Flowers and legends of azaleas

The cuckoo is praised as "the beauty of the flowers". The great poet Bai Juyi once praised: "looking back, the peaches and plums are colorless, showing that hibiscus is not a flower." Whenever spring comes, azaleas bloom all over the mountains and look like forests dyed with rouge from afar, so rhododendrons are commonly known as "Yingshan red". Let's take a look at the flowers and legends of azaleas.

The flower language of azaleas

The flower language of azaleas is "always belong to you", which represents the joy of love. It is said that people who like azaleas are pure and innocent. When they see a mountain of rhododendrons in full bloom, it is when the god of love comes.

The flower language of the cuckoo also has "abstinence desire", the biggest reason is that it only blooms in its own flowering season, even though the cuckoo always gives people a lively and noisy feeling. Instead of blooming, dark green leaves are also suitable for planting as low walls or barriers in the garden.

The Legend of Azalea

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a small village in Huangheshan, on the southern outskirts of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. There was a beautiful river in front of Zhuang that led to the Yangtze River. The people in the village lived by farming and hunting.

There lived two families near the river, and to the east lived a young man named Liu Hu. He was sturdy and tall. He went hunting in the mountains and went down to the river to touch fish. Birds and animals could not escape him. Moreover, Liu Hu also carries a special thing with him, which is a Paixiao. As soon as he blows, he will attract many colorful and beautiful birds hovering over his head. Liu Hu also became good friends with these birds. If he is free, he will catch some bugs and feed them. The birds will also bring some strange flowers and plants to Liu Hu. These exotic flowers and plants are valuable herbs, which Liu Hu often gives to the poor in the village for medical treatment.

Besides, on the west side of the river lived a family named Wang. There was only one mother and one daughter, and the mother and daughter depended on each other. The mother is blind and her life is inconvenient. She relies entirely on her daughter Azalea spinning, weaving and selling cloth to support her family. The cuckoo is smart, smart and beautiful, and the most important thing is dexterity. The woven cloth is both good-looking and durable, and the cuckoo is kind-hearted and often helps families who are poorer than themselves. The cuckoo can also sing, with a round and moving voice, just like a lark. What is even more surprising is that as long as the azaleas sing, the patches of rhododendrons under the Yellow Crane Mountain will blossom, full and beautiful.

Liu Hu and the cuckoo share the same water and live on the bank of the river. they have no guesses and are in love with each other. They often blow and sing, attracting birds to fly and azaleas to bloom.

The cuckoo can not only sing, but also weave cloth, and she is so beautiful that people in the surrounding villages know her and praise her. In this way, it spread ten, ten and a hundred, spread and spread, and finally spread to the palace. The emperor was a foolish king who indulged in drinking all day. Never ask about the imperial government, only care about the annual selection of imperial concubines. As soon as the emperor heard that the cuckoo was a great beauty, he could not wait to issue a decree and named the cuckoo to be selected into the palace.

This can be busy with the county master, since the emperor issued the decree, he began to figure out: how to take this opportunity to please the emperor, to pave the way for his official career promotion. As a result, the county uncle took a large group of government officers straight to Huangheshan. As soon as I got to Huangheshan, I found the fragrance of flowers everywhere. It turned out that Liu Hu and the cuckoo were singing together. The master of the county turned his eyes and thought, "it's amazing that this great beauty really has such a great ability. Just give her up." Hey hey, the county master is secretly happy. So the county man came forward and said, "Congratulations!" Congratulations! Cuckoo in the girl, the emperor chose you to be the imperial concubine, in the future …... " Before the county master had finished speaking, the cuckoo turned and went into the house. As soon as the master of the county saw that it was too soft to be soft, he was going to be hard. The uncle of the county ordered several government officers to break open the door, and Liu Hu jumped down from the place where he blew to protect the azaleas. At this time, several government officers rushed up. They grasped the hands and feet, and hugged Liu Hu tightly. Liu Hu could only worry. The door was knocked open, and the poor cuckoo was weak and weak. How could a man beat those wolf-like government servants and was caught three times or two times? She shouted all the way, "Liu Hu, help me!" Help me!. " Liu Hu was so anxious that he had to watch the azaleas taken away helplessly.

