The legend of jasmine

The real name jasmine was introduced into China from southwest Asia as early as the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 1600 years. It is of high economic value and is mainly used to make scented tea (xun). However, scented tea has only been put into production for more than 100 years.

It is said that in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there lived a farmer surnamed Zhao in Huqiu, Suzhou. His wife and three sons lived in poverty. Zhao Lao Han went out to make a living, settled in the countryside of Guangdong, and came back every two or three years to see. The wife and son are farming at home. As the child grew older, he divided the land into three sections, each of which was dominated by planting tea trees. One year, when Zhao Laohan came home, he brought back a bunch of flower saplings and only said that they were fragrant flowers liked by southerners. Zhao Laohan planted on the edge of his eldest son's tea field whether he liked it or not. A year later, small white flowers blossomed on the tree, which, though fragrant, did not arouse much interest from the villagers. One day, the son of the Zhao family was surprised to find that the tea branch had the aroma of small white flowers. Immediately checked the whole tea field, all with fragrance. He quietly picked a basket of tea and went to Suzhou to try it out. Unexpectedly, the fragrant tea was so popular that it sold out in a moment. This year, the eldest son made a fortune selling fragrant tea, and the news finally spread. When the two younger brothers learned of this, they got even with their elder brother, thinking that his brother's fragrant tea was caused by the fragrant flowers planted by his father, and that the money his brother had for selling tea should be shared equally among the three. The brothers quarreled all the time, and the two brothers wanted to destroy the fragrant flowers by force.

There is an old hermit in the village, named Dai Kui, who is deeply respected by fat people. Zhao's three brothers all went to Dai's house and asked him to judge. Dai Kui said: "the three of you are brothers and should be close to each other. In the future, you are going to get married, have children, and be parents. You can't be torn apart just for a little immediate benefit." When my brother found the fragrant tea, he sold more money, which is a good thing, and the whole family should be happy. When the God of Wealth Bodhisattva enters your house, you fight instead. How can there be such a stupid thing? You know where the God of Wealth is, these fragrant flowers. Breed and develop these fragrant flowers, and every man will plant fragrant flowers in his tea field, and all his brothers will sell fragrant tea, and everyone will be rich. Now that your fragrant flowers are famous, what if the bad guys want to steal them? Brother shift nursing, it is necessary to unite as one. If you are all selfish and do not put everyone's interests first, how will things happen? In order for you to remember my words, I give your fragrant flowers a flower name, which is called Malihua, which means to deal with people and things, and put self-interest at the end. " The three brothers were moved by the words of Master Dai. After returning home, we will live in harmony and unite in production, and our lives will become richer year by year.

Later, Suzhou jasmine became a famous local product. How many years later, Suzhou jasmine tea is famous everywhere. The jasmine flower was written as a jasmine flower, which was changed by the literati for the sake of the beauty of the character, but the meaning of Maoli is still retained in the hearts of the masses.