Lotus was originally another name for lotus, born in water and on land. Hibiscus hibiscus blooms in August and September, and its corolla is white or reddish, which is equally divided with the lotus.
The word "hibiscus" written in A Dream of Red Mansions refers to hibiscus flowers. It is said in Guangqun Fangpu that this flower is elegant and unique in the temple. Qiu Jiang is lonely and doesn't complain about the east wind, so he can be called a gentleman.
The sixty-third episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, "Shouyi Hongfang Group Banquet", is about people smoking flowers and signing wine orders. Dai Yu painted a hibiscus flower, which read "The wind reveals a sad face" and a poem "Don't complain about the east wind". It can be seen that Cao Xueqin compared Dai Yu to a hibiscus flower.
2. Baochai Peony
Peony is known as the "national beauty and fragrance", and it is elegant when it blooms. It is also known as the "Flower King". Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote three songs, in which Peony and Yang Guifei sang together.
In A Dream of Red Mansions, there are many words comparing Baochai to Yang Guifei: for example, in the twenty-seventh chapter, "Yang Fei is playing butterflies in the dripping pavilion, burning incense and swallows are crying". The thirtieth time, Baoyu accidentally revealed that everyone compared Baochai to Yang Guifei, and Baochai was furious.
Baochai is plump, quite like Yang Guifei, and comes from a famous family. It is natural to compare her to a peony. ?
3. Yuan Chun-Epiphyllum?
Epiphyllum rarely blooms, only blooms at night and fades in the morning, so it is called "a flash in the pan", which describes that things disappear as soon as they appear.
Jia Yuanchun did not appear in many books, but she was not only the political backer of the Jia family, but also the supporter of the "golden marriage" made by the feudal family: when giving gifts to everyone, only Baoyu and Baochai are the same, which shows her preference in choosing a spouse for Baoyu. Jia Yuanchun died of illness at the age of 43. Since then, the Jia family has lost its backer, so it has repeatedly fallen.
Therefore, Jia Yuanchun suddenly appeared like a epiphyllum, just like the glory of the second government of Rongning, which flourished and declined. ?
4. Spring Festival-Winter jasmine
Winter jasmine is cold-resistant, and often blooms when the snow and ice are still cold in early spring, hence the name "Spring Festival".
In the Song Dynasty, there was a poem about "Winter jasmine": "Li attracts attention, and the east wind enters Jiuchong City first. No one cares about Huanghuateng, and the waves are famous all over the world. " .
Jia Yingchun, the most mediocre of all sisters, is indifferent to the maid. She let Siqi be humiliated and kicked out, and finally hit the wall in a rage and committed suicide. Spring Festival has no talent and no virtue, just like Spring Festival in the eyes of poets, which exists in name only. ?
5. explore spring and apricot flowers
In the sixty-third "Night Banquet of the Red Square Group of Shrouds", Tanchun drew lots of apricot flowers, which read "Xian Pin in Yaochi" and introduced a poem by Gaochan in the Tang Dynasty, "Apricots are planted on clouds in the sun."
According to the traditions and habits of feudal times, "the sun" should be the symbol of the emperor, and "the red apricot beside the sun" should refer to the ladies around the emperor.
According to the notes of Qianlong's fifty-five or six years, A Dream of Red Mansions has a queen inside and a princess outside (see Shu Pi's Poems with the Garden), or early manuscripts do have the plot arrangement of Tan Chun marrying a princess.
Anyway, Tanchun finally flew away.
6.xichun-Datura stramonium
Datura flower, native to India, is also a Sanskrit transliteration.
"Guang Qun Fang Pu" quoted Hokkekyo as saying: "When the Buddha said it, he went to Datura."
It seems that this flower is related to Buddhism. Jia Xichun in A Dream of Red Mansions is good at making friends with Miaoyu, Zhineng and other monks, and finally "can't find that the three spring seasons don't last long" and becomes a nun. Therefore, it is appropriate to compare Xi Chun to the Buddha Datura.
7. Miaoyu-Pear Flower
Pears are as white as snow. Spit incense secretly. The greatest feature of Miaoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions is its love of cleanliness. When grandma Liu drank tea from a cup, she threw it away because it was dirty. Even Baoyu and Daiyu were dismissed as "laity" by her, which shows that they are withdrawn and unreasonable. Living in the world of flowers and flowers in the Grand View Garden, she wants to pursue spotless cleanliness and eventually get stuck in the mud.
