The ancient people's elegant names for all things are extremely beautiful

"Ten Friends and Twelve Guests"

The elegant name of "flower"

"花" "Ten Friends"

Zeng Duanbo, a poet of the Song Dynasty, named each of the ten flowers as "Ten Friends". Later, someone paired each of the Ten Friends flowers with a poem, which became a good story.

Orchid - Fangyou gardenia - Zen friend plum - Qingyou wintersweet - Qiyou chrysanthemum - Jiayou daphne - Shuyou osmanthus - Xianyou begonia - Mingyou Lotus - Jingyou Tea Flower - Yunyou

"Twelve Guests Among Flowers"

In the Song Dynasty, Uncle Zhang Min used twelve flowers as twelve guests and wrote a poem for each. From then on, the twelve guests became the subject of paintings by painters. In particular, traditional Chinese painters from the Southern Sect of China often paint with this theme.

Peony, distinguished guest lotus - Jingke plum blossom, Qingke tea, Miyake chrysanthemum - Shouke osmanthus, cyclamen aphrodisiac - Jiake rose - wild guest lilac - Suke jasmine - distant guest orchid, wild guest peony A near guest

1. Orchids: Fragrant Friends

“Chunhui opens the forbidden garden, the beautiful orchid field reflects the light color in the courtyard, and the dew and floating light; the sun is bright and the shadows are uneven, It is said that the light and heavy fragrances will be picked by gentlemen, and Perry will make the fragrance.

Li Shimin's "Fanglan" of the Tang Dynasty

2. Plum Blossoms: Friends of the Qing Dynasty

"I. The trees at the head of the pool where I wash inkstones are all blooming with faint ink marks. Don't let anyone praise you for the good color, just leave the pure air to fill the universe. "——"Mo Mei" by Wang Mian of the Yuan Dynasty

3. Chrysanthemum: Good Friend

"Chrysanthemums in Nanyang are mostly old, and this is a flower that prolongs life. The eighty-year-old man diligently did not take a sip, but his frosty temples turned into crows. "Yiqing. Zheng Banqiao

4. Osmanthus: Immortal Friend

"Dettol grinds vermilion to dye it in autumn, it is light yellow and white, always shy. The golden millet in the starry sky is hard to buy, but the coral is broken but not harvested. Immortal friend Autobiography of Alchemy Technique, the No. 1 Scholar must do Jin Yi Tour.

Yi Ming. Qu You's "Osmanthus"

5. Lotus: Pure Friend

"The lotus flower grows in the mud, its pure color is as pure as the goddess of heaven; the sky and the bright world are unparalleled, The silver bottle is sent to the Buddha to listen; it falls on the treasure bed, and the dream returns to Brahma

Su Che's "Thousand-leaf White Lotus" of the Song Dynasty

6. Gardenia: Zen. Friend: "When will the Zen friend arrive? It's far from Vaishya Garden. When you look at the wonderful fragrance that penetrates your nose, you should realize the origin of Buddhism. ——Song Dynasty. Wang Shipeng

7. Wintersweet: Strange Friend "The plum blossom in the sky is a little unique and strange. Its national fragrance is not known to the world. It is sealed with wax dripping diligently, and one branch is stolen by the frost and wind.

First Song Dynasty. Yang Wanli's "Winter Plum" 8. Daphne Flower: Special Friend "The delicate fragrance is light purple and comes from Guyuncen." The fragrance of bones is unknown, the color is light but the meaning is deep. "

In the Song Dynasty, Su Shi's "Ci rhyme Cao Zifang Longshan Zhenjue Yuan Ruixianghua" 9. Begonia flower: famous friend "In poems, famous friends are called famous friends, and flowers occupy the upper reaches. The wind is fragrant, why is it Jiazhou alone? ——Wang Shipeng of the Song Dynasty 10. Tea flower: rhyme friend "The rain in the famous garden is full of children, not like a green snake emerging from an urn." The owner of good deeds is still good at giving, and the rhyme of a certain rhyme is that of a beggar. Wang Shipeng of the Song Dynasty "Looking for Ji Zhongda to Remove the Brew"