An ancient poem says:
It seems that there is heavy makeup coming out of crimson gauze, and the traveling light reflects the morning glow.
How much the fragrance sends the bright spring, just like the true red long-lasting flower.
When she was driving, she was dressed in powder makeup and jade, shining like clouds
She is the treasure among the top ten famous flowers
It is also the provincial flower of Yunnan and the city flower of Tengchong.
She is our favorite camellia
The flowers on Moshang are just waiting for you to come. Today, the editor will take you to learn about Tengchong camellia~
About Camellia
Camellia is one of the top ten famous flowers in the world. It has always been said that there are two systems of Yunnan Camellia (Camellia. reticulate L.) and camellia (Camellia. Japonica L.). my country is the center of the origin and distribution of the tea plant. There are 220 species of the tea plant known in the world, of which 195 species are native to my country.
Yunnan camellia has been cultivated in my country for more than 1,300 years. It began in the Sui and Tang dynasties and gradually flourished in the Ming Dynasty. The old "Yunnan Tongzhi" in the Ming Dynasty recorded that "Yunnan camellia is the most famous in the world", and "Vase History Moon Table" is even more Respect the Yunnan camellia as the "leader" of camellia.
Literati and poets of past dynasties praised Yunnan camellia in countless poems. Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty said: "In the first month of the first month in southern Yunnan, the spring is early, the camellia trees are in full bloom, and the plums and peaches are overwhelming. Decorate well, and Hongyun Island is everywhere."
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a poem by a poet monk: "Leng Yan contends for spring and joy is brilliant, the camellia is the first in Yunnan according to its spectrum, the top of the tree swallows the fire with ten thousand flowers, and the remaining snow burns red for half the sky."
Guo Moruo praised Yunnan camellia: "Yan said that camellia is a provincial flower, and now I see the city full of clouds. Everyone says peony is good, but I say peony is not as good as tea."
Tengchong Camellia Planting History
According to expert research, Tengchong is the origin of Yunnan camellia, and Tengchong safflower camellia is one of the original populations of Yunnan camellia.
Mazhan (Hemu Village), Jietou and other places west of Gaoligong Mountain in Tengchong are a huge treasure house of natural camellia germplasm resources, almost all the traditional varieties of Yunnan camellia, such as Hentiangao, Tongzimian, peony flower, butterfly wing, chrysanthemum Similar and corresponding types can be found in safflower camellia, such as petals and pine nut scales.
The history of artificial cultivation of Tengchong safflower camellia with written records is more than 1300 years ago. Tengchong Huzhu Temple "There are camellias next to it, and a tree of red clouds". The monument records that the camellia was planted by monks in the Nanzhao period, which shows that the history of Tengchong camellia can be traced back to the early Nanzhao period.
Mr. Li Gengen, a famous township sage in Tengchong and the patriarch of the Republic of China, wrote a poem praising: When the ancient temple was opened in the Mongolian section, the old mussels that protect the pearls spit out light. Zhan purlin and purlin are two different things, the stele of the official department of Tufu camellia. This also fully demonstrates the long history of Tengchong camellia planting.
Today, Yunnan camellia has become a popular flower, and every household in Tengchong City grows camellia, forming a naming system and appreciation method of camellia planting technology system with Tengchong characteristics.
Status and Development of Tengchong Camellia
During hundreds of years of reproduction and development, a Tengchong safflower Camellia family community with 3 major groups and more than 50 natural types has been formed, and a unique ecosystem has been constructed. The famous Yunnan camellia is bred from the naturally mutated Tengchong safflower camellia.
Mr. Feng Guomei, a botanist, called Tengchong "the hometown of Yunnan camellia"; Mr. Wang Dazhuang, a famous American species expert, said: "Tengchong is the mother and birthplace of Yunnan camellia, and the success and development of any Yunnan camellia in the world is rooted in Tengchong."
December to April of the next year is the best time to appreciate camellia in Tengchong. In Tengchong, there are camellias in the mountains and ridges, and camellias in the villages... In the hundreds of years of camellia cultivation history, a profound camellia culture has been accumulated.
Tengchong safflower camellia has a growing area of more than 50 square kilometers and about 1.6 million plants. For this reason, Tengchong is recognized by the academic circles as the distribution center of safflower camellia, and is known as the "hometown of safflower camellia".
Among them, the oldest safflower camellia tree in Mazhan Hemu Village is more than 800 years old, and there are about 5,000 trees over 200 years old. It is known as "the first village of safflower camellia in China". Therefore, Tengchong is the native place and birthplace of Yunnan camellia.
Appreciation of Tengchong Camellia Varieties
Lion head, also known as nine hearts and eighteen petals
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Pentagram
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Huadong tea (Huadong pine nut shell)
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big black tea
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Agate grass
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Curly Butterfly Wings
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Jiaohe
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pine nut shell
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Huadong tea (white seedling tea)
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Magenta Komatsu Nuts
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Brilliant Hibiscus
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