Yuan Haowen's poem "Pear Flower" can be said to be the most vivid description of pear flower's character, and it can also be regarded as a portrayal of Miaoyu's life: "Pear flower is like a quiet girl, and it is lonely at dusk in spring. Spring cherishes innocence, and jade cheeks wash the wind and dew. Su Yue had a good talk, commanding and graceful. Hate dust-free outsiders, to continue the snow. Lonely and avoid being too clean, don't send flowers. "
8. Li Wan-Orchid
Plum blossoms, in the severe winter, bloom and wither, and are full of fragrance, symbolizing nobility and loyalty.
Li Wan in A Dream of Red Mansions is very tall, and the "Xiang Tao Village" where she lives seems to belong to the "Caotang" school, so she got the nickname "Xiang Tao old farmer". On the night of the "Shouyi Red Party Banquet", Li Wan drew a plum blossom sign, which read "first frost Han Xiao's posture" and attached Wang Qi's poem "A Caotang is complacent", indicating that the author used her as a metaphor for plum blossoms.
9. Qiaojie-Morning Glory
The name morning glory probably comes from the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl meeting on Tanabata.
Qiaojie was born on Tanabata and was named after Granny Liu. After the decline of Jiafu, she married Banel and lived an idyllic life.
From this point of view, Qiaojie is somewhat comparable to the common morning glory that is longer than the fields in Shan Ye, so it is called morning glory. ?
10, Xifeng-poppy
Poppy, its flowers are bright and gorgeous, and its fruit can be used as medicine. A small amount has analgesic, antitussive and antidiarrheal effects, but excessive intake can cause death.
Wang Xifeng in a dream of red mansions is dazzling and bejeweled. "The pink face is full of spring, and the lips smell first and then laugh." Looks like a fairy princess. In this big family of hundreds of people, only she can be versatile, handle extremely complicated personnel relations, and show unparalleled intelligence.
However, she is cruel on the surface and has done many unnatural things behind her back. This luxurious and gorgeous Wang Xifeng with complex personality is like a mixture of medicine and good medicine, which is more appropriate than poppy.
1 1, Ke Qing-Cyclamen
Cyclamen persicum is a perennial bulbous herb, also known as rabbit ear flower.
Comparing Qin Keqing to Cyclamen is actually the name of this flower. The reasons are as follows: first, when Baoyu wandered in the fairyland, the police fairy said that his sister (Ke Qing) was a visitor in the fairyland; Second, before he died, Qin Keqing talked about the specific strategy of leaving a "retreat" for Jia Fu in his dream, which also revealed some "secrets".
All these imply that she is an "extraordinary person" and can only be a guest from fairyland.
12, Xiangyun-Haitang
Begonia flower has the reputation of "sleeping beauty", and its code name also comes from Yang Guifei: Tang boarded Chenxiang Temple and was called Yang Guifei. As it happens, Yang Guifei was drunk, and Gao Lishi helped the attendants out. The imperial concubine is still drunk and wearing makeup on her temples.
When Tang saw this, he said with a smile, "It's true that concubines are drunk and Haitang sleeps in the spring (the interpretation of Song Huizong's Cold Zhai Poetry)"! Later scholars compared it to "sleeping beauty", and Su Shi even recited a famous poem "Haitang".
In the sixty-second chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, Xiangyun was drunk and slept among peony flowers, which was a picture of Haitang sleeping in spring. The sixty-third time, Xiangyun drew a Haitang sign, which read "Spring dreams are heavy", and the poem said "I'm afraid the flowers will fall asleep at night". Daiyu immediately laughed and changed the word "late at night" to "stone cool", which actually shows that the author refers to Xiangyun as Haitang. ?
A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. The novel encourages itself with the theme of "talking about love and recording things", only follows its logic, gets rid of the old conventions, is fresh and unique, and has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements.
The special brushwork of "the truth is hidden and the village tells lies" has opened the brains of later readers and speculated for a long time. Later generations formed an outstanding school-redology around the study of reading A Dream of Red Mansions.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Dream of Red Mansions