Day lily, the scientific name of day lily, is used to accompany meals. It has been planted for more than two thousand years, and it is a unique local product in China. The Book of Songs records that there was a woman in ancient times who planted day lilies in the North Hall of her home because of her husband's expedition to get rid of her troubles and forget her busyness. From then on, the world called her a "worry-free girl".
It's hard for others to know how much this woman can forget. But she loves daylily, which is really insightful. In the cousin of Liliaceae, HEMEROCALLIS is not a noble family, but a "small family". Look at its shape, slender leaves, tubular flowers, each with 6 petals, spreading outward, and the color is orange-red. Generally, there are several flowers in each flower, which bloom from summer to autumn. Unfortunately, I opened the door in the morning and closed it at dusk, so I left in a hurry. According to flower connoisseurs, daylily, with its lush green leaves and Xiu Xiu flowers, exudes a graceful, dignified and elegant temperament, which makes people feel cordial and pleasing to the eye. No wonder the ancients compared it to the voice of a loving mother. Su Dongpo once blessed Japan: "Although the day lily is slightly open, it can extricate itself from loneliness and its heart is inserted in the graceful leaves." When he said "heart", he meant maternal love. Bai Juyi also wrote a poem: "Du Kang relieves boredom, and day lilies relieve worries." . He comforted Liu Yuxi, his confidant in his later years, for his life experience of repeated relegation. In fact, from a scientific point of view, a nameless flower itself does not contain any elements to relieve troubles. It just helps people to shift their emotions while watching, relax for a while and forget their troubles for a while. In 1950s, it was reported that when beloved Comrade Dong was on a business trip in other places, he sent four sentences to his wife He Lianzhi: "I am smiling, and I will repay a girl who has no worries for her children, and I will laugh till I am old" to encourage her not to worry too much about family affairs. Looking at mortals who often eat earthly fireworks, I am afraid that few people can be completely carefree. Besides, there are many people with lofty ideals in the world who are often worried about the fate of the country and the sufferings of the people. It can be seen that you have been worried about what you should be worried about, and let it go and forget it!
Common daylily can be divided into two categories: edible and ornamental. Edible flowers are mostly single petals, specially designed for picking flowers, steaming, drying and selling, commonly known as gold needles. Ornamental flowers are mostly double petals, specially designed for artificial potted plants or small garden scenes. These two kinds of flowers are relatively small. After cross improvement abroad, many new varieties of big flowers have been cultivated, each as big as a cup mouth, with as many as thirty or forty flowers, which is very spectacular. A few years ago, Guangzhou Garden College introduced more than 100 varieties, and the trial planting was generally successful. For example, the "Huang Yun dress" with yellow flowers and the "red and purple velvet" with red flowers are unique and have considerable ornamental value.
According to Li Shizhen's comment: "Daylily is sweet and cool, nontoxic, which can clear away heat, clear wine and remove gangrene, benefit the chest and diaphragm, and nourish the heart ..." It can be eaten and used as medicine, and eaten raw besides drying. It is to pick the flowers and cook them, with sesame oil and sauce, which is especially delicious. "Luohanzhai" in Lingnan menu contains gold needles as ingredients, which makes people never tire of eating. Longdong, Gansu Province is a famous Hemerocallis production base in China, and about 65.438 billion kilograms of lilies are sold well at home and abroad every year.
Hemerocallis originated in southern China. Wide adaptability, cold resistance, humidity resistance, drought resistance, sunshine resistance and semi-shade resistance. Generally, soil can grow, and sandy loam with good drainage and high fertility is the best.
A girl without sadness.
Another day lily is Zi Xuan, also known as a girl without sadness. Wuzhong scholars call it prevention of disease. Ji Kang's health theory says, "Hemerocallis forget their worries". (from "Xu Yi Lu")
Hemerocallis, one is called "Zi Xuan" and the other is called "a girl without sadness". Wu scholars call it "treating anxiety". Ji Kang's health theory says: "Hemerocallis forget their worries".