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Flower language of banyan tree and its cultural implication

Banyan has always been regarded as a symbol of good luck and longevity. So what is the flower language of banyan tree and what is its meaning? Let's take a look.

Flower language of banyan tree

The Cultural Implication of Banyan Tree

Fuzhou is full of banyan trees and has the reputation of "Rongcheng".

According to legend, Zhang Boyu, the satrap of the Northern Song Dynasty, led the people in fighting floods and providing disaster relief. As a result, he unfortunately fell ill. Zhang Boyu accepted an old man's suggestion of "planting banyan trees to protect soil and water" and planted banyan trees outside the yamen, so that people could plant 15000 banyan trees inside and outside the city. Five years later, "the city is green and uncovered in midsummer." Fuzhou has another name for Rongcheng.

In fact, more than 300 years ago, there were many banyan trees in the yamen, square and foothills of Fuzhou. In "All Tang Poems", Wang was posthumously named _ Wang, and Weng Chengzan, a native of Fuqing, was ordered to go to Fuzhou to announce the decree. Wang gave a farewell dinner in Xinfeng City, and wrote a poem entitled "Jiazi arrived home at the age of one, and Min Wang lowered the flag at half mast in Xinfeng City", which also showed that the nickname "Rongcheng" had been used in the late Tang Dynasty.

In the eyes of Fuzhou people, banyan not only plays an effective role in regulating the urban climate, but also is full of treasures: banyan contains rubber components and can be used as rubber raw materials; Its thick roots can be used to make bonsai root carvings; Mild in nature and astringent in taste. Soaking in wine is very helpful to treat traumatic injury and has analgesic effect.

In modern and contemporary literary circles in China, there are many poems and essays on banyan trees, some of which have been incorporated into teaching materials and cultivated for generations. For example, Ba Jin's Paradise for Birds and Huang Helang's Banyan Tree in My Hometown. The former describes that the fibrous roots of banyan trees plunge into the ground and grow into air root columns, making a single tree a forest and a big crown a paradise for birds, which is very interesting. The latter describes the drooping fibrous roots of the banyan tree, which is shaded by the sun, and its crown is like a giant umbrella, which keeps out the cold in winter and protects against the sun in summer, which is vivid and touching.

Fortunately, on 1985, the Fuzhou municipal government designated the banyan tree as the "city tree" in Fuzhou; 1997, the Fujian Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee designated the banyan tree as a "provincial tree". On the occasion of the 2200th anniversary of the beautiful city of Fuzhou, Fuzhou TV Station filmed a commemorative feature film: Fuzhou 2200th, and the first episode was called Rong's Life.

For thousands of years, the banyan tree has been the patron saint of this city, making this land of Fuzhou magnificent and interesting. Nowadays, when people walk on the streets of Fuzhou and watch the banyan trees spit out new green in the sun, how can they not make people think? A hundred years later, future generations will look at the green banyan tree in front of them, and they will certainly feel the achievements of their predecessors like us at this time. Banyan trees and people will become a part of this city.