Three days before and after the spring equinox is called the spring Pishi, three days before and after the fall equinox is called the autumn Pishi, is the day of the grave. The flowers bloom during the fall equinox, which is very punctual, and that is why they are called Pishihanhua.
The other side of the flower, flowers bloom on the other side of the shore, open when you can not see the leaves, leaves can not be seen when flowers, flowers and leaves do not see each other, life is wrong. In the Yellow Springs Road, a large number of large batches of this flower, from a distance it looks like a carpet made of blood, but also because of its red like fire and is referred to as the "fire road", but also this long Yellow Springs Road is the only scenery and color. They form a path of fiery red flowers guiding people to the other side of the Mikawa River, and people step on the guidance of these flowers to the hell of the underworld. In fact, the flower on the other side of the river, the original meaning of the flower in heaven, red, one of the four flowers of the heavenly auspicious omen.
The flower on the other side of the river, the devil's tenderness. Legend has it that the flower voluntarily put into the hell, was repatriated by the demons, but still wandering on the road to the Yellow Springs, the demons could not bear, so they agreed to let her bloom on this road, to give the souls leaving the human world a guide and comfort.
FLOWER LANGUAGE
"Passion," "Independence," "Farewell," "Dead Heart"
"Sad Memories," "I Only Miss You," "Looking Forward to the Day of Farewell".
Scientific name
Lycorisradiata Saffron Allium cepa White Allium cepa
The word Lycoris comes from the name of the goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, and radita means radiant, which is used to describe the appearance of the flower.
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE, genus Lycoris.
The characteristic of Amaryllidaceae is that the scape (peduncle) flowers first, and the leaves come out at the end of the flower or after the flower is gone; there are also other species that draw the leaves first, and then draw the scape to flower after the leaves are dead, so you can't see the leaves when the Amaryllidaceae bloom.
Flowering time
Three days before and after the spring equinox is called spring Pisum, three days before and after the fall equinox is called autumn Pisum. Petunias bloom during the fall equinox and are very punctual, that's why they are called Petunias.
Other Standard Names
English name clusteramaryllis, Shorttube Lycoris, Japanese name マンジュシャゲ,
Alias
彼岸花, Wuyiqiao (无义草), Longjiaohua (龙爪花), Roach Flower (蟑螂花), Lao Crow Garlic (老鸦蒜), Ghost Old Garlic (鬼老蒜), Garlic Grass (蒜头草), Ghost Optimizing Fire (鬼擎火), Ghost Flower (鬼幽灵花), Hellflower (地狱花), Sherpa Flower (舍子花), Shan Wu Poison, Flower of Life and Death, Flat Earth, Old Death, Wolf Flower, Headache Flower Crab Flower, Flower Without Leaves, Ghost Umbrella, Manjusri, Flower of Soul Attraction . , the flower of forgetfulness.
Origin and main distribution
Currently widely distributed throughout East Asia, also in Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries. Japan's current variety is presumed to have been transported from China to the northern island of Kyushu more than two thousand years ago.
彼岸花 Morphological features
For the family of lithophyllaceae perennial herbaceous flowers. Flowers like dragon's claw. With a bulb, shaped like an onion head; leaves are clustered, elongated tip, like garlic leaves, fleshy, banded, lime green with white powder; calyx solitary, terminal umbel. In summer and fall, the flower stem breaks out of the ground, umbels terminal, there are 5 to 7 flowers, red and peculiar (in addition to red, there are white, yellow and other varieties), the petals are rolled back like a dragon's claw. First flowers and then grow leaves, winter leaves do not fall, summer leaves fall dormant. Because of the characteristics of the flowers and leaves can not meet, the stone garlic is also known as the "heartless" flowers.
Growth habit
Wild varieties of wild growth in the shade of the wet ground (graves or countryside by the road), its habitat for the red loam, so hardy, like shade, can tolerate high temperature limit for the average daily temperature of 24 degrees Celsius; like wet, but also drought-resistant, accustomed to the acidic soil, to loose, fertile humus soil is best. Have summer dormant habit, very easy to reproduce, usually a stone garlic is very easy to develop a piece.
Cultivation
Very easy to cultivate, usually after the flowering of the ball cultivation is appropriate, cultivation with enough fertilizer, to cover the bulb, watering can be. The black flower bulbs of the stone garlic are extremely easy to keep alive, and will not die for a year if they are kept moist.
