Orchids, known as the flowers of gentlemen, rank fourth among the top ten famous flowers in China.
The top ten famous flowers in China are plum blossom, peony king, chrysanthemum in full bloom with frost, rose queen with flowers in full bloom, azalea in full bloom, lotus in water, charming camellia among flowers, osmanthus fragrans in ten miles and narcissus in Ling Boxian.
When it's warm and cold, there are orchid exhibitions all over the country, which can feast your eyes.
Confucius said, "Lan Zhi was born in a deep forest, and he was not ignorant because there was no one."
Orchids have been regarded as a symbol of nobility and elegance since ancient times, and they are also called "four gentlemen" with plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Numerous literati cultivated orchids, painted orchids and chanted orchids, leaving a large number of well-known poems.
Confucius also said, "Don't be ugly because there is no one, and don't be cowardly because of cold;" If the spirit remains unchanged for a long time, if the heart remains unchanged for a long time, "it is called loyal and pure love, and if it is blue, it remains unchanged."
The earliest record of planting orchids in China began in the Spring and Autumn Period. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, planted orchids in Zhushan, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and planted Orchid Mountain, hence the name Zhulanshan.
"Shaoxing County Records" records: "The mountain has grass, long leaves, white flowers, and the flowers are fragrant and famous orchids, which were planted by Gou Jian."
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhi used orchids to express his feelings in Gong Yan's Poem:
Qiu Lan was occupied by Nagsaka, and Zhu Hua occupied Green Pool.
Divers leap out of the clear waves, and good birds sing.
God meets Dan hub, and the optical network moves with the wind.
Let's go with the wind and let go of our ambitions.
Tao Yuanming, a great hermit in Jin Dynasty, loved not only chrysanthemums but also orchids, and wrote the poem Drinking Seventeen:
Orchids grow in the front hall, breathing and waiting for the breeze.
The breeze is blowing against the wind, and the weeds are fragrant.
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, had a special liking for orchids, and wrote the poem "Lanfang" handed down from ancient times:
In spring, Zi Yuan is open, and Melanie Field in Shu Jing is open.
The pavilion is light in color, concise and fluttering.
The sun shines on the uneven shadow, and the wind is heavy and fragrant.
Meeting needs a gentleman's discount, Perry Xiang.
Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, praised the fragrance of orchids in his poem Xiaoqingshan.
The orchid fragrance is far away, and the osmanthus fragrance is near.
Huicao has fragrant roots, while withered vines lack Chinese leaves.
He who wants to find a thousand valleys knows everything.
The water is so deep that people suddenly lack truth.
Du Muze praised orchids as more fragrant than gentlemen, and wrote in the poem "Waiting on Imperial Grass with Hu Ling":
Ordinary poems are as smart as spring, and I like the quiet pavilions and new grass.
This smells better than a gentleman. What kind of person is he today?
Yang Wanli, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, also wrote the poem "Yonglan":
Jianbi waterfront leaves, reddish and fragrant.
The fragrance is secret, and the wind is willing to be secret?
Zhu, a philosopher in the Southern Song Dynasty, also praised orchids and wrote a poem "Lan Jian":
Planting four or five stems in Qiu Lan is too close to the bottom of the curtain.
It may not be a breeze, but it will be fragrant until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
The writing and chanting of orchids by literati in past dynasties is endless.
Zhang Jin Lan Pu (AD 1233) written by Zhao Shigeng in the Southern Song Dynasty is not only the earliest orchid monograph in China, but also the first one in the world.
The southern song dynasty painter Zhao's "Moran map" is considered as the earliest extant famous orchid painting, and inscribed the poem "On Moran":
In Hunan in June, the heat is steaming and the fragrance is spraying ice.
Once moved to western Zhejiang, only one-year-old people have one or two stalks.
The traditional Chinese painting "Iron Moran" is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing, which is of great value.
In recent years, orchid planting technology has been constantly innovated, and new varieties have been constantly born, competing for each other.
If there is an orchid exhibition, don't miss it and feast your eyes.