A few pale pink red knotweed flowers swaying in the wind by the stream, graceful and colorful. In this shallow spring season, there is a unique charm. I can't help but think of what Xiaoyanzi said in Qiong Yao's drama: "Jiangnan and Jiangbei are red, but they are tears in people's eyes." Looking at this inconspicuous little flower, thinking of thousands of years, when people have admired this red knotweed, they have always thought of parting, and they sighed again.
Not only in Jiangnan, where I grew up, but also in most parts of the country, you can see traces of red knotweed. It's just that some places call her "Youlong", and some directly call her "Dog's Tail Grass", etc., which is quite interesting. She is drought tolerant and loves water; Resistant to barrenness, but also like to be lively, the vitality is extremely vigorous, and can always add a unique beauty and vitality to the environment with its beautiful flowers and elegant posture. In particular, its free, loose and fettered growth mode shows its charm and spirit.
It's an interesting flower.
The petals of the red knotweed are light and slender, and they exude a strong fragrance that makes people feel refreshed. Her branches and foliage spread and were abundant, like a puffy green wave, rippling above the surface of the lake; The leaves are green and slender, like soft silk threads, gently brushing people's cheeks. She is truly a symbol of life and hope, and her presence adds a sense of life and vitality to nature.
The flowers of the red knotweed are gorgeous and colorful, like a touch of beautiful scenery, the leaves are soft and fresh, exuding a faint fragrance, like a breeze blowing across the lake, soft and beautiful. Her flowers are red and delicate, like beautiful jewels dotted among the fields and lakes.
The beauty of red knotweed lies not only in its form, but also in the cultural connotation it contains. In ancient China, the red knotweed was endowed with symbolic meanings of auspiciousness, strength, and independence, and became a symbol in the culture. In the Book of Songs, red knotweed is used as a metaphor for women's beauty and temperament.
In addition to being used as a metaphor for women's beauty and temperament in the Book of Songs, the red knotweed, which has been beautiful for thousands of years, is the most touching autumn feeling in the writings of literati and writers throughout the ages. Bai Juyi once wrote "Autumn waves and red knotweed water, sunset on the green shore", and there is also Lu You's "The old fisherman is still happy, and a few red knotweeds are drunk in autumn." This inconspicuous red knotweed is spread all over the autumn waterfront, like the flower spikes of rice, full of parting sadness, pouring out thousands of years of thoughts.
The beauty of the red knotweed is in the wilderness, it grows savagely, and it is tenacious by nature. Perhaps it is precisely because it has not been cultivated as a gardening flower by modern people that it can grow freely without fetters, so that we can appreciate its natural and wild beauty, and see its charm and spirit, perhaps this is its fate.
In this vast world, beautiful things can always transcend the constraints of time and space and bloom with eternal brilliance. Let's quietly appreciate the objects and immerse ourselves in the unique charm of this red knotweed!