The latest tales and legends of longevity

The flower language of longevity flower is auspicious, longevity and auspicious celebration, which means blessing and auspiciousness. It is an ideal potted flower for relatives, friends and elders. In addition to the flower language of blessing, longevity flower also has a beautiful legend.

It is said that a long time ago, this mountain was a "fairyland" under the jurisdiction of the Jade Emperor. The flowers on the mountain are always green, the butterflies are fresh, and the longevity flowers bloom red and fragrant all the year round. At that time, the mountain was called "Wanxiang Mountain". On the top of the mountain, there was a "Dragon King Pool" with three colors of water: a layer of black water above, a layer of green water in the middle, and white water at the bottom. According to legend, on March 3 every year, when the Queen Mother finished the peach feast, the Jade Emperor led the immortals to "Wanxiang Mountain" to see the longevity flowers. In order to prevent the longevity flowers from being stolen, the Jade Emperor asked Weaver Girl to weave seven layers of brocade to cover the top of the mountain, and sent a black dragon to live in the pool to take care of the longevity flowers.

The Black Water Dragon King has three daughters. The eldest princess and the second princess are all married, and only the third princess is still a yellow girl. The third princess is as handsome as the longevity flower. She is very fond of playing, playing from the front palace to the harem all day long, and she is tired of playing in Blackwater Palace. One day she heard that the scenery on the pool was interesting, and that there was a kind of "longevity flower" that could not grow old if eaten. Because she is always thinking about going up there to play. However, the Jade Emperor was afraid that the creatures in the pool would make trouble on the pool, so he sent the old gentleman to sprinkle a layer of black water on it and put it in the law of heaven, and whoever violates it will be demoted.

In the Jade Palace, there is a Silver Dragon King, who is even in-laws with the Black Water Dragon King. His second prince is similar in age to the third princess and has the same temper. Once he went to the world privately and asked Lao Jun to meet him, saying that he had made a mistake and played a book. The Jade Emperor was furious and demoted the second prince to Blackpool for three years. The second prince got acquainted with the third princess when he went to Heishuitan. How much they wanted to see the longevity flowers on the water! One day, the second prince came up with a good idea and said to the princess that I had to get the Jade Emperor to promise to withdraw his decree.

The next morning, as soon as the Black Water Dragon King arrived at the Black Water Palace, he saw the shrimp soldiers and crabs staggering one by one, as if they had lost their souls. he saw the Black Water Dragon King kneeling together and said, "Dragon King, that's not good." At the sight of the soldier like this, the Black Water Dragon King was startled and hurriedly asked, "what's the matter with you?" The generals said, "because we have not seen the shadow of the day for many years, the road has receded, and if we do not see the sun again, our path will be gone." The crab woman also said, "Let's go to the pool."... " The Black Water Dragon King originally disagreed, but he pondered it carefully for fear that he would really wipe out the prawns, soldiers and crabs. Who would protect the longevity flowers? So the Jade Emperor said, "the deeds of generals and generals in the black pool have declined a lot, and it is difficult to keep the black pool and longevity flowers." The Jade Emperor asked, "Why has the road declined?" The Black Dragon King said, "the soldiers in the pool will be under the water all the year round, and they will not receive the sun essence and the moon flower, so the Taoist line has declined." Look at the grace of the Great Emperor and let them see the sunshine every day. " As soon as the Jade Emperor thought about it, it made sense and promised them to see an hour of sunshine on the surface of the pool every day.

The soldiers in the black pool will be overjoyed to hear this. Not to mention the third princess and the second prince, they went to the pool to enjoy themselves every day. One day, on their way back to the palace, they suddenly heard a cry beside the road. The three princesses asked, "what monster is screaming and changing here?" "Princess, don't be angry. I'm a sable on earth. My mother was sick and came to pick longevity flowers and was brought into the pool. Because I miss my mother, I cry every day. " As soon as the princess heard that it was a human animal, she said, "you must know a lot about human things. Tell me about it." The sable said, "the world is a hundred times better than Wanxiang Mountain. There is a sun in the day, a moon at night, the earth can't walk to the end, the sky can't see the edge, flowers, trees, grains, whatever you want. Men and women weave, handed down from generation to generation, not as desolate as in a black pool."

The second prince said to one side, "the world is much better than here. I would not have come back if I had not been met by the old gentleman." But mortals just don't live long. " The third princess asked, "what's going on?" "most of them died of illness," said the sable. " The third princess said to the second prince, "cousin, we have longevity flowers here. Its roots can cure all diseases, eliminate plague, prolong life and prolong life." It would be nice for us to bring it to earth on the day we come down to earth. " The sable jumped with delight: "that's easy. When you get out of the mouth of the three Rivers, you will come to the world." The third princess said, "you don't know that this Tankou has three gates, which are locked with three gold locks, and the keys are in the treasure chest. Only when my father does things in heaven, he can steal the keys, put on his water patrol clothes, and take the patrol sword to get out of the water!" On hearing this, the sable could not help thinking of her mind, and her eyes burst into tears and said, "Princess, if I cannot pick longevity flowers, my mother will not be able to recover from her illness, and all the brothers and sisters in the family will be finished." The second prince said, "third sister, how good it would be to be able to bring longevity flowers to the world and help mortals cure their diseases."

One day, when the third princess heard that the Black Water Dragon King had gone to the sky again, she hurriedly ran to the black water harem, and saw the black water lady and said, "Mom, that's not good. The sable bit a hole in the treasure chest. It would be bad if it broke the treasure coat!" Hearing this, Lady Blackwater hurriedly took out a small waist gourd from her pocket and hurriedly read: "open the gourd, spit out the key to the treasure box!" After reading it three times, I saw a golden light and a key flew out of the gourd. The empress hurriedly handed it to the third princess and said, "this is the key to the treasure chest. Go and have a look. Don't miss the job!" The princess said "yes", turned and ran out.

The third princess took the key to the treasure chest, opened it, took out the patrol coat and sword, found the second prince and the sable, and rushed out together. Some fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the pool also ran out of the Sanjiang Estuary, and from then on a lot of fish and shrimp grew in the three rivers. When the third princess and the second prince came to the world, they hurriedly took out the longevity flowers from their arms and spread them in the wind and in the blink of an eye, red longevity flowers bloomed everywhere. The sable said happily, "Princess, you have really done a good deed."

Extended reading: culture methods of longevity flowers, florescence of longevity flowers