What is the floral meaning of the cockscomb?
The cockscomb is also called cockscomb flower or cockscomb bloom; because its flower resembles a rooster's comb, it got the name cockscomb. Next, let us take a look at the floral meanings of the cockscomb.
Red, purplish red, tangerine red, orange-yellow... the cockscomb always has vibrant colors. Especially from summer to autumn, the cockscomb is almost the representative of "autumn." Also because of its "flaming red, passionate" colors, it symbolizes "sincere and eternal love."
Zhao Qi of the Song Dynasty wrote in "Pecking Cockscomb": "Autumn light touches all things, the eyes still dazzled; leaves dance gracefully, resembling a green pheasant. Splendid beyond measure, feigning movement; at the fifth watch, all that is missing is a single crow." Mei Yaochen's poem "Cockscomb" says: "Shennong recorded a hundred flowers, five colors differ in sweet and sour. Then there is an autumn flower fruit, entirely like a rooster's crimson comb." It can be seen that the cockscomb has been loved by people since ancient times.
The cockscomb can be used to arrange flower beds and flower borders, and can also be used as potted plants and cut flower material. It can also be used in cooking and as Chinese medicine. It truly is a treasure from head to toe!
The legend of the cockscomb
A long, long time ago, by the banks of the Muxiao River, there lived a little girl surnamed Liu. One day, the little girl went to Cockscomb Mountain to pick wild vegetables. The farther she walked, the farther she went, and in the end she got lost in the mountain. Because she was so hungry and had no other way, she picked wild fruits and wild vegetables to fill her stomach. Since she ate everything and the river water she drank was not clean, she ended up with diarrhea and unbearable abdominal pain. She suddenly found by the river a kind of purple cockscomb-shaped wildflower. She thought that if she picked some flowers and ate them, perhaps she could cure her diarrhea. So she picked some flowers and ate them, and sure enough, her stomach did not hurt so much anymore. After that, she continued to eat those purple flowers, and as a result, her diarrhea stopped.
But because she had not eaten for several days, she no longer had the strength to walk, so she leaned inside a grass hut under a tree. Suddenly she heard a sound coming from the grass and mistakenly thought a wild beast was attacking. In a panic, she squeezed into a tree hole beside the grass hut. After a while, the sound came closer and closer. It turned out to be the sound of human footsteps. So she crawled out of the tree hole; after she poked her head out, she had no strength left, and her father and the villagers carried her out.
After returning home, the little girl rested for several days, and her spirit gradually improved. The little girl told her mother about what had happened in the mountain: because she ate wild fruits, she got diarrhea, and afterward she ate purple flowers and was cured. The little girl's mother often had diarrhea. After hearing this, several days later she went with her husband to Cockscomb Mountain, gathered some flowers with their roots, brought them home, and planted them in front of their house. The little girl's mother took the purple flowers decocted as a soup for several days in a row, and as a result, her diarrhea did not recur. After that, she told other people the news that this kind of flower could cure illness.
Cultivation techniques
Planting: seed propagation. Generally direct seeding, but seedlings can also be raised and transplanted. For direct seeding, use 5-6 liang of seeds per mu, mix evenly with wood ash mixed with human and livestock manure water, and open holes on the ridge at a row spacing and plant spacing of about 30 cm each, about 3 cm deep. The bottom of the holes should be flat. First apply human and livestock manure water, then evenly broadcast the seed ash.
Field management
When the seedlings are 7-10 cm tall, thin and fill in the seedlings, leaving 4-5 strong seedlings per hole. Weeding and topdressing: the first time after thinning, the second time during May. Water during drought.
Pest and disease control
Among insect pests there are slugs, which are controlled by scattering fresh lime powder in the morning. For green caterpillars, use dimethoate for control. For green caterpillars, use 6% wettable benzene hexachloride for control.
The feng shui role of the cockscomb
A fortune teller said: If the cockscomb is picked by someone, the feng shui will be taken away. Is that true?
During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor one day took a sudden interest in testing Xie Jin's literary skill, so he set a topic requiring him to "compose on the cockscomb." Xie Jin blurted out: "The cockscomb was originally dyed with rouge!" Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly took out a white cockscomb. Xie Jin immediately and calmly changed his words: "Why then is it lightly made up today?" As soon as this line came out, while the others were surprised and thinking about what would follow, the brilliantly talented Xie Jin immediately answered himself: "Only because at the fifth watch it greedily crows the dawn, to this day it wears a head full of frost."
Because of the cockscomb's proud, upright, and gorgeous appearance, since ancient times it has symbolized "success and fame," "topping the imperial examination," and "rising in official rank and nobility." If you want to stand out and be the best among the crowd, the cockscomb is an excellent guardian on your academic path.
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