The words and legends of Lingxiahua

Lingxiao flower is one of the famous garden flowers, also known as five-claw dragon, Shangshu dragon, rattan flower and so on. Lingxiao belongs to the climbing vine of Liriodendron family, whose flowers are funnel-shaped, bright red or golden yellow, and the branches continue to spread and grow when the flowers bloom, so the flowering period is longer, so let's take a look at the flowers and legends of Lingxiao flowers.

The floral words of Lingxiahua

The flower language of Lingxiahua is "admiration and reputation", implying the love of a loving mother. It is often put together with holly and primrose to form a bouquet and presented to her mother to express her love for her mother. In addition, Lingxiaohua is one of the famous flowers in Lianyungang City. It enjoys the reputation of "hometown of Lingxiao" for thousands of years in the south town of Phoenix.

The value of Lingxiahua

1, watch: Lingxiao flower is a vine, like climbing, is an excellent plant for greening in the courtyard, with thin bamboo support can be woven into a variety of patterns, very practical and beautiful, can also be renovated into overhanging bonsai or for decorating windowsill and drying platform and so on.

2. Medicinal use: Lingxiao flower has the effect of removing blood stasis, cooling blood and dispelling wind. It is used for amenorrhea, postpartum breast swelling, rubella redness, skin itching and acne.

The legend of Lingxiaohua

According to legend, a rich man surnamed Dong lives in a mountain village called Longdi in western Fujian. His family has a lovely and beautiful daughter, Ling Xiao, who can recite poetry and paint. Ling Xiao gradually reached the age of marriage, she quietly fell in love with the industrious and kind, tall and handsome long-time worker Liu Mingquan.

Ling Xiao secretly sewed new clothes for Liu Mingquan, and often gave him delicious food, and the two vowed to be together. The rich man and his wife are choosing a son-in-law everywhere, hoping that Ling Xiao and Liu Mingquan will marry each other. They finally know that Ling Xiao and Liu Mingquan are in love with each other. The rich man was furious and ordered Jia Ding to beat Liu Mingquan and throw him into the wilderness.

Liu Mingquan died in the middle of the night, and the next day, the kind villagers buried him by the river outside the village. After a few days, a big willow tree miraculously grew out of Liu Mingquan's graveyard. Its branches and leaves were luxuriant, and its slender wicker swayed in the wind, as if sobbing to express its sadness.

Ling Xiao, who was locked up by the rich man Dong for violating family rules, misses Liu Mingquan day and night, does not eat or drink, and looks haggard. One day, Ling Xiao learned the news that Liu Mingquan had passed away from the maid. She rushed out of the house and rushed to Liu Mingquan's grave like crazy. After paying homage three times, Lingxiao girl bumped to death on the willow, suddenly turned into a woody vine, climbed persistently around the trunk, and soon snuggled up with the willow, the vine covered with red flowers.

Later, it was found that the flower Lingxiao girl turned into could promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, detoxify and detumescence, and cure rheumatoid arthritis, injury caused by falls and other diseases. In memory of Miss Lingxiao, people named this traditional Chinese medicine "Lingxiao Flower" and has been in use ever since.