Ying Shanhong's seven-character poem is as follows:
Author Yuan Fu Dynasty Song
Countless mountain flowers laugh at the spring breeze, and the water is different. It's called Yingshan, which has a short flavor, but it seems to reflect the red river.
the introduction of azalea is as follows:
azalea generally refers to rhododendron. Rhododendron, a deciduous shrub of Rhododendron in Ericaceae, is 2-5 meters high and has many slender branches. Leaves are leathery, often clustered at the ends of branches, oval, oval or inverted, with short and gradually tapering front ends, and slightly curled leaves with fine teeth.
dark green on the top and pale white on the bottom; Corolla is broadly funnel-shaped, obovate, generally 2-6 clusters at the top of branches, with rose, bright red or dark red, flowering in April-May and fruiting in June-August.
Rhododendron is widely distributed in Europe, Asia and North America, mainly producing in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and concentrated in Southwest and South China in China. It is a typical indicator plant of acid soil in south-central and southwest China. Rhododendron likes acidic fertile soil. Shade-tolerant and warm, evergreen rhododendron can grow well in the humid and cool place of mountain air.
The record of azaleas was first found in Shennong's Herbal Classic in Han Dynasty, which listed "Euonymus japonicus" as a poisonous plant. The cultivation history of rhododendron has been at least 1 years. By the Tang Dynasty, ornamental rhododendron had appeared, and at this time, rhododendron had been transplanted into the garden for cultivation.
Bai Juyi (772-846), a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, had a special liking for azaleas. He not only wrote many poems praising azaleas, but also transplanted and cultivated them himself. The first transplant did not survive, and he wrote, "It is impossible to move to other people for no reason."