The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the cold.

Chimonanthus praecox starts the capital.

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Recently, Chimonanthus praecox bloomed in various parks in Kyoto, attracting many tourists and photographers. It added a lot of lively scenes to the park that was slightly deserted in early spring. Chimonanthus praecox, also known as Chimonanthus praecox, has golden petals like wax and blooms resolutely in early spring. These flowers are elegant and fresh. Stand tall and it will bloom for a long time. There is "the branches are natural and thin, and the love of broken gold is particularly fragrant" to praise her.

"It is already a cliff full of ice, and there are beautiful flowers. Joe doesn't fight for spring, he only reports it. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she laughs in the bushes. " This is Mao Zedong's praise of plum blossom. Enough to show the character of plum blossom. She is not afraid of the cold and opens up alone, not to compete for favor, but as a messenger of spring to convey the message of spring to people. Spring has come, flowers are blooming, and she has quietly retired. It shows her noble sentiment and infinite charm.

"This body is in the snow forest, and peaches and plums are different." It is about the nobility and detachment of plum blossoms. In the season when all flowers are hibernating in fear of the cold, she dares to be the first in the world, and she smiles in the ice and snow. However, when peaches and plums are blooming, plum blossoms are not mixed with them to prevent dust, and their concealment fades.

A poem by Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty is also famous: "A few plums in a corner, and hanling blooms alone. I know from a distance that it is not snow, because it has a faint fragrance. " The author expressed his lonely mentality and the difficult predicament of being left out. Don't be afraid of others' cold eyes, but still stick to your own beliefs and feelings.

"Broken bridge outside the post, lonely and ownerless. It's dusk. I'm alone. It's windy and rainy. Plum blossoms don't want to compete for blooming, and the envy and rejection of flowers don't care. Scattered into mud and crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains. " This is a poem written by Lu You, a great scholar in the Song Dynasty, to Yongmei, expressing his feelings through plum blossoms.

People often use plum blossom as a metaphor to encourage young people to work hard and inspire people. For example, "the blade comes from sharpening, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold." "Plum blossoms don't disperse the cold, so how can they smell?"

There are two lines in Lu Meipo's poem "Xue Mei" in the Song Dynasty: "Mei Xu Xun is white, and the snow loses a piece of plum fragrance." He compared the colors and tastes of plum blossom and snowflake, formed a antithesis, and integrated plum blossom and snowflake. His poems were elegant and refined, which made people memorable.

Lu Meipo also wrote "The Second Notice of Xue Mei": "Plum without snow without spirit, snow without poetry. The sunset poem is full of snow all day, which is very beautiful in spring. " This poem expounds the relationship between plum, snow and poetry, and the three are indispensable. The combination of the three can form the most perfect spring. It can be seen that poets love snow, plum and poetry.

February 28, 2022, Beijing