Main Applications
Saffron Allium sativum is a common garden ornamental plant in East Asia, enjoying its foliage in winter and its flowers in fall. This flower is mostly used for villa garden planting, usually hundreds or thousands of them are planted together, and they will open in large numbers in the fall with excellent landscape effect. In addition, since the rhizome of the stone garlic is very similar to the daffodil, both are bulbous stems. Some unscrupulous flower vendors will use it to pretend to be daffodils to sell money, so buy flowers should be carefully screened to prevent being fooled.
Although the garlic ornamental strong, but the rhizome is poisonous, the bulb contains the alkaloid lisinopril toxicity, can lead to vomiting, spasms and other symptoms, the central nervous system has a significant impact, not to be eaten freely, but it can be used for sedation, inhibit the metabolism of drugs and anticancer effects. Despite its toxicity, the bulbous root can be treated for consumption and is also used as a medicinal herb. From the rhizome of garlic extract "galantamine" can be used to treat polio, foreign countries have begun to use, our experts are also conducting in-depth research, the development of drugs for the benefit of mankind.
Medicinal bulb: contains a variety of alkaloids, such as strychnine, strychnine, galantamine and so on. It has the effect of dispelling wind and swelling, detoxifying and anticancer. It is used in the treatment of stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, and try to cure lung cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, lymphoma.
Pharmacology
According to Chinese medical texts, the bulb of saffron allium is warm in nature, pungent, bitter and poisonous, and is used in medicine to induce vomiting, dispel phlegm, reduce swelling, relieve pain and detoxification. However, if accidentally ingested, may lead to poisoning, mild vomiting, diarrhea, the heavier may lead to central nervous system paralysis, life-threatening.
According to pharmacological studies, the main medicinal components of saffron stonecrop bulbs are various stonecrop alkaloids and galantamine. Strychnine and its derivatives have certain anticancer activity, and can be anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, sedative and emetic, also has efficacy against amoebic dysentery. Galanthamine is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor and is used for paralysis and myasthenia gravis caused by polio and other central paralytic diseases. All of these components are now available for extraction on a commercial scale.
Viewing destinations
Mainly Dali and Lijiang in Yunnan Province, Huangshan in Anhui Province, Taroko and Matsu in Taiwan, and Hidaka in Japan.
In fact, it is also commonly distributed in some wild places in China. [Edit Paragraph] Related Legends Related Legends 1
Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the edges of the city were covered with large swathes of Pishion flowers -- also known as Manjushahua. Guarding the flowers on the other side of the river were two demonic spirits, a flower demon called Manju and a leaf demon called Shahua. They have been guarding the flowers on the other shore for thousands of years, but they have never been able to see each other in person ...... because they cannot see the leaves when the flowers are in bloom; and they cannot see the flowers when there are leaves. Between the flowers and leaves, they can never see each other, and they are born in the wrong place. However, they missed each other madly and were y tormented by this pain. Finally, one day, they decided to go against God's rules and meet once in secret.
That year, the reddish-colored flowers of the Manjusri were set off by the eye-catching green color, and bloomed with extraordinarily bewitching beauty. But God blamed it on this incident. Manju and Shahua were sentenced to reincarnation and cursed to never be together and to suffer on earth for the rest of their lives. From then on, Manju Shahua was also called the flower on the other side of the shore, meaning the flower that opens in the heavenly country, and the shape of the flower is like the palm of a hand praying to the heaven, but it never appeared in the city again....... From then on, this kind of flower only bloomed on the road of the Yellow Springs, and Manju and Shahua could remember their previous life selves by smelling the fragrance of the flowers of the other side of the shore on the road of Yellow Springs when they reincarnated every time, and vowed not to be together again. themselves in their previous life, and then swear not to part again, only to fall into the cursed cycle of reincarnation again.
Related Legends2
Once upon a time, a very ugly ghost fell in love with a beautiful girl, but because of his ugliness, the girl didn't love him, and out of love, he could only imprison the girl, and then a samurai warrior came, who rescued the girl and fell in love with her, while at the same time the samurai warrior killed the ghost with his sword. The ghost's blood was splashed on the grass, a kind of red and black flower bloomed brilliantly there from then on, this kind of flower is called "the other side of the flower", from then on, the other side of the flower bloomed in the hell called "forgetting the river", where is the place where the dead people forget their love in this life and turn around to reincarnate to come to the next life. Love, turn around and reincarnate in the next life of the place ......
Love, probably so, just because they love each other differently, we have to bury a lot of many, also to forget a lot of many. Thus, the flower on the other side of the river became a love messenger from the darkness, because it witnessed a black death.
Related Legend 3
The flower on the other side of the river, the devil's tenderness. Legend has it that the flower that voluntarily threw herself into hell was repatriated by the devils, but still wandered on the road to the Yellow Springs. Unable to bear this, the devils agreed to let her bloom on this road to give guidance and comfort to the souls who had left the human world.
