What does the Chinese trumpet creeper symbolize in terms of love?
Today's sharing: What does the Chinese trumpet creeper symbolize in terms of love, as well as its flower language and related legends. Next, the editor will introduce these to netizens.
Blossoming as splendid as summer flowers, blooming in the summer, flourishing in beautiful moments, among the flowers that bloom in summer is the Chinese trumpet creeper.
I. The Name of Chinese Trumpet Creeper
"Climbing on trees and reaching several tens of feet, hence the name 'Lingxiao'—Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen." The name of the Chinese trumpet creeper is particularly vivid and interesting. 'Lingxiao' means soaring through the clouds to the ninth heaven. It is often planted in corners of walls, with its vines climbing up the walls and eventually covering the entire wallhead, blooming orange-yellow flowers in the summer.
Alias names of the Chinese trumpet creeper include: Ziwei, Wuzhaolong, Diaolianghua, Honghuadaoshi, Dugaofuzhong, Tengluohua, Shangshulong, Shangshu Wugong, Baigouchang, Tuitaihua, Xicao, etc.
What does the Chinese trumpet creeper symbolize in terms of love?
There is also a tragic and beautiful love story associated with the Chinese trumpet creeper.
Legend has it that in a mountain village in Minxi, there was a wealthy family named Dong. They had a daughter named Lingxiao, who was talented and beautiful. She fell in love with a hardworking, kind, tall, and handsome worker named Liu Mingquan. She made new clothes for Liu Mingquan and often gave him delicious food. He loved her too, and they vowed to be together until death.
Their love affair was eventually discovered by their parents. The wealthy family was furious and ordered the servants to beat Liu Mingquan to death and throw his body into the wilderness. The villagers pitied his fate and buried him by the small river. After a few days, a large willow tree grew miraculously from Liu Mingquan's grave, with lush branches and long, slender willow branches swaying in the wind, as if telling their own sadness.