Osmanthus culture

Osmanthus fragrans is a traditional famous flower in China and has been loved by people since ancient times. According to written records, Osmanthus fragrans has been cultivated in China for more than 2500 years. As early as in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, it was mentioned in the book of mountains and seas that "the swaggering mountain has many laurels on it." Qu Yuan also recited in "Nine Songs": "help the Beidou, drink the cinnamon pulp, and the Xinyi cart, tie the cinnamon flag." Guijiang refers to the wine brewed with osmanthus, and Guiqi is a flag made of Osmanthus to decorate vehicles; The words "Guizhou", "Guiyu" and "Guidong" also appeared in the chapter of nine songs · Xiangjun for many times, which shows that people in the state of Chu had widely used osmanthus trees in wine making, living utensils and building materials at that time. In Lv's spring and Autumn Annals, the fragrant sweet scented osmanthus is praised, and it is called "the thing is beautiful, the ostentatious osmanthus". Nowadays, "Gui" means "Gui", and giving birth early is widely used in wedding greetings.

Osmanthus, also known as sweet scented osmanthus, rock osmanthus and Shilixiang, is named because its leaf veins are shaped like the word "Gui". According to the records of the Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda's "Guihai Yuheng Zhi": "every wood leaf has a vertical center, and there are only two lanes of Osmanthus, which are shaped like GuiGui, so the word follows GuiGui." The name of Osmanthus comes from this.

Osmanthus fragrans is suitable for subtropical climate areas. It is warm and humid. It is an evergreen tree or shrub, with a height of 3-5 meters and a maximum of 18 meters; There is no unified variety classification in China. It is customary to divide osmanthus into August and four season osmanthus. Among them, August osmanthus is divided into golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus and Dan osmanthus. The park gathers more than 60 varieties in four categories, and tens of thousands of plants are planted by solitary planting, row planting and group planting. At the same time, the park has elaborately created many osmanthus themed garden landscapes such as "golden osmanthus overflowing with fragrance", "osmanthus resting in the green field", "river wind loving osmanthus" and so on. Since August every year, osmanthus fragrance has filled the garden, and tourists are endless and reluctant to return.


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