these two pots of orchids is called "Song Mei" and the other is called "Western God". It is a famous species of Chunlan and is provided by the Zhangjia Garden in Shanghai. The owner of the Zhang family garden is Mr. Xu Pusun, the owner of Tongfeng Yongjin Shop and Hengfu Silver Building in Shanghai. Mr. Xu loves orchids, and the Zhang family garden has his orchid garden. He specially invited the rich management of Lizhu Lannong in Shaoxing. At that time, Shaoxing became rich, Wuxi Shen Yuanru and Yuyao Wang Shuping were praised as the three major orchid generals in the south of the Yangtze River. Comrade Zhu de is a fan of orchids. He was born in Yilong, Sichuan and there are many orchids in central Sichuan. After the Nanchang uprising, when Boss Zhu moved to northern Guangdong and Hunan to the Jinggang Mountains, he led his team to fight in the deep mountains and forests to keep company with orchids. In the 1960s, he was able to tell that there were orchids in the mountains of northern Guangdong and Hunan. In the fifties and sixties, he planted orchids in his residence in Chengdu. He gave "Jinggang Orchid" to Longhua Garden in Shanghai and "Wuyi Orchid" to Donghu Garden in Wuhan. He also gave his famous orchid "Green Cloud Pearl" and "Silver side Dagong" to the orchid garden in Chengdu, the orchid garden in Guangzhou, the flower bed in Hangzhou and the garden in Suzhou Humble Administration Garden. And write four big words "Tongyuanqingfang" on the horizontal plaque of the flower bed in Hangzhou. When boss Zhu knew that the two pots of spring orchids in the film "Women's Basketball No. 5" were the famous "Song Mei" and "Western God" of Jiangsu and Zhejiang orchids, he was deeply infatuated by the unique charm of Jiangsu and Zhejiang orchids. He went to Zhang's flower bed several times to appreciate the orchids. When he knew that Zhu Zengfu came from Shaoxing, the hometown of Chunlan in China, and was an expert in orchid cultivation, he indicated his identity and hoped that Zhu Zengfu could move south to the north and move Jiangsu and Zhejiang orchids to the capital. Boss Zhu asked Zhu Shengfu to collect varieties and asked Zhu's son-in-law Ye Zhiqing as an assistant to go to Beijing. Zhu Zengfu was also in his twenties at that time, and he could not adapt to life in Beijing, but when he saw that Boss Zhu loved orchids so much, he gladly agreed. After arriving in Beijing, Zhu Shengfu chose Zhongshan Park as the orchid nursery. In addition to personally arranging the orchid house and the orchid rack to the Beijing garden department, Mr. Zhu also personally wrote the "Orchid Room" plaque for the orchid house. From then on, Jiangsu and Zhejiang orchids had a home in Beijing. The climate of Beijing is dry, and the temperature changes greatly in winter and summer. Jiangsu and Zhejiang orchids can be busy ruining their fathers-in-law and son-in-law if they want to adapt to the climate. They spray orchids during the day and heat them up by burning coal at night. From winter to spring, under the care of Boss Zhu, these orchids not only had no necrosis, but also grew buds. In the spring of 1959, the first orchid exhibition in Beijing history was held in Zhongshan Park. Hundreds of pots of spring orchids in the south of the Yangtze River shook jade overflowing jade to welcome visitors from all directions. Boss Zhu also moved his own Sichuan orchids to the orchid exhibition to have fun with the people. At the opening ceremony, comrades Zhu de, Soong Qingling, Chen Yi, Kang Keqing and other comrades came, foreign friends also came, and Beijing citizens came. Since then, Jiangsu and Zhejiang orchids have settled in Beijing, breaking the forbidden area where southern flowers cannot bloom in the north. In this way, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and the founding father of the people's Republic of China also forged a profound friendship with an ordinary flower farmer in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. On holidays, Mr. Zhu and Sister Kang always come to the Orchid Garden to have a chat and ask about the cold and warmth. Zhu Zengfu also went to Zhongnanhai many times to say hello to General Zhu. Boss Zhu was very concerned about the canceration of Zhu Shengfu's left lung in 1962. He personally asked the Beijing Bureau of Gardens to arrange surgery for Zhu Shengfu, and then came to the hospital to see him after the operation. In 1965, his right lung also began to get sick. Zhu proposed to go home to recuperate, and President Zhu personally arranged for him to go home. Thirty years later, Comrade Zhu de and Zhu Shengfu have become old friends. In May 1990, Ye Meijuan, secretary of boss Zhu Kang Keqing, came to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province to participate in the Children's Film week. Kang asked Ye Meijuan to go to Shaoxing to inquire about the current situation of the rich offspring. At the Shaoxing Hotel, Zhu Shuiting, the second son of Zhu Zengfu, was invited to meet with Big Sister Ye. When he heard that the children and grandchildren of the families were still raising orchids and their families had become rich, he said happily, "I will report your good news to Mr. Kang when I go back." From then on, all the brothers and sisters had the desire to visit Kang Lao in Beijing and send her a pot of orchids. But before the trip, there was news of Kang's death. Failed to see dear old Kang, let her smell the fragrance of orchids in Zhejiang again, has become the biggest shock for future generations.

In the 1950s, Zhu de brought aid to North Korea and other orchids in Zhongnanhai.