Why is the osmanthus tree called a fairy tree, and why is the osmanthus called a fairy tree?

Laurel is an evergreen broad-leaved tree in the family Rhinocerosidae. It can reach a height of 15 meters, the canopy can cover 400 square meters, and the root system of the laurel tree is well developed and deep. The young roots are light yellowish-brown, and the old roots are yellowish-brown.

Cinnamon trees are highly branched and have low branching points, especially in juvenile years, so they are often shrub-like. After dense planting or pruning, it can become a conspicuous trunk.

The osmanthus tree has a rich cultural connotation, according to legend, the laurel tree in front of the Guanghan Palace on the moon grows luxuriantly, there are more than 500 zhang high, there is a person who often cuts it down, but every time after cutting down, the place that is cut is immediately closed. For thousands of years, this laurel tree can never be cut down. It is said that the name of this tree cutter is Wu Gang, a native of Xihe in the Han Dynasty, who once followed the immortals to the path and went to the heavenly realm, but he made a mistake, and the immortals demoted him to the Moon Palace, and did this kind of futile drudgery every day as a punishment.

There is a record in Li Bai's poem that "if you want to cut the laurel in the moon, you will be paid for the cold".

In addition, osmanthus is also deeply recognized by the world for its indifferent and chaste character. Chen Zhisui's poem "Osmanthus": "The Yao tree should come in a strict order, and this flower will bloom after a thousand flowers are killed."

Qingzhen has created a clear fragrance realm, and the earth is depressed. "Osmanthus has many aliases: it is called "Gui" because of its leaf veins such as Gui; Its texture is like a rhino, also called a wood rhino; With its elegance and purity, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is called "fairy friend"; Osmanthus is also known as "fairy tree", "the moon is old in flowers".

When the osmanthus blooms, the fragrance is far away, and its aroma has the characteristics of both light and thick, clear and clean, strong and far-reaching, so it has the reputation of "nine miles of fragrance". After the Han and Jin dynasties, people began to associate osmanthus with the moon, weaving many beautiful legends such as the Moon Palace Wu Gang and the Gui, so it is also called "Laurel", therefore, the moon is also called "Gui Palace" and "Guiluo".

The laurel tree has been confirmed to have medicinal value since ancient times, and the "Shuowen Jie Zi" explains that cinnamon is "the long of a hundred medicines". The "Compendium of Materia Medica" quotes the statement of the "Benjing", which believes that the medicinal value of cinnamon is: "to cure all diseases, nourish the spirit, and color, hire a general envoy for all medicines, take it for a long time, and the body will not grow old, the face will be radiant, and the charm will always be like a child." ”

In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, known as Guiyue in ancient times, this month is the best period to appreciate laurel and the best month to appreciate the moon. China's osmanthus and the bright moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival have been associated with the cultural life of our people since ancient times. Many poets wrote poems to describe it, praise it, and even deify it, Chang'e running to the moon, Wu Gang and other moon palace series myths, the palace in the moon, the fairyland in the palace, has become a popular talk in the past dynasties, and it is the osmanthus that links them together.

The laurel tree turned out to be a "fairy tree". Han Zicang's poem in the Song Dynasty: "There are guests in the moon who have been divided, and there are no flowers in the world who dare to fight incense."

Li Qingzhao called the osmanthus tree "the first class among flowers". In modern times, after the mass selection, the laurel tree jumped to the throne of the 10 famous flowers.

It seems to have something to do with which god.

Wu Gang cut Gui. The osmanthus tree does not fall.

So it's a fairy tree.

The aliases of osmanthus are rock osmanthus, wood rhinoceros, nine mile incense, and golden millet. Osmanthus is the customary name of many trees of the Chinese wood rhinoceros, the representative species of wood rhinoceros, also known as rock osmanthus, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the family Rhinoceros, with firm skin and thin skin, the leaves are oblong and the face is pointed, opposite, and does not wither in winter. Between the leaves of peanuts, the corolla petals are lobed, the shape is small, and there are many kinds of horticultural varieties, the most representative ones are golden cinnamon, silver cinnamon, red cinnamon, laurel and so on.

Osmanthus has many other names: because the leaves resemble Gui, it is called "Gui"; The texture is like a rhino, also called a wood rhino; Its elegance and purity, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is called "fairy friend"; Osmanthus is also known as "fairy tree", "the moon is old in flowers". Osmanthus usually grows on rocky ridges, also called "rock osmanthus"; When the osmanthus blooms, the fragrance is far away, and its aroma has the characteristics of both light and thick, clear and clean, strong and far-reaching, so it has the reputation of "nine miles of fragrance".

The yellow flower is as thin as millet, so it has the name of "golden millet"; Osmanthus is "cyclamen"; Flowers bloom in autumn, and it is said that the god of autumn is the main west, so it is also called "Xixiang" or "autumn fragrance"; Osmanthus tree is a symbol of nobility, chastity, honor, friendship and auspiciousness.

The osmanthus tree is not an osmanthus tree, the osmanthus tree belongs to the evergreen deciduous tree of the family Rhinoceraceae, while the osmanthus tree belongs to the evergreen tree or shrub of the order Cinnamomum anthoceta. The bark of the laurel tree is black-brown in color, the shape of the leaves is lanceolate, the inflorescence is cylindrical, the petals are oblong oval, the flower color is greenish-white, the flowering period is in September and February, and the most suitable growing temperature is between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius.

The laurel tree belongs to the evergreen deciduous tree of the family Xyloberoceae, the height of the plant is 14 meters, the diameter is 30 centimeters, the color of the bark changes from grayish-brown to black-brown, and the color of the branches is green. Osmanthus trees belong to the evergreen trees or shrubs of the order Cinnamomum anthemata with a height of 5 meters and a diameter of 20 cm, the color of the bark is tan and the color of the branches is yellow-brown.

The leaves of the laurel tree are alternate or opposite, the growth distance is relatively sparse, the shape will change from oval and oblong to lanceolate, the length is cm, the width is 2 5 cm, the color of the upper part is green, the color of the lower part is light green, the surface is shiny, and the length of the petiole is cm.

The shape of the inflorescence is conical, mainly grows in the axils of the leaves or the tips of the branches, the diameter is 3 6 cm, the surface is long with gray-white hairs, the shape of the petals is oblong-oval, the flower color is greenish-white, the length is 4 6 mm, the width is 2 mm, the shape of the anthers is oblong, the flowering period is in September and December.

The optimum temperature is around 15-20 degrees Celsius, and it prefers to grow in acidic sandy soils with thick soils, high humus and organic matter content, and good drainage and air permeability. Nitrogen fertilizer is applied once a year in March, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer is applied once in July, and farm fertilizer is applied once in October.

Big-leaf privet, also known as high-pole privet, is used in landscaping and making medicines and has a high economic value.

The height of the plant is 4 7 meters, the diameter is 10 40 cm, it has the function of dust retention and smoke resistance, can absorb sulfur dioxide, adapt to factories and mines, urban greening, is one of the few evergreen tree species in the north, and is often used as street trees and park greening tree species.

The fruit contains starch and can be used to make wine, and it is incorporated into medicine as a strengthening agent.

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Bark grinding can be scalded, etc.

The rhizome is soaked in wine to cure rheumatism.

It's not osmanthus, it's privet.

This is a privet tree, not an osmanthus tree;

Ligustrum tree, (abbreviated as privet, Ligustrum ligustrum, ligustrum is a small evergreen tree (sub-tree) or large shrub, up to 10 meters high. Leaves opposite, leathery, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5 14 cm long, broad, apex pointed, base rounded, dark green above, shiny. The flowers are small, aromatic, densely apical panicles, 12 20 cm long; The drupes are oblong, slightly curved, purple-blue when ripe, with white powder, and are not directly edible.

The flowering period is 6 to July, and the fruiting period is 8 to 12 months.

The origin of the name "privet", one is the name of a woman in the ancient Lu country. Because of its "negative frost verdant, Zhenke Lingfeng, and the virgin admires its name, or the tree in the cloud hall, or planted in the terrace court" so the name. Xu Sima, the capital of Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty of China, ordered the residents of Hangzhou to plant privet trees in front of their doors.