Lianlizhi

Lianlizhi

LIANLI branch is a kind of plant in which the branches of two trees grow together. Lianlizhi, also known as Acacia tree, husband wife tree, life and death tree, refers to the love between husband and wife. LIANLI branch is very rare in nature.

The reason is that there is a layer of cells called cambium between the bark and xylem. If the trunks of two trees rub against each other in windy weather and polish the bark, when there is no wind, the two branches get close to each other, and the cambium will be closely connected, and the new cells will grow together.

definition

LIANLI branch is also known as Acacia, LIANLI branch refers to the combination of branches of two trees. In the imperial garden of the Forbidden City in Beijing, there are such trees beside the Qin'an hall and the floating Pavilion. LIANLI branch is rare in nature. It refers to the love between husband and wife.

formation

LIANLI branch is rare in nature. Why can the branches of two adjacent trees grow together?

Between the bark and the xylem, there is a layer of cells called cambium. This layer of cells has a very strong outward and inward division. When the cells divide and proliferate many new cells, the trunk will grow thick. If the trunks of two trees rub against each other in windy weather and polish the bark, when there is no wind, the two branches get close to each other and the cambium will be closely connected. The new cells that proliferate with each other will grow together. The closer they are, the easier they will grow together.

produce

The ancients saw the formation of LIANLI branch from the nature and created the method of artificial grafting. Artificial grafting is nothing more than cutting the buds or branches of one plant (called scions) and cutting the bark of another plant to expose cambium (called rootstock). In this way, the cambium of the scion and the rootstock are closely connected, tied up with hemp, and grow together in a few days.

From the records of ancient books, we can infer that the method of grafting has been used to cultivate fruit trees in China for a long time. For example, in the book of planting trees written by Guo Tuotuo in Tang Dynasty, there are many meaningful records about grafting, which says: "peach grafted with plum branches is red and sweet; plum grafted with peach is crisp; peach grafted with apricot is big; plum grafted with peach is peach and plum.". "

Our ancestors invented grafting based on the formation of LIANLI branch in nature. Today, grafting is still an important method to create new varieties.

legend

Legend of lianlizhi

At the beginning of chaos, a daughter of the Jade Emperor went into exile. Because his father is the Jade Emperor, people call his daughter the jade daughter.

The jade girl is beautiful and beautiful. She is not only intelligent, but also kind and loving.

Since ancient times, it's hard to be beautiful. The jade girl lost her parents in the chaos and was born in a farmhouse at the confluence of Yalong River and Jinsha River.

The girl, who has become a peasant girl, has been playing with the neighbor's boy surnamed Tian since childhood, herding sheep and growing up together.

The beauty of the jade girl is well-known far and wide, and it has spread to the leaders in this area. The leader led the servants to wait and see, and the fairy's appearance made the leader have a bad intention to catch the jade girl by force.

The young man surnamed Tian in the village learned that he invited his companions from one village to another and gathered many people. He went to the leader's stronghold, surrounded the stronghold and asked the leader to hand over the jade girl! The leader counterattacked, the young man and his companions besieged and made a world shaking scene.

The fight in the world, the Jade Emperor learned, sent people to visit, that is for the jade girl. Therefore, the Jade Emperor sent the heavenly soldiers and generals to hand over the jade girl.

In the scuffle, the boy surnamed Tian meets the jade girl and runs out of the stronghold! The two escaped from the confluence of the two rivers and found a place by the Jinsha River. They set up a shelter and lived there. Heaven and earth served as a medium and married. The couple's life is so sweet that they named the place they live in Xintian. Xintian village, that's how it came.

Who knows, the Jade Emperor's heavenly soldiers and generals broke through the leader's stronghold. They did not see her, so they visited her everywhere. Later they learned her whereabouts and ordered her to return to heaven.

The jade girl and her husband are unwilling to separate. The Jade Emperor was so angry that he sent a flood to the Jinsha River, which inundated Xintian village and killed the jade girl and the young man surnamed Tian.

After the flood receded, there were "two trees" growing along the river. It is a strange phenomenon to say that they are one. When their trunks grow to about 3 meters, the branches in the air grow out, connecting the two trunks together. How thick their trunks are, and how thick the branches in the air are. After connecting the two trees, the branches of the two trees grow up again and stretch to the sky.

This is the beautiful symbol of love in folklore - lianlizhi.

"In the sky is willing to be a winged bird, in the ground is willing to LIANLI branch"!

Legend of lianlizhi II

Fengqiu this piece of land has also staged a touching, life and death of the love story.

