What is the language of Morning Glory flowers
This article introduces the language of Morning Glory flowers and related knowledge about the connotations and legends of Morning Glory flowers, including specific contents as follows:
Morning Glory is also known as牵牛 (Qian Niu), Trumpet Flower, Jinjiaolazi, Da Qian Niu Flower, Qin Niangzi, etc. It has thin and long vines, trumpet-like corollas, and bright and beautiful colors. It grows at altitudes of 100-1600 meters on mountain slopes, shrubbery, dry river banks, garden edges, and housesides. It has a very strong adaptability. Let's take a look at the language and legends of Morning Glory flowers together!
The language of Morning Glory flowers
Love is eternal. Morning Glory has a common name "Diligent娘子," and its name suggests that it is a very diligent flower. Whenever the rooster crows for the first time and the hour hand points to about "four," the branches of the Morning Glory flowers twining around the fence will bloom into trumpet-like flowers. This Morning Glory flower allows people in the dawn to breathe in the fresh air while enjoying the flowers点缀 among the green leaves, which is truly fascinating and no wonder it is so loved.
The flowering period of Morning Glory flowers
The flowering period of Morning Glory is from June to October. It usually starts to bloom slowly around 4-5 am and wilts by noon. This is because the flowers of Morning Glory are large and thin, and they contain a lot of water. When the sun shines on them, the water in the flowers evaporates in a short time. If they are in a shady place, the wilting speed of Morning Glory flowers will be slower, and sometimes the flowers are still open in the afternoon.
Legend 1 of Morning Glory flowers
In the past, there was a young man named Li Hu in Li Zhuang, Jinzhou, Hebei. He was very strong and powerful, but for some reason, he got a disease called tympany. Although he had been treated by doctors many times, there was no improvement. His wife was very worried and finally asked an old doctor from Lüzhou, Shanxi, to treat Li Hu. The old doctor prescribed a medicine: "Decoct the seeds of wild trumpet flowers and take them as a potion."
Li Hu's wife had never heard of such medicine, so she had to visit the old doctor again and tell him the situation.
After hearing this, the old doctor said, "There are such wild flowers in front of my house in Lüzhou, Shanxi. Their seeds are the medicine. You can send someone to my home to get them." Li Hu's wife hurriedly went to Shanxi and brought back the wild trumpet flower seeds. After taking several doses of the decoction, Li Hu indeed improved and was cured within a month. To thank the old doctor for saving his life, Li Hu brought a cow to the old doctor's house, thanked him over and over, and wanted to give the cow to the old doctor, asking, "Old sir, what kind of medicine did you use to treat me?" The old doctor was at a loss for words.
It turned out that this wild trumpet flower didn't have a name yet. When Li Hu asked, the old doctor thought: This flower seed can cure an incurable disease and has the strength to pull a cow. Today, the patient has brought a cow to the door, why not call it "Pulling Cow Flower"? After speaking, he pointed at the wild trumpet flower in front of the door and said, "It is called Pulling Cow Flower, and what you took is the seed of Pulling Cow Flower, and you are pulling a cow. From then on, the wild trumpet flower was named "Pulling Cow Flower".
Legend 2 of Morning Glory flowers
Long ago, in an unknown place and time, a mountain suddenly appeared in the shape of a lying cow, and everyone named it "Ox Lying Mountain." At the foot of Ox Lying Mountain, there was a small village with few people. Among them, there was a family with twin sisters. The people in the village were very poor and couldn't afford to buy cows to plow the fields, so they had to use some homemade tools to dig and plow the land. The twin sisters lived at the foot of the mountain, and they cultivated some wasteland in front and back of the mountain. Relying on their own hands, they sowed in spring, cultivated in summer, and harvested in autumn, barely making ends meet. The two sisters were kind-hearted and often helped people who were even poorer than themselves.
One day, while the sisters were digging, they suddenly encountered a very hard place. They tried all their tools but couldn't move a bit of soil. After working hard for a while, they sat on the side of the hard soil to rest. Suddenly, the hard soil cracked open, and the older sister quickly opened her eyes to see, and a bright silver light shone from inside. The younger sister ran over and took out a silver trumpet.
