In late spring and March, accompanied by occasional cool rains and warm sunshine all over Yishan Mountain, the greenery of this hundred miles seems to become colorful overnight. The clusters of petals swaying in the breeze, clearly still have strings of crystal clear dewdrops hanging on them, and every sea of flowers illuminated by the morning light seems to be carrying the dreams of last night, carrying a little tenderness, and carrying a clear whisper, Turn into a pair of arms with beautiful colors and gently embrace me in my arms.
goodbye cuckoo
The first time I met azaleas was in the early morning of the cold winter in the north many years ago. When I stepped into the warm and pleasant flower room from the world of heavy snow, I saw her at first sight among the flowers competing for beauty. The branches and seedlings propped up the beautiful flower umbrellas like canopies. For some reason, I always feel that this flower is very similar to the butterfly that broke out of the cocoon. Every petal constitutes its gorgeous wings, and the stamens are the flexible tentacles, which makes it shine brightly compared with other species. But I can't help but doubt in my heart, what kind of enthusiasm do you, this little flower, use to bloom in full bloom in this season of biting cold wind and dripping water?
After shaking off the dust and haze that lasted ten months, the beauty of the prosperous age was finally quietly distributed to the world. The redness was blown by the wind, as if the red hijab was lifted, and what was still hidden was the altar of fine wine A single sip of fine wine is enough to intoxicate thousands of people when it is unsealed. The pieces on the mountain do not need to be dyed by the afterglow of the setting sun, and the entire hillside has already been decorated with purple red leaves to look like red clouds.
In the days that followed, this beautiful butterfly often appeared in my sight. And when they met again, they landed the red butterflies in those years on the branches of the Rhododendron in a way that surprised me. Baili Rhododendron is located in the northwest of Guizhou Province and in the middle of Bijie City. It is under the management area of Baili Rhododendron in Bijie City, with a total area of 125.8 square kilometers. It is named for the natural primeval forest with a width of 1-3 kilometers and a stretch of more than 50 kilometers. There are 41 species of Rhododendron lantana, Rhododendron dewdrops, and Rhododendron tuanhua in the park, covering all 5 subgenuses of Rhododendron in the world. It is known as "the largest natural garden in the world" and enjoys the reputation of "the ribbon of the earth and the garden of the world".
Wanhualou is one of the famous scenic spots in the Baili Rhododendron Scenic Area in Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China. This scenic spot is also a very good viewing spot in Jinpo Scenic Area. Standing on the Wanhua Tower and looking around, you can enjoy the spectacular scene of mountains and mountains and flowers blooming. When the mountain wind blows, the red color of the rhododendrons is like a rolling fire dragon, like a rising flame, the whiteness of the rhododendrons is like a sea of clouds, just like the snow in cold winter, and the purple color of the rhododendrons is like a peacock spreading its tail, filling the sky with colorful clouds.
In addition, there are bright red, water red, light red, flesh red, pink, purple-white, off-white, green-white, light yellow, green-yellow, light yellow, lavender, deep purple, and rose-purple to make you dizzy and forget to return. . What a colorful and majestic rhododendron sea map!
Closely attached to the Wanhua Building is a suspension bridge suspended on a sea of clouds composed of layers of rhododendrons - Soma Flower Bridge. Many local Yi people often come here in costumes to sing across the bridge. The beautiful melody shuttles among the rhododendrons. With the faint fragrance of flowers, they can't help but imitate them. The swaying suspension bridge is really dreamlike. It's like being in a fairyland.
The bridge is one of the few good places to watch the scenery. The sunset in the afternoon puts a layer of warm-toned filters on the already colorful Rhododendrons, and the mood just fell between the brows, and suddenly I don’t know where to go. A beautiful woman in a long white gauze dress came walking by the side of the azaleas. Could it be that this is the figure of the azalea god Suomawei?
Barry Rhododendron, Legend of Rhododendron
Rhododendron has a long history, and the descriptions and explanations about it in each place have their own merits, but in Baili Rhododendron, the legend about Rhododendron can be said to be so moving that one has to throb. On the Huashen Square, there is a 9-meter-high holding sculpture. The protagonist of this sculpture is the "Azalea God" Soma Wei who sprinkles the blossoming azaleas on Yishan Mountain. She is wearing a Yi headdress, kind and dignified. , the smiling Soma Wei stood on the Rhododendron tree, protecting the Rhododendron day and night.
