The top ten elegant names of osmanthus are Muhu, Jinsu, Tianxiang, Guizi, Yan Gui, Jiulixiang, Jinxue, Guixiang, Zhuying and Guanghanxian.

1, wood rhinoceros

"Min Department of sparse": "Where the laurel, the four seasons of the son; Jiangnan laurel eight, September bloom, no son, this wood rhinoceros also." Ancient people called it "wood rhinoceros" because of the close material of the osmanthus tree, texture such as rhinoceros.

2, Jinsu

Wei Dewong "osmanthus poem": "tiger head point to open Jinsu." Golden Corn is a description of how the osmanthus flower looks when it blooms, like millions of dots of golden corn.

3. Heavenly Fragrance

The poet Song Zhiwen of the early Tang Dynasty wrote a famous line in "Lingyin Temple", which reads, "The osmanthus falls in the moon, and the heavenly fragrance floats outside the clouds", and thus, later generations also called osmanthus flowers "Heavenly Fragrance".

4, osmanthus

Bai Juyi's "Memories of the South of the Yangtze River (Three Songs)", the second "Memories of the South of the Yangtze River, the most memory of Hangzhou; mountain temples and temples in the moon to look for osmanthus, county pavilion pillow to see the tide. When will I visit again?" The word "cinnamon" here refers to the osmanthus flower.

5, rock osmanthus

"Xixi Series of Words": "the wood rhinoceros for the rock guest." Zhu Xi "Wing rock laurel": "Dewy gold stamens, wind born jasper branches. Thousands of plants to shake down, this tree alone Huazhi." Because of the natural distribution of osmanthus in the mountains between the rocks, so the ancients also called it "rock laurel".

6, Jiulixiang

Zhang Bangji "Mo Zhuang Man Records": "Mullein flowers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, more than one, clear compost, the rest of the flower is not as good. Hunan called JiuLiXiang, JiangDong said rock gui, ZheJiang said wood rhinoceros, to wood texture such as rhinoceros also."

7, gold snow

"Lake on water edge miscellany": "full of consciousness to get cinnamon can be named gold snow."

8, ancient fragrance

Li He poem "Golden Bronze Immortal Resignation Han Song": "Painted railings of osmanthus hanging ancient fragrance, thirty-six palaces of earth flowers blue."

9, Zhuying

Li Deyu "than wen longmen jingshansi red osmanthus tree alone show yichuan, tasted in jiangnan": "agar leaves run not wither, Zhuying charm such as weaving." According to the osmanthus is also.

10, Guanghan Xian

Lu You "Jiayang absolutely no wooden rhinoceros even got a branch of the play": "long guest red dust is not self-pity, the eyes of the first bright see Guanghan Xian." Osmanthus in full bloom coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, because of the myths and legends of the moon palace in the osmanthus tree, so also known as the osmanthus for the wide cold fairy.