Xu Xun. Someone once asked me: Why did you choose such a strong flower as plum blossoms, the city flower of Wuhan?I was stunned, as a Wuhan native, I never seemed to think about this issue in detail. My answer can only be quoted from the classics: of course, it is because of the famous sentence of the great poet Li Bai, the "wild spokesperson" of Wuhan: "The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng." Let "Jiangcheng" become another name for Wuhan, and plum blossoms will become the city flower of Wuhan.
Since then, this question has been lingering in my mind, why?Why plum blossoms?
Looking at the city flowers of other cities in China, it is indeed not like plum blossoms that need frost and snow, proudly facing the cold, most of them do not need to go through a cold bone, directly bloom in a warmer and better season, leaving people with more bright and fresh impressions. For example, the white magnolia flower in Shanghai, white as jade, the flowers are upward, the blooming flowers are like delicate and elegant wine glasses, and the trees and flowers seem to be holding a lively banquet for the arrival of spring, which is the same as the elegant style of Shanghai. Another example is Shenzhen's city flower, the rhododendron, bright and dazzling, purple and red, which is in line with the youthful enthusiasm and vitality of Shenzhen, a young city. There is also the city flower of Chengdu, the hibiscus flower, graceful, delicate and moving, when the hibiscus is in full bloom, the city is splendid, just like the city of Chengdu, classical and calm, leisurely and comfortable.
In recent years, the romantic and warm cherry blossoms that are more loved by young people have occupied the absolute C position in Wuhan. The cherry blossom season is better, in March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the cherry blossoms of Wuhan University and the East Lake Cherry Garden bring a large number of foreign tourists. "Cherry blossom economy" and "cherry blossom cultural creativity" are booming, and Wuhan has become a world-renowned "cherry blossom capital". The plum blossoms, the city flowers of the "main palace", seem to be less popular than the cherry blossoms.
For the old Wuhan people, they generally do not join in the excitement when the cherry blossoms bloom, but around the Spring Festival, ignoring the severe cold, wearing thick winter clothes, and rushing to the East Lake Plum Garden to enjoy the plum blossoms, which is a fixed program in early spring every year. Plum blossoms bloom during the coldest months of the year in January and February. Because of the cold, foreign tourists generally do not flock to the East Lake Plum Garden, one of the four major plum gardens in China, is the back garden of Wuhan people.
On weekdays, I came to East Lake and passed through the plum garden, but I saw that there were few visitors in the park, and through the white walls and tiles, only a quiet green was revealed. Only around the Spring Festival, "the flower season moves the river city", hundreds of plum blossoms compete to bloom, this grand flower event, attracted half of the city of Wuhan people to come. "And the spring of the East Lake arrives early, and the red plum trees bloom together. Guo Moruo once admired the plum blossoms in East Lake and wrote this poem with emotion. In the plum garden, there are not too many dialects of the south and the north, most of the people heard are the local Wuhan dialect, relatives and friends, festival gatherings, smiling and laughing, traveling with arms, dividing flowers and willows, and walking, in the search for plums, visiting plums, watching plums, appreciating plums, feeling the first breath of early spring.
At this time, although the outdoor temperature of the cold winter wax moon is still low, the air is still a little clear, but the dark fragrance floats, which makes people feel refreshed. There are plum trees planted on the edge of the lake, sparse shadows and horizontal slopes, the water shines on the flowers, free and elegant, just like the poem written by the Wuhan poet Shen He in the plum garden of East Lake: "The lake water opens itself again." Receiving the depth of the distant mountains, the depth of the plum blossoms, the depth of the clouds and the moonlight. There are plum blossoms planted all over the hillside again, and the eyes are full of clouds and clouds, such as a sea of red flowers, and the trees fall colorfully, which makes people think of the famous sentence of the poet Zhang Zao: "As long as you think of the things you regret in your life, the plum blossoms will fall all over Nanshan." "If you encounter a rare snow day, the scenery of "white snow and red plum in the glass world" is not only the most beautiful picture of Cao Gong, but also the heart of many Chinese.
In Mr. Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the eccentric Huang Rong met Guo Jing for the first time, which is one of the most beautiful and memorable scenes in Jin Yong**: "At this time, the weather is not very cold, the lake is not frozen, and the snowflakes fall on the surface of the lake and melt into the water." The rows of plum trees around the lake are even more beautiful. "In a flat boat, Huang Rong, dressed in white and wearing a gold belt on her head, appeared against the background of white snow and plum blossoms, which was incredibly beautiful. In terms of metaphors, only the plum blossoms after the snow are comparable to the smart and beautiful Huang Rong of ice and snow. I think in the heart of Mr. Jin Yong, Huang Rong's character is like plum blossoms, higher than the group, just as Fan Chengda wrote in "Plum Spectrum: Self-Introduction": "Mei, the stunner of the world, no matter how wise, foolish, virtuous, or unscrupulous, dare not have objections." ”
Who said that plum blossoms are not romantic and beautiful in addition to being cold and arrogant?
Of course, the ancient Chinese Yongmei poems are mostly inked on the plum blossom's fearless cold, iron bones, and believe that frost and snow are harsh and harsh environments, so praise the plum blossom's perseverance, high and proud character. Before the Spring Festival this year, a rare freezing rain hit Wuhan, and when I walked out of my house the next morning, I was surprised to find that the branches of the trees in the community had broken and fallen to the ground. When the camphor tree, willow tree, and bamboo were broken and bent down, and none of them were spared, a red plum tree in the corner of the community wall, but the demeanor remained unchanged, standing proudly, I couldn't help but think of the Tang people's "Early Plum" "Ten thousand trees are frozen to break, and the lonely roots are warm and alone." In the deep snow in the front village, a branch bloomed last night". Take a closer look, the plum blossom has become a "frozen plum blossom", under the crystal transparent ice, wrapped with small red buds and flower bones, such as a mini rock sugar gourd, exquisitely clear. That bright red, in the mess, still shows a unique loveliness and vitality. Plum blossoms, if it is really "jade snow for the bone ice for the soul", Mr. Dongpo is honest and does not deceive me!
After this test of ice, snow and freezing rain, the plum blossoms bloomed more vigorously. "Forecast spring news, the first branch in the flower. "Plum blossoms do not compete with flowers, but they are the first messengers of spring. I finally understood that plum blossoms deserve to be the city flower of Wuhan. It's like the city of Wuhan, which is both heroic and romantic. It represents the pioneering spirit of the Chu people of "the road is blue, and the mountains and forests are enlightened", and the spirit of the Wuhan people "dare to be the first"!
Editor: Zhang Jing].
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