plum flowers(àn xiāng shū yǐng)

plum flowers

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is "zanxi à ngsh à y à ng". Originally it describes the fragrance and posture of plum blossom, but later it is used as a synonym for plum blossom. From the collection of Lin Hejing, Volume 2, Xiaomei in the mountain garden.

Idiom explanation

Dark fragrance: quiet fragrance; sparse shadow: sparse branch shadow. It was originally used to describe the fragrance and posture of plum blossom, but later it was used as a synonym for plum blossom.

The origin of Idioms

In the Song Dynasty, Lin Bu's poem "collection of Lin He Jing · Volume 2 · Xiaomei in the mountain garden" said: "the light shadow slants horizontally, the water is shallow, and the faint fragrance floats at dusk."

Idioms and allusions

Lin Fu, a famous hermit in the Northern Song Dynasty, once roamed the area of Jianghuai and later lived in seclusion in the West Lake and isolated mountain of Hangzhou. He had no wife and no children all his life. He was especially fond of plum blossom and white crane, and was known as plum wife and crane son. His famous poem "little plum in the mountain garden" shows his extraordinary temperament: "all the flowers are swaying, and only the beautiful scenery is in the garden. Thin shadow horizontal oblique, clear water, fragrance floating on the evening. If the frost bird wants to go down, it will steal its eyes first. If the pink butterfly knows it, it will break its soul. Fortunately, we can have a little chant, and we don't need to share gold with sandalwood. "

Idiom usage

It is used to describe plum blossom. for example two standing on the small bridge, light shadow and dark fragrance, sweet and cold, snow like silver on the mountain behind the house, back to enjoy. (the fourteenth chapter of the water margin by Chen Chen in Qing Dynasty) when the moon is light and the dusk is about to snow, the small window still owes the cold branch of the year, and there is no one to go, only the West Lake officials know. Xin Qiji's Hefu yansou plum blossom in Southern Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : àn xiāng shū yǐng