There are many stories about the Flower God. It is said that in ancient times, this place was a barren land with few people living there. One day, the sky was suddenly dark, and there was a loud "boom", five big holes burst out in the sky, and the flood poured down and instantly submerged the earth. Everyone was drowned. (Zhiga Alu is not only a hero in the eyes of the Yi people, but also a symbol of wisdom and strength of the Yi people, the embodiment of justice and victory. His spirit has inspired and inspired the Yi people from ancient times to the present.) Lu used magical methods to block the five heavenly caves first, and after stopping the flood from the sky, he used a magic pestle to dig holes to accommodate the ground flood.
Because Yi King Zhiga Alu's tenacious and fearless spirit of "replenishing the sky and controlling the water" moved the gods, the Emperor of Heaven sent the virtuous and benevolent and beautiful third daughter Mayilu to marry and have a son with the Yi King to help the Yi King manage his homeland. The King of Yi not only drives mountains and waters, fills depressions and blocks dams, allows the people to herd, fish, and farm, and earns a lot of labor, but also makes their descendants prosper and prosper. Mayilu is not afraid of hard work, and sows azaleas all year round, turning the barren mountains of the Yi family into a sea of trees and flowers. Through the efforts of the husband and wife, the world finally prospered, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The Rhododendron Mountains were connected to the mountains, and the flowers were connected to the flowers. The Rhododendrons were like oceans, which brought great peace and happiness to the Yi people. Just as the loving Zhigaalu and Mayilu couples were immersed in the beauty of the joy of the people, the Emperor of Heaven ordered his ancestors to decree the third daughter, Mayilu, to return to the heaven. Although Mayilu is reluctant to leave the people of the Yi family, and the people of the Yi family are also reluctant to leave Mayilu, but the destiny cannot be violated. For the sake of her husband and thousands of Yi people never being separated, Mayilu knelt down and prayed to the sky. Three voices: "Ma Yilu, the third daughter who is not filial, will never be separated from her husband and the people, please forgive me", before the words were finished, they turned into rhododendrons and sprinkled all the rhododendron mountains, turning this mountain into a sea of trees and flowers .
In order to commemorate Mayilu, the Yi people regard Mayilu as the god of flowers in their hearts, cherish, love and worship them from generation to generation, and call the azalea Mayilu, Somawei, and Soma flower. Today, Rhododendron has become the never-fading national flower, hero flower and sacred flower in the hearts of Yi people.
Compatriots of the Yi nationality worship the God of Rhododendron
The Yi people call the azalea "Soma flower". The Yi people have always worshiped the azalea. The Yi people have the traditional custom of offering sacrifices to the azalea god from ancient times to the present, and pray for the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Prosperity with others embodies the simple thoughts of sincerity, gratitude, harmony and kindness of the Yi people. It is also because of this that the hundred-mile Rhododendrons that have been splendid for thousands of years have been preserved intact, inheriting the grand scale and majestic momentum with an area of more than 100 square kilometers as it is today, and achieving the reputation of "Earth Ribbon, Rhododendron Kingdom" .
In Baili Rhododendron, the Yi people have a long history of worshiping and loving flowers, and they have performed and handed down rich and colorful national folk culture. The traditional custom of offering sacrifices to the Rhododendron God is the most solemn activity among them. Every year when azaleas are in full bloom, the Yi people will choose auspicious days to invite compatriots of all ethnic groups to gather at Huashan to worship the flower god under the leadership of the head of the clan and Bimo. This unique worship ceremony has been inherited and continued for hundreds of years in the Baili Dujuan area. Every year, when the Rhododendron blooms for the first time, compatriots of the Yi nationality and compatriots of other brothers and ethnic groups in Baili Rhododendron will spontaneously organize activities to worship the flower god. The sacrificial team for the flower god activity is divided into Bimo group, sounder group, colorful flag group, tribute group, and performing arts group. The whole team has about 300 people, and the rest of the non-sacrifice groups who came to participate and watch spontaneously are countless.
On the day of the sacrificial ceremony, the entire sacrificial team set off from home, gathered together, and then set off in a mighty way. Accompanied by the sound of music and drums, the sacrificial team marched to a relatively wide and open activity venue deep in the Baili Rhododendron forest area. A sacrificial ceremony is held. The whole activity of worshiping the Flower God consists of several parts and links, such as ringing the entrance, lighting the holy fire, inviting the Flower God, paying tribute, Bimo Grand Sacrifice, reading the sacrificial text, singing the Flower God, dancing the Flower God (circling the flag), sending the Flower God, etc. The scene of the sacrificial ceremony is grand, the atmosphere is warm, mysterious and strange.
