You can only know its meaning by looking up its allusions. In ancient poetry, "yellow flower" refers specifically to chrysanthemums. The Song Dynasty poet Su Shi once wrote a poem: Everything is a dream in the end, rest, tomorrow the yellow flowers and butterflies will also be sad.

It means that things are outdated and boring, but the butterfly is translated as a dish, and the yellow flower is translated as a cucumber, which means it is late. The cucumbers in the dish are cold, and they are later called day lilies, so The day lilies are already cold.

"The day lilies are cold" also originated from a local custom. The last dish at the local red and white banquets is day lilies, which is a signal to the guests, and everyone eats them tacitly. The day lily is ready to go. You can imagine that it took a long time to eat the day lily.

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Day lily also has another name called forget-you-care grass. Ji Kang's "Health Preservation Theory" says: "Hemerocallis fulva forgets worries." According to the "Book of Songs", in ancient times, a woman planted daylilies in the north hall of her home because her husband was away on an expedition to relieve her worries. From then on, the world called it "forgetting grass".

In addition to "Wangyoucao", daylily also has many other names, such as Yinanhua and Anshencai. The day lilies we usually see have thin buds, are dry and yellow, but their nutritional value should not be underestimated.