The latest stories and legends of Camellia

Camellia, also known as Camellia, is a camellia plant of the family Theaceae. it blooms from October to May of the following year. It is usually in full bloom from January to March. It is a traditional ornamental flower in China. It ranks eighth among the "top ten famous flowers" and is also one of the most precious flowers in the world. Let's take a look at the flowers and legends of camellia.

When do camellias blossom

Due to different varieties, camellia blossoms continuously from the end of September to the beginning of May, showing vitality in late autumn, cold winter and early spring. Camellia has two shoots a year, the first is spring shoots, which begins from March to April, the summer shoots start from July to September, and the flowering period of camellia is long, most varieties are 1-2 months, the single flowering period is 715 days, and the flowering period is 2-3 months.

What is the flower language of camellia?

1. Camellia: lovely, humble, prudent, virtue, ideal love, great charm.

2. White camellias: pure and innocent, lovely, perfect charm, true feelings, ideal love, elegance.

3. Camellia: natural beauty, the virtue of modesty, modesty, noble reason.

4. Pink and white camellias: waste and fashion.

5. Pink camellia: overcome difficulties.

Stories and legends of Camellia

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen sent Wu Sangui to guard Shanhaiguan. Later, the peasant uprising army led by Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing army and acted as a vanguard, introducing the Qing army into cities and towns to oppress the peasant insurgents. After the Qing army entered the customs, Wu Sangui ranked first under the towel and was named King of Pingxi, defending Yunnan. Since then, Wu Sangui has been domineering in Yunnan, oppressing the people everywhere. He built palaces in Wuhua Mountain, built A Xiang Garden, and asked people all over Yunnan to offer strange flowers and plants.

At that time, there happened to be a camellia in Puji Temple in Luliang County. Its flower showed nine stamens and eighteen petals, and its fragrance was overflowing. It was a treasure in the world. When the magistrate of Luliang County saw the decree, he sent someone to Puji Temple to force the residents around the temple to dig camellias. The villagers were not convinced, so no one began to dig the tree. One night, a respectable old man in the village saw a beautiful girl coming towards him with a blooming camellia in her hand. The girl said to the old man, "the villagers love to find and cultivate me, so my flowers are only open to the villagers. Wu Sangui will never see me." But you can't keep me. If you insist on disobedience, it will only make the common people endure hardships. You might as well let the county magistrate send me. I have my own way to deal with them, and I can come back victoriously. " The old man reached out and shook the girl's hand, but he woke up and found that it was a dream.

The next day the old man told the villagers about the dream, and everyone thought it was a camellia fairy in a dream, so they decided to dig up the camellias according to the wishes of the fairy. The county magistrate was overjoyed and personally sent the camellia to the A Xiang Garden of Wu Sangui. Who knows, as soon as he put the camellia down, he heard the sound of "wow". All the leaves of the tea tree fell off. Wu Sangui was furious and blamed the county magistrate for not being well protected all the way. At this time, one of Wu Sangui's courtiers advised him: "the king is angry, and the flowers and plants are exposed to the sun all the way. This often happens, and they can still live as long as they are planted again." Wu Sangui then dispelled his anger.

Who knows that in spring, camellias grow leaves, but do not blossom. An angry Wu Sangui picked up a whip and whipped the camellias, leaving a scar on the trunk. In the spring of the following year, Wu Sangui took everyone to Ah Xiang Garden to enjoy the flowers, and only saw the camellia blooming a few thin flowers. Wu Sangui said angrily: "what is this world-famous flower!" With that, he whipped again, leaving a second scar on the tree trunk. When the third spring came again, Wu Sangui came to Ah Xiang Garden again and found that there were no flowers in the garden, and on the camellia there was a crow squatting at him. Wu Sangui was so angry that he whipped away at the camellia tree, and this time there was blood oozing from the second wound. Wu Sangui ordered that the gardener be arrested immediately. In order to save the gardener, the camellia fairy endured the pain and came to Wu Sangui's dream to sing:

Sangui, Sangui, don't get drunk.

Don't blame the king of flowers, blame you for being stupid.

I am a native girl, not looking for wealth.

I just want to go back to my hometown and spend my poor years.

Wu Sangui raised his sword and cut it at the camellia fairy. As a result, with a click, the sword fell on the Kowloon chair and cut off a bloody bibcock. The camellia fairy sneered and sang:

The soul is humble and the reputation is stinky.

The seller asks for honor, foxes and dogs!

The palace was built in vain, and the throne was stained with blood.

If there is anger in heaven and resentment in people, it will bring misfortune.

Hearing this, Wu Sangui was scared out of a cold sweat. When he woke up, he found a dream interpreter and asked about the good or bad luck of the dream. The counselor said, "the ancients said," good fortune is the place of misfortune, and misfortune is the place of good fortune. " Camellia is a cheap species, entering the palace is a curse, leaving the palace is a blessing, it is better to be demoted back to its place of origin, and it is a blessing to get rid of disaster. " Wu Sangui thought it was reasonable, so he sent the camellias back to Luliang County.

The camellias returned to their hometown, and the people in the village were so happy that they all came out to meet them. Everyone painfully touched the whip marks of the tree trunk, joyful and sad, and shed tears of excitement. That night, the villagers all had the same dream. The camellia fairy said to everyone: "to fight the enemy, be patient and resilient. Although I am scarred, I finally come back. I am the winner." Since then, the people of Yunnan have called camellias the flowers of victory, and camellias bloom represents the joy of people's victory in battle.