At the exit of the airport, a girl wrapped in a salon, with a charming smile, put the garlands in her hand on one by one for our party. When the white garland was put around my neck, an intoxicating fragrance penetrated into my heart and spleen. Its fragrance was lighter than that of orange pomelo and thicker than that of lily, and it was just right and I liked it very much. My heart has a little warmth.
I was immersed in the fragrance of the wreath and couldn't wait to learn from the tour guide. The tour guide told me that the flowers with garlands are called plumeria, which are also planted in Fujian and Guangdong, but they are far less flourishing here. I checked with my mobile phone and found that it is also called Jasminum indicum, Gardenia jasminoides Ellis and Egg Yolk Flower. It is one of the "five trees and six flowers" that must be planted in temples according to Buddhist scriptures. I was an angel before reincarnation.
This flower has a wide range of uses, and can be made into soap, cakes and essential oils (the essential oil SPA in Lido is very famous. ), scented tea and so on. It can also treat diseases, such as dysentery, pharyngitis, colds, and even AIDS and cancer.
Five petals of each flower are arranged gracefully in a spiral shape, with white outer edges and bright yellow inside. Like egg white wrapped in egg yolk, no wonder it's called frangipani and yolk flower. That elegant and fragrant wreath makes me very happy just looking at my heart.
In the next few days, Indian Jasminum giraldii never left our sight. Its fragrance, its appearance and its vigorous flower trees always flash in front of our eyes. It stands on the abrupt cliff of the Temple of the Sea, next to the exquisite stone carvings in Ubud Palace, and it is said that it leans on the beautiful Two Lovers Point, and the blue dream island with water like glass is beautiful. In front of and behind the islanders' houses, outside the courtyards and beside the roadside water, it is Indian jasmine that plays a greening, beautification and fragrance role. White, yellow and red are full of excitement.
When the sea breeze blows, your long hair flying under the flower tree is fragrant, your clothes are fragrant, and your skin is fragrant! You are full of joy and become a real princess.
The flower tree of Jasminum giraldii is a literary fan with a sense of art. When its smoky branches grow to a certain length, they form a tree fork, and several branches with the same thickness are born on the fork, and each branch keeps growing and dividing ... The crown of the tree is like clusters of large corals and huge elk horns. Standing there, even if it doesn't bloom, it's very beautiful!
Indonesia is known as the "island of thousands of temples". Religious belief is an indispensable part of islanders' life, and Indian jasmine is also one of the flowers they sacrifice. Walking in the streets, you can not only see one or two jasmine flowers inserted in a woman's bun, but also caught in a man's ear. Moreover, we can see that more Jasminum giraldii is placed in a small coconut basket, mixed with a few biscuits, a mouthful of rice, a little sauce and two lit incense sticks, which become offerings for people to sacrifice to gods and ghosts. People regularly dedicate them to the three gods, Sakyamuni, Sun God, Fengshen, Vulcan, God of Wealth, Road God and Car God ...
Small sacrificial coconut baskets are also placed in shrines of temples or in front of gates, at the exits of various shops and beside the windshield in front of cars ... So, you should be careful when walking in Bali, although you are in fragrance all the way, but you can't step on this sacrifice.
It's been two or three years since I came back from Indonesia, and I still can't forget the Indian jasmine there.