Since the cuckoo was taken away, Liu Hu was worried every day and every night. The mother cuckoo cried every day and cried every night, and her eyes became even more blind. Liu Hu thought to himself, "even if I go through fire and water, I will get the cuckoo back, so he helped the cuckoo mother pick up a tank of water, cut a bundle of firewood, bought a jar of rice, settled the cuckoo mother, and was ready to go." Early the next morning, Liu Hu carried a small burden and set off with his beloved Pai Xiao. He climbed 9981 mountains, crossed 9981 rivers, bypassed 9981 bays, and finally reached the Imperial City.

Besides, after the cuckoo was caught in the palace, as soon as he saw her, the emperor was so overjoyed that he said to the pigeon, "I hear you can sing a beautiful song. Sing me one!" The cuckoo does not speak. Then he asked, "I heard that you can weave beautiful cloth. Please knit one for me." The cuckoo still doesn't open its mouth. No matter what the emperor said, the cuckoo ignored it. The emperor was shameless, messing around, and moving his hands and feet. The cuckoo hated the emperor's old son. He sent someone into his home, and he separated himself from Liu Hu. When she thought of this, she picked up the bench and threw it at the emperor's head. The emperor didn't get any cheap. on the contrary, he was smashed in the head and ran away. From then on, the azaleas did not eat or drink, and gradually became so thin that they became haggard and haggard. At this time, the emperor did not even look at her, let alone her life or death. The cuckoo just lay on the bed waiting to die.

Liu Hu came to the palace, but he didn't know where the cuckoo was, let alone that he was dying of illness. He was anxious to get in, but he walked around the palace and saw that there was Wei soil and high walls everywhere, and there was no chance for him to go in and look for the azaleas. In his anxiety, he suddenly touched Pai Xiao with his right hand, and now he had an idea. He quickly tied a kite and tied Pai Xiao to the back of the kite, and then he flew the kite into the sky. As the kite flew in the sky, Pai Xiao was blown by the air, so he put the string longer and longer, and the Feng Zheng flew over the palace, and the sound of Pai Xiao reached the azaleas. The cuckoo was lying drowsy on the bed. As soon as she heard the familiar sound of bleak, she slowly opened her eyes and looked up into the sky through the window. She finally saw Pai Xiao and knew that Liu Huan had come to find her, so she struggled to sit up and sang the song of his hometown, which was familiar to Liu Hu. The song revolved around the garden, around the big tree, around the palace wall, and then to Liu Hu. After hearing this sad and moving song, Liu Hu was happy and sad. He was glad to know that he had come to her. Sadly, he and the cuckoo were separated by many palace walls. Liu que thought more and more sad, thought more and more sad, he could not save the cuckoo from the bitter sea, although he finally found the cuckoo after thousands of mountains and rivers, he could only watch her suffer helplessly, and Liu Hu's heart was as sad as a knife hinge.

As a result, Liu Hu leaned against the palace wall and cried. He just looked at the sky without food or drink, gradually lost his support, and later became a colorful little black. The bird flapped its wings and flew over the high palace wall, all the way to the cuckoo, twittering to the cuckoo. The cuckoo reached out to touch the bird and said, "Wuer, bird, if only you could take me out!" With that, he vomited blood, and the spit blood turned into beautiful azaleas, and the body of the azaleas slowly turned into an azaleas. The bird took the azaleas and flew out of the palace all the way to the foot of the Yellow Crane Mountain. The azaleas were planted in front of the azaleas' house. Since then, there has been a beautiful azaleas, but the most beautiful one is the one made of azaleas. This flower has five petals and a green bead in its heart, called "Wubao Green Pearl". It is a precious variety of rhododendrons.

After many years, a temple was built here, called Helin Temple. In the temple, there was a very beautiful flower platform called the rhododendron platform. There were many kinds of azaleas planted on the rhododendron platform. The "five precious green beads" were also transplanted to this rhododendron platform, and the flowers bloomed more beautifully among the flowers. Every morning and dusk, there is always a flock of colorful birds flying over the flower bed, one of which always likes to revolve around the "five precious green beads", and the call of this black is very sad, just like Pai Xiao blowing. It is said that that is what Liu Hu has become.