In the part of "Entrance with Ringing", the gongs and drums are loud, the horns of Guoshan and Suona are sounded, and the sacrificial procession enters the arena one by one. Three highly respected people from the festival lit the holy fire, and the Yi girls presented three-color ruba to the distinguished guests who came to participate in the event, and Bimo recited fire poems; Music ensemble, and set off fireworks; in the "tribute" link, each representative unit presented pigs, cows, sheep and other sacrifices to the flower god in turn, starting from the head of the family and ending with the Usa house. At this time, the head priest Bimo will also read Prayer scriptures and flower sacrifice scriptures; in the "Dancing Flower God" link, people danced to their heart's content, fully embodying the roughness and boldness of the Yi compatriots who "jump their feet until the sun sets, only to see their feet at dusk"; It marks the end of the entire sacrificial activity. Subsequently, various folk performances of the Yi people, such as "Cuo Taiji", were launched one after another, pushing the activities to a climax.
Lantana Forest is not only the most beautiful place in Jinpo Scenic Area, but also the most concentrated place of Lantana Rhododendrons. Lantana is the big red tassel on the horse's head. It is said that in the past, people in Shuixi mainly relied on horses as a means of transportation to strengthen their connection with the outside world. When caravans passed through the forest, they accidentally shook the red tassels on their heads here, and finally turned into these splendid, red as charcoal fire Rhododendrons form the current unique landscape. Rhododendron lantana is tall and tall, with dense corolla, and there are as many as two or three hundred flowers. The clusters of flowers burn like fire on the branches, turning red the sky, the ground, the faces of tourists, and the surrounding mountains.
When it comes to Ma Yinghua, there is a legend: In ancient times, there was a beautiful Yi girl named "Soma", who was the third princess of Pule, the chieftain. Her intelligence impressed the world, her diligence made the villagers admire, her beauty made the mountain eagle forget to fly, and her singing voice made all the birds intoxicated. There is a Yi family boy named "Azhe" who is a shepherd. He is hardworking and kind. His body is like an eagle flying in the sky, which amazes the sun and the moon. After "Soma" fell in love with Zhe, the two made a private decision for life, but due to secular prejudice and traditional feudal thinking, Pu Le would never allow them to get married. On a moonless night, they fled their homes and came to live on the sparsely populated "Jiulong Mountain". They lived in harmony with the compatriots of all ethnic groups around them and were respected by the people. But the good times didn't last long. The leader "Azhi Luoni" fell in love with the beautiful and intelligent "Soma", first killed "Azhe", and then forced "Soma" to marry him. The beautiful "Soma" Swearing to the death, he jumped off the cliff to show favoritism to "Azhe".
Her blood turned into a fiery red horse cherry cuckoo, and her soul turned into a beautiful cuckoo bird, calling for her lover day and night. Whenever the villagers walk among the flowers, they will hear the mournful cry of "Azhe, Azhe". Since then, where there are Yi people living, there are beautiful rhododendrons. , the allusion of "Cuckoo Crying Blood" was born from this. Our unforgettable trip to Baili Rhododendron is coming to an end. The beautiful Baili Rhododendron is not only a natural oxygen bar, a green fairyland and a sea of flowers, but also more like an ancient The girl of the Yi family came from the haze, with a strong original beauty. Regarding the azalea, the Yi people use countless beautiful legends to love this vibrant and colorful azalea sea.
After the rhododendrons are in full bloom, the petals fall on the walking path, like a brocade covered with colorful flowers. Visitors walking on this long welcoming path, stepping on the fragrant petals, are not only fascinating. Both sides of the road are surrounded by beautiful rhododendrons. Traveling in the car is like being in a dream world. As the winding mountain road unfolds, there are endless rhododendron trees. The rhododendrons on the tree are inlaid in the black Among the leaves, they show their incomparable flexibility and poignancy to the world. These are the body fragrances that only come out in spring with rhododendrons. The beauty of rhododendrons lies in the spirit and the soul, and the beauty of these spirits comes from the background, which is the support of the new green leaves and branches after walking out of the mountains. The dense green leaves and the curved branches make the beauty of the rhododendron stand out Unrestrained, elegant and harmonious. The same is true of life. Only when many people give green leaves and branches can it bloom into a flower as beautiful as azalea.
The clouds are steaming and the clouds are spreading all over the mountains and fields, is it true that the God of Flowers came down to earth?