Legend has it that the flower on the other side of the river only blooms in the Yellow Springs, and is generally considered to be the flower of guidance that only blooms on the other side of the River of Forgetfulness, by the River of the Three Paths in the underworld. The flowers on the other side of the river are as brilliant and red as blood, paving the way to hell, and have flowers but no leaves, and are the only flowers in the underworld. Legend has it that the scent of the flower has magical powers and can bring back the memories of the dead. In the Yellow Springs Road, a large number of large numbers of this flower, from a distance it looks like a carpet made of blood, and because of its red like fire and is referred to as "the road of fire," but also this long Yellow Springs Road, the only scenery and color. When the soul crosses the river of forgetfulness, it forgets all the things it has done before, and everything it has done before is left on the other side, and the living people step on the guidance of this flower to lead to the hell of the netherworld.
Related Legends4
Manjushava, also known as the flower of the other shore. It is generally believed to be the flower of attraction that grows by the River Midway. The scent of the flower is said to have magical powers and can bring back the memories of the dead in life. The flowers bloom on the other side of the river, the leaves are not visible when the flowers bloom, and the flowers are not visible when there are leaves; the flowers and leaves do not see each other, and they are born in the wrong place. Legend has it that this flower only blooms in the Yellow Springs, and is the only scenery on the road to the Yellow Springs.
Manzhushahua, from the Dharma Sutra: the original name is Mahamantra Manjushahua, meaning, the red flower that blooms in the heavenly realm, also known as the flower of the other shore, the flower of the end of the world, the flower, it blooms in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the language of the flower is "sad memories".
Related Legends5
Legend has it that in the past, there were two people whose names were respectively called Pishi and Shishi, and the heaven stipulated that the two of them would never meet each other. They were so fond of each other that one day they secretly met in spite of God's rule. As the saying goes, when they met, he realized that the bank was a beautiful woman, and the bank also realized that he was a handsome young man, and they fell in love with each other, and they made a hundred years of goodwill, and decided to stay together forever.
The result was predestined, because of the violation of the rules of heaven, this relationship was eventually killed mercilessly. The Heavenly Court sent down a punishment, gave them both a vicious and incomparable curse, since they defy the heavenly rules to have an illicit meeting, then let them become a flower flower and leaves, only this flower is very peculiar, there are flowers do not see the leaves, leaves born do not see the flowers, life and death, flowers and leaves two wrong.
Legend has it that after countless reincarnations, Buddha came here one day and saw a flower on the ground of extraordinary temperament, demonic red like fire, Buddha came to it in front of a closer look, only a look will see the mystery. The Buddha was neither sad nor angry, he suddenly laughed three times and reached up to the sky and pulled the flower out of the ground. Buddha put the flower in his hand and said with emotion: "In the past life you were not allowed to see each other when you thought of each other, and after countless rounds of reincarnation, you were not allowed to love each other, the so-called separation is nothing more than karmic birth and death, there is a curse of the Heavenly Court on you, which makes you karmic but not separated, karmic but not divided, and since I can't help you to undo the cruel curse, I'll take you to the other side of the shore, so that you can be in the blooming of flowers there.
Buddha on the way to the other side of the river, passing through the hell of the three way river, accidentally by the river water wet clothes, and there is putting the Buddha with this red flowers, and so the Buddha came to the other side of the clothes wrapped in the flowers and then look at it, and found that the fiery red flowers have been changed to pure white, the Buddha contemplated for a moment, laughed at the cloud: the great joy is not as great as great sadness, remembering is not as good as forgetting, right and wrong, how can be divided up, good flowers, good flowers, ah. Buddha will be planted on the other side of the flower, called it mandala flower, and because it is on the other side, called it the other side of the flower.
But the Buddha did not know that he was on the river of the Three Ways, the river faded flower put all the red drops in the river, wailing all day long, people heard the grief, the Earth Store Bodhisattva magical powers are very, learned that the mandala has been born, they came to the river, took out a seed and threw it into the river, not long after a red more than before the flower grew out of the water, the Earth Store will take it into his hands, sighed: you get off and Why do you leave this infinite hatred in the hell, which is already a sea of bitterness, when you have attained great freedom? I asked you to be a messenger to guide them to reincarnation, just remember you this one color, there is already a mandala on the other shore, let's call you Manjushahua.
Since then, there have been two completely different kinds of flowers in the world, one growing on the other shore and the other born by the River of the Three Paths.
