The kapoksaysThe legend of kapok

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Kapok is larger, the color orange, very beautiful, to appreciate.Sea south of ancient guangzhou kapok tree planting, of which more than 10 strains of the most ancient temple gate.Every year lunar calendar in February, kapok flower in full bloom, many thousands of people every day to the viewer, the scene is lively, with QuDaJun to the south China sea temple ancient cotton song of praise.The temple of the south China sea still have two ancient kapok tree, older, still upright.

"Says it is strange, because in the spring and autumn winter it is green, grow vigorous blackish green green light green.In summer, everything will be different again.It begins to release its magic, bit by bit, the heart the most evil of the most enchanting temperament, the green driven, bare branches upright charm of bright flowers, like ganci agni for burning, monotone color is not a low profile ".

Kapok is a specialty of the south, is the guangzhou city flower, kaohsiung and mr.zhang, five petals with strong curve, surrounded by a bunch of polybasic yellow pistils able to tighten the receptacle, have jobs so big, meet spring spread down from the top of