When the sisters were wondering, an old man with white beard and hair suddenly appeared next to them. The old man smiled and said to them, "This mountain was dropped from heaven by the Jade Emperor, and it压制着一百头青牛精 (a hundred Qing Niu jinn). These Qing Niu jinn have cultivated well, turned into human shapes, and committed evil in the world. The Jade Emperor subdued them and pressed them under the Ox Lying Mountain. Today, they have been pressed for nine hundred years, and by tomorrow, they will all turn into gold cows and will no longer harm the world. This silver trumpet is the key to Ox Lying Mountain. Tonight, when you hear the sound of '哗啦啦' from the mountain, there will be a place that emits golden light, which is the mountain eye. Just insert the silver trumpet into it. However, you must remember the mantra 'Ox Lying Mountain,哗啦啦, open the mountain with my silver trumpet' three times, then the mountain eye will become larger and you can go in and抱出一头金牛 (carry out a gold cow). You will have enough to eat and drink for a lifetime. This key appears once every nine hundred years and is only effective for a short time. When daylight comes, it will no longer work. If you are locked in the mountain, you will die for sure. Also, do not blow the silver trumpet, or all one hundred cows will come to life and rush out of the mountain." Before the sisters could recover from shock, the old man was gone.
The sisters knew they had encountered an immortal and were very happy. They hurried back home and discussed how to open the mountain and carry out the gold cows. The older sister said, "We must quicken our pace and try to carry out all one hundred gold cows and distribute them to the poor villagers so that they will no longer be bullied by the landlords and can all live a good life." The younger sister said, "Although gold cows are good, they can't be eaten. Gold and silver are valuable to the rich, but to the poor, they are not as good as a spoonful of flour. If we blow the silver trumpet and turn all the gold cows into live cows to distribute to the villagers, allowing them to have cows to plow the fields, wouldn't that be better?" The older sister happily agreed to her younger sister's idea.
So, the sisters went in different directions to notify the villagers and told them to go to the foot of Ox Lying Mountain to pull cows at night. There was no moon or stars in the sky, and it was pitch-black in front and behind the mountain, with no light visible. The older sister pulled the younger sister from the front of the mountain to the back, listened, and heard nothing. The older sister said to the younger sister, "Don't give up, let's wait a little longer." Thus, they waited until dawn when they suddenly heard a "哗啦啦" sound from inside the mountain, and a dazzling golden light shone from the north slope of the mountain.
The sisters hurriedly ran to the place where the light was shining. They saw that the cave eye was only as thick as a finger, and looking inside, they saw a golden square table with rows of bull-sized gold cows. The younger sister quickly took out the silver trumpet and inserted it into the mountain eye, while the older sister chanted, "Ox Lying Mountain,哗啦啦, open the mountain with my silver trumpet." After chanting three times, the mountain eye slowly became larger, but it only allowed one person to crawl in. The older sister quickly went in, followed by the younger sister.
As soon as the older sister went in, she blew the silver trumpet. Instantly, the gold cows on the table came to life, stretched their legs, shook their fur, jumped off the table, and all turned into big cows. They rushed out of the mountain eye. As the last cow's head just came out, the east began to redden slightly, and the mountain eye slowly shrank. This worried the sisters, who tried to push the cow's buttocks but couldn't move them.
Meanwhile, the villagers, upon hearing the sound of the trumpet, ran to Ox Lying Mountain. They saw cows running all over the mountain and went up to pull a cow each. They were grateful to the sisters and wanted to thank them, but they couldn't find the sisters. At this time, someone discovered the cow that was stuck. Some people pulled the cow's head, others pulled its feet, and tried their best to pull it out, but couldn't. Later, someone put a nose ring on the cow's nose, tied a long rope to the nose ring, and everyone pulled together. When the cow was pulled painfully, it kicked its legs and came out. The mountain eye immediately closed, trapping the sisters inside.
By this time, the sun had come out, and the silver trumpet in the mountain eye turned into a trumpet flower. Some people say that the trumpet flower is also called Pulling Cow Flower to commemorate the sisters. Others say that the famous Nanyang cattle are the descendants of those gold cows!
The above is a comprehensive introduction to the language of Morning Glory flowers and related knowledge about the connotations and legends of Morning Glory flowers, hoping to bring some knowledge about green plants to green plant enthusiasts.