In addition, in the anime <<Hell Maiden>>, the place where the protagonist Hell Maiden ------ Yama Ai resides is also full of flowers on the other side of the river
Related Legends 6
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"The other side of the flower are the flowers that bloom on the other shore, each one at the junction of dawn and morning. The love contained in the flowers on the other shore is not a heartbeat that can be touched, but a love that is far away, and all he represents is desolation and sorrow."
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"The flower on the other side of the bank is also called Manjushahua. It is a blood-like brilliant bright red flower that blooms on the other side of the River of Forgetfulness in the Underworld, with flowers but no leaves. When the soul passes through the river of forgetfulness, it forgets all the things it has done in life, and everything it has ever done stays on the other side, blossoming into a bewitching flower. We too will one day eventually die in this land, and all that has been will be buried in this dirt on the way to the other shore, just like the Manjusri."
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"The most beautiful flower will eventually just bloom on the other side and get buried in this dirt and gravel."
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"Buried in this gravel? Actually, no. It may seem like the result is just that, but in reality? Like this land before us, even in the rain, it glows. The reason is not because the flowers themselves shine, but more because the souls buried in the dirt shine. The dirt and gravel we choose is worthy just because it is worthy, and even if the outcome is the same, death, a worthy death is a meaningful one."
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"The meaning is simple: let's find meaningful ways to die, to be buried in worthy soil, like the flowers on the other side, glowing with dead souls."
- from "The Monk's Sixteen Pen Coordinates" [edit]Song "The Flower on the Other Side" Song name: The Flower on the Other Side
Composed by Faye Wong
Lyrics: Lin Xi
Arrangement: Zhang Yadong
Origin: Album Fable
Sung by Faye Wong
Sung by Faye Wong
Lyrics. /p>
Lyrics:
Saw extinguished
Disappeared remembered
I stood at the end of the sea corner and the end of the world
Heard the soil sprout
Waiting for the blip to blossom again
Reserve the fragrance for the years
The other side of the shore has no lighthouse
I still look out
The sky darkness brushes the white of my hair
The darkness of the day brushes the white of my hair<
Holding on to my torch
He comes I say to myself
I'm not afraid
I love him so much
Song Appreciation:
"Flowers on the Other Side", Faye Wong's masterpiece at her peak.
The song's lengthy intro, disoriented and sultry, is a heartbreaking despair, cruel but beautiful.
Lin Xi wrote the lyrics, which are simple, yet profound.
The flowers on the other side of the river are a vigil without the other side of the river, the vigil of the miserable woman pretending to be happy.
Even if the darkness of the day brushes her hair white, she will still hold the torch for him to go home,
as long as he knows that she is still waiting for him. This other shore is actually a distance that can never be reached ...... [edit]Long Novel "The Flower on the Other Side" Annie Baby's first urban emotional full-length novel, twelve chapters, September 2001, Nanhai Publishing Co.
In The Flowers on the Other Side, Anne Baby still depicts a group of people she is familiar with: urban stragglers living in the industrialized metropolis with cold looks, burning souls and choosing to live on the edge. The characters in the book, such as Joe, Xiao Zhi, Sen and Nansheng, all live in their own unique circles; they find it difficult to integrate into society, but never compromise or give up. In the modern city, such people do exist in large numbers but are hidden in the dark corners of the city, and Anne Baby's delicate and sensitive narration shows their lives in front of the readers.
A young woman befriends a middle-aged man who owns a bar near her home, and she pours her heart out to him by writing and narrating a movie. After experiencing a displaced life, the woman goes to an island with him, and finally completes her confession to the city and the man, leaving without saying goodbye on a winter night. The novel is developed with two threads, the real plot and the movie narrative, interlaced. The time span is large and the characters and the city are richly covered. The author uses personalized beauty and bleakness to make the whole novel full of cinematic light and shadow intertwined with eerie and hallucinatory.
Compared with previous works, Flowers on the Other Side is more mature in terms of technique. It is an experimental exploration in the combination of commerciality and artistry. For Anne, this is another big step, she can almost rely on her very short moments of complex visions, and then produce an initial idea of writing, so simple as to just want to express a state of mind, an intention, she can use her word work and mental capacity to complete a long story, such as "The Other Side of the Flower" is the case.
"To write a novel with beauty and bleakness, a novel about repression and finding the way, a novel about arriving at the soul involving loneliness, seeking, and other human issues, a novel that is sobering though painful. That was my basic conception and goal before I wrote The Other Side. Then I finished writing it." She said.
It's that simple, but one can't reach that height of conception and purity of spirituality by being displaced from the city's red lights and green nights, uncollected and unabsorbed by feelings, and it does require a rather dispassionate look at the whole of humanity as Annie did, at everyone and everything, including emotions, including desires, including living, including dying. And that is writing.