A: If you are asking about "the similarities and differences between the idols and shapes of winter jasmine and shepherd's purse", my answer is: the same thing, they are both winter jasmine, symbolizing the arrival of early spring. Flowers are simple and simple.
The difference is that: winter jasmine, shrubs and long branches are full of small, very beautiful and dazzling golden flowers, which are simple and simple compared with peony and other flowers; Shepherd's shepherd's purse flower, a small wild flower that blooms silently at the head of Tianbian stream in early spring, is actually an authentic rural wild vegetable. Although this flower is small and unremarkable compared with other flowers, it has a silent and powerful vitality.
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In the early spring in the south of the Yangtze River, the news of how many warm apricot blossoms are conveyed in the drizzle. Mr. Wang Zengqi described the opening of apricot flowers in early spring like this: "The apricot flowers turned over the broken petals, as if someone had taken a bucket of petals and scattered them on the tree." This is like a stroke of genius. My teacher and old poet Mr. Xu Chi wrote a short poem "Jiangnan" more than 60 years ago. There is such a sentence in the poem: "After the Qingming Festival, before Grain Rain, rape blossoms in the fields of Jiangnan have been blooming to the horizon ... Through the best picture frame, Jiangnan is spinning, let us see her predecessor from her back." Many critics regard this poem as a general landscape lyric poem, but the teacher told me before his death that it was actually a "political lyric poem" because at that time, a million-dollar division of the People's Liberation Army was about to cross the river, and his hometown, Nanxun, a beautiful town in the south of the Yangtze River, was about to be liberated. On the day of writing this poem, he just received a glorious task entrusted to him by the party organization in Shanghai, asking him to return to his hometown, organize students and prepare for the arrival of troops. With great joy, the poet crossed the south of the Yangtze River where rape blossoms were in full bloom and defeated Ma Chi, so he wrote this "political lyric poem" similar to "apricot blossom in the rain".
There are many flowers and things in spring. No flower is eager to bloom in spring. Some flowers have been in bud for a long time. I believe that they must not miss the warm season on purpose, perhaps just because they have other expectations in their hearts. In my impression, the flower that best symbolizes the early spring season is of course the golden winter jasmine.
I once heard a legend about the winter jasmine: It is said that a long time ago, the flower god called a hundred flowers to discuss who would bloom in what season. When the ice and snow have not melted, the north wind is still blowing, and everything is curled up in a cold dream, who can cross the biting ice and snow to the world to warn people of the coming of spring? Roses, peonies, peonies, lotus flowers ... were all silent. In the silence, a little girl stood up resolutely and said softly, "Let me go, will you?" Her eyes are full of deep expectation. The flower god looked at the delicate and brave little girl in surprise. She is so naive and confident. She wore a goose yellow skirt, like a child who had never seen a stranger, and she was shy. Flower God smiled and nodded and said, "Go, only you belong to spring!" " "She gave the little girl a beautiful name-Yingchun.
Yingchun just dressed up a little, tied a golden flower in her braids, bid farewell to her sisters and came to the world alone. When she came to this world, the earth was still covered with thick ice and snow, spring was still on the way far away, and children were still dreaming of making snowmen. Winter jasmine is the daughter of spring and the earth. When she came, everything became warmer and wetter, the river melted quietly, the snow in the sky turned into Mao Mao rain, the soil became soft, the grass turned green quietly, and all hibernating life began to wake up. ...
In addition to the winter jasmine, there is also a small wild flower-shepherd's purse flower, which blooms silently in Tianbian Xitou in early spring and is also a symbol of early spring. Small white flowers are scattered on the land of Jiangnan. It's a flower, but it's actually an authentic rural potherb. Many provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, including Hubei, are called "meals".
In Qing Dynasty, Ye wrote a passage about the spring custom in the Yangtze River valley in his Zhi Zhu Ci: "Three or three festivals are more important than cooking, and the taste is new." Rice and eggs are ready, full and delicious. "The' 330 Festival' here is the Shangsi Festival on the third day of the third lunar month, and the food is shepherd's purse. Careful mother will buy a handful of fresh shepherd's purse from outside early this morning and cook some fresh eggs with shepherd's purse for her family. It is said that children who eat eggs boiled with shepherd's purse will not have a stomachache for a year. In other places in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, this day is also called "shepherd's purse flower birthday". On this day, in the countryside, grandma will pick some small fresh shepherd's purse flowers and stick them on the girls' hair bun and sideburns as a souvenir. It is said that wearing shepherd's purse flowers on this day can keep you from having a headache for a year. However, it is such a beautiful festival full of poetry and folk interest that has been forgotten today, and may even be lost forever. It's a pity to think of it.
Although the shepherd's purse flower is small and inconspicuous compared with other flowers, it has a silent and powerful vitality. Like a simple little winter jasmine, she is also the daughter of spring and the earth. Her beauty and fragrance also belong to spring, Shan Ye and the earth. Fortunately, after all, there is another thing related to shepherd's purse that has not been lost in spring, and that is the traditional snack: fried spring rolls. The most authentic and delicious spring rolls are of course those stuffed fragrant shepherd's purse. Now is the season when fresh shepherd's purse is on the market, and stalls for making and frying spring rolls can be seen in almost every vegetable market. Many housewives prefer to buy fresh shepherd's purse and spring rolls and make some spring rolls for their families to share.
The beauty of shepherd's purse flowers belongs to Shan Ye, and the fragrance of shepherd's purse is also the fragrance of the earth. In this apricot blossom season, "the spring is getting deeper and the fragrant trees are shaded", I can't help but think of the poem "Vegetable Picking Festival" by Zhang Lei, a poet in the Song Dynasty: "If you want to see the dishes in your hometown, the spring water will scream." However, another poem praising shepherd's purse: "Peach and plum are full of worries, shepherd's purse comes to the stream in spring", but I can't remember the author clearly. No matter who the author is, it is important that we remember the beauty and fragrance of small and simple shepherd's purse flowers while eating delicious shepherd's purse spring rolls. Shepherd's purse flower is the dream of spring breeze and spring stream, the dream of Liu Ye Yinghe Swallow, the dream of a little shepherd boy riding on the back of a cow and playing the flute, and the dream of a rural girl.
A poet said that flowers are a language that even children can understand. Love of flowers is the traditional virtue of our people. In ancient times, people didn't even think that all flowers were the same Amanome, which was the "Flower Festival" on February 12, also known as "Hundred Flowers Birthday". Yuan Mei, a poet in Qing Dynasty who is famous for advocating spirituality, once wrote a poem entitled "Flowers bloom on February 12th": "The red pear blooms at first, but the second In the snow still falls. Except for the daughter I remember, Baihua's birthday is today. " Many history books also record that in this poetic "Flower Festival", people naturally celebrate, either "women wear bitter fleabane leaves" or "ordinary people play in the countryside and fields". Especially in the south of Ming Xiu, on this day, people will cut small flags with colored silk or colorful paper, called "Citi", and hang them on flowers and trees to celebrate the birthday of hundreds of flowers. There is a legend in the novel "Flowers in the Mirror". On a cold winter day, when Wu Zetian became queen, she saw plum blossoms in full bloom. She suddenly had a whim and wrote a poem "Flowers Reminding Poetry" to make all the flowers bloom at the same time. The goddess in charge of flowers is called "Flower Fairy", which happened to travel on this day. Flowers have received the imperial edict from the emperor Zetian, so they can't ask for more happiness, so they have to compete to open at the same time ... Of course, such a legend is not credible. However, there is indeed Wu Zetian's "Flower-urging Poem" in "The Whole Tang Poetry": "I swam to the garden in the Ming Dynasty and quickly reported my spring knowledge; Flowers must bloom overnight, don't wait for the breeze. "
Qin Mu, an essayist who wrote Flower City, said: For those flowers, the flowers we have never seen before think of the flowers we have seen. From the famous to the unknown, they all seem to be smiling and whispering. They all blinked, inspiring people to say: Guess again, look, why are we so beautiful? Flower Festival is not only a flower festival, but also a cultural festival, a "aesthetic education festival" decorated with flowers.
In Hua Xinfeng for 24 hours, it always takes turns to blow. Whether it's plum blossom, camellia, daffodil, or spring jasmine, peach blossom, Tang Di, rose, or peony, peony, clove, chrysanthemum ... I believe that just as flowers love the soil and air on which they live, our ancient and great Chinese nation has always been a nation that loves beauty, nature and flowers. All kinds of flowers are noble, passionate, elegant, simple, exquisite, fragrant or full of iron ... different personalities, different temperaments and different personalities are also the beliefs and pursuits of the Chinese nation that have never lost after suffering.