Liuhua language and legend?

Willow has been favored by many literati and poets since ancient times. Because of the homonym of "Liu" and "Liu", and because of the inconvenient transportation in a

Willow has been favored by many literati and poets since ancient times. Because of the homonym of "Liu" and "Liu", and because of the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, it is often difficult to see each other for several years. Therefore, when sending friends away, the host often uses willows to express his nostalgia for those who are about to travel far away. So what is the flower language of willow?

Willow flower language: sadness

Because the leaves of willow trees mean farewell; The legend of willow is one of the four ancient ghost trees, which has the superstition of gathering ghosts; Willow has a kind of praise for women's femininity; Willow is a positive tree species, which is mostly used by the people to ward off evil spirits and attract wind; Willow in the spring city, trees, springs, people set each other off into interest, known as "every family has a clear spring, and every family hangs willow".

A foreigner friend said that the willow tree has the feeling that a woman is crying, so the flower language is sad.

The Flower Language of Willow and the Legend of Willow

Willow gets its name from the working method of willow head wood. Wood is still an indispensable material. In ancient times, tools were very simple, so it was very difficult to cut thick trunks, but it was convenient to cut branches two inches thick. Therefore, the wood used by ancestors was mainly branches two inches thick.

In the long-term use, people will find that after cutting off the branches, new branches can grow at the stubble, and the new branches are straight, which is more conducive to use. Among the native tree species in China, the ability of sprouting branches of willow is the most outstanding. Therefore, the first wood operation of willow was formed, and the crown was cut off at a certain height to promote the germination of new branches, and the branches were cut off every few years for use.

The result of the first wood operation is to keep the trunk so as to continue to use the branches. This is why the willow tree got its name. The word "Liu" has the same pronunciation as the word "Liu", which means "Liu", which means a tree that keeps its trunk for reuse.

"Shan Hai Jing Overseas Western Classic" records: "Xingtian competes with the emperor for God. The emperor cut off his head and buried it in the yangshan. It is based on the chest and the navel as the mouth, and dances. " Xing Tian in this story has always been regarded by scholars as a mythical figure invented by the ancients, but when the author saw the willow sprout and new branches swaying in the wind shortly after the first wood operation, he could not help but think of this indomitable image.

Therefore, the author believes that the prototype of Xingtian is the willow whose head wood has been used, especially the willow whose trunk has lost its crown for decades, which is very similar to the human corpse that still stands upright after decapitation, and sometimes the trunk will form some scars, and it is even more the image of "taking the milk as the eye and the navel as the mouth".

The story of Xingtian shows that the first wood operation method of willow has a long history.

Morphological characteristics of willow

Deciduous tree, slender willow branches, soft and drooping, like wetlands, 20-30 meters high, 50-60 cm in diameter, growing rapidly; The bark tissue is thick, longitudinally cracked, and the center of the aged trunk is rotten and hollow. The branches are slender and drooping, brownish green and hairless; Winter buds are linear and close to branches. Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, 7-15cm long and 6-12mm wide, with sharp tips, serrated edges with small glands, dark green surface, grayish white back, smooth and hairless surfaces and stipules. After the leaves bloom, the male inflorescence is a short peduncle, slightly curved, and is 1- 1.5 cm long. The fruit is a capsule with 2 petals at maturity, containing many seeds with a tuft of hairs on them. Cutting propagation in Taiwan Province Province, introduced in the late Ming Dynasty, has a history of more than 300 years. It has strong resistance to air pollution and dust and is suitable for growing in urban gardens, especially by pools or streams.

Leaves; The shape is linear-lanceolate or narrow-lanceolate, about 6~ 14cm long and 5~ 12mm wide, with fine serrations at the edges.

Flowers; Flowers bloom from April to May every year, with male inflorescences 2~4cm long and female inflorescences about 2cm long.

Willow mainly reproduces asexually. Willow has become one of the most common tree species for land greening in China since ancient times because of its unparalleled adaptability. Many fibrous roots are deeply rooted in the soil, extending in all directions, hugging the earth tightly, providing rich nutrition for the trunk. Willow is not as tall and straight as pine, nor as tall and straight as poplar. Branches usually grow in two or three meters from the trunk. Willow leaves are solitary and alternate, and the leaves are long and narrow, but the width is suitable, which looks like a girl's slender eyebrows, just like "a petal is like her face, and a willow leaf is like her eyebrows".