This is the story of "acacia tree" which is widely spread among Chinese people. At that time, King Kang of Song Dynasty took a fancy to his wife, the Xi family, and built a Qingling platform to force the Xi family to get married. The Xi family did not jump to the platform to commit suicide. Before his death, Xi had asked to be buried with his husband, but king Kang of song not only refused, but also deliberately buried each other across the road. Legend has it that soon two catalpa trees grew in the two tombs, and the two trees intersected. King Kang of song ordered the tree to be cut down, and mandarin ducks appeared on the tree, which turned into butterflies in an instant. The legend of romanticism has been handed down for a long time and has become the source of butterfly in China, more than 1000 years earlier than the butterfly story. This story first appeared in the collection of Ghost Novels "Soushenji" by Gan Bao of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is recorded that during the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the king of the Song Dynasty traveled to the ruins of Fengfu, met the beautiful woman who picked mulberry (that is, Han Ping's wife), and ascended the platform of Qingling to look at it and wanted to dominate for himself. With resentment, Wang Guanzhi was regarded as Chengdan. His wife left a warm book and wrote his words on the day: "the rain is obscene, the river is deep, and the sunrise is careful." Now that the king had the book, he could not understand its meaning. Su He, a minister, said to the Japanese: "the rain is obscene, the words are melancholy and the thoughts are deep; the river is deep and the people are not allowed to go back and forth; the sun rises carefully, and the heart is determined to die." Russia is suicidal. His wife was corrupted by his clothes. When Wang and his wife came to the stage, they threw themselves into the stage and took it from side to side. They were not dressed and died. The posthumous letter was sent to Dai RI: "Wang Li's life, concubine Li's death, willing to be buried together with the corpse." When the king was angry and heard, he made his family bury them, and their families looked at each other. Wang said, "my wife and I love each other very much. If we can make our family together, we can't stop it." In the past, dazzimu was born at the end of the two families, and was hugged by dazzimu for ten days. Bending phase, the root cross in the next, wrong branch in the top. There are mandarin ducks, one male and one female, perching on the tree, not leaving in the morning and evening, whistling bitterly at the neck. Song people mourn it, so they call it "acacia tree". The name of Acacia comes from this. South Korean people call this bird the soul of Han Ping and his wife. King Kang of the Song Dynasty was furious when he heard about it, and his temperament became more violent. "He dissected the back of his body, and the shins of his court.".

How many literati and poets have been praising it since ancient times. In Wang Bo's poem "Ode to spring thoughts", it is written that "wandering silk, empty silk and Acacia branches, falling flowers are around acacia trees." Li Shangyin's poem "Ode to qinglingtai" says: "don't let Han be a nymphal butterfly and fly on other flowers at leisure."

Legend of lianlizhi 3

Qian Huisun is a lady of a big family. Her father was born in Ming Dynasty. Because he had only one daughter, he loved her like the apple of his eye. She was taught to read and write, to recite poetry and to write from an early age. When Huisun was thirteen or fourteen years old, he was beautiful and famous for his literary talent. As a result, her father was very strict in choosing his son-in-law. As a result, young scholars came to the door to present their poems and works, and the threshold was almost flat. Some of his father's poems and works were very good. He asked his daughter to comment on them, but her daughter thought they were not good. After careful consideration, his father found that his daughter's faults were very pertinent. He could not help admiring his daughter's eyes.

There was a young man named Liang Xiacheng, a cousin of Huisun, who was good at poetry. I heard that my cousin commented on poems strictly and to the point, so I said to her, "your talent is really Shangguan Waner's rebirth." Huisun said nothing. Huisun's father, who was originally married to Mrs. Zhao, also knew how to read. Unfortunately, he died soon after giving birth to Huisun. His wife, surnamed Li, was very strict with Huisun. Huisun usually followed the rules and didn't let Li catch anything. Huisun didn't show up when his relatives and friends came and went. But they are very close to Xiacheng's cousin. They read books and consult each other. They talk about poems and essays in the hut all day. They don't avoid suspicion at all. Xiacheng was 18 years old. Because of the high standard of choosing a mate, he could not choose a better one. In fact, his favorite was Huisun. When writing poems, they often show the meaning of courtship. Huisun also liked Xiacheng in his heart. They could be said to have been heart to heart.

Liang Xiacheng's father did not agree that his son should marry his cousin, so when someone came to propose marriage, he shook his head. Xiacheng was very depressed, but Huisun didn't know about it.

Later, Huisun's father and his family returned home to provide for the aged. Xiacheng also went to other places for a long time because of the accident. The cousins couldn't see each other for a long time. In Xiacheng's heart, he was very painful, so he wrote a long and affectionate letter to Huisun. After reading Xiacheng's letter, Huisun knew that their marriage was difficult. He deeply resented the misfortune of his own fate. He cried all day and all night. He had no choice but to die in return for Xiacheng. Just at this time, a prince named Qin came. He was a relative of Mrs. Li. This young master is famous for his beauty and talent. He heard that Huisun was beautiful and talented, and he wanted to get married. But he had never met Huisun, and he was afraid that people's legend would not be believed. So he came to see Huisun. But Huisun didn't leave home. He was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pot. One morning, Huisun was dressing up in front of the mirror. The maid opened the window and splashed water. Prince Qin happened to pass by the window and saw that Huisun was as beautiful as a fairy. He couldn't help but exclaim. He immediately begged Li to act as a matchmaker for him. Li's heard that he thought that men of talent and women of good looks matched each other, so he put them on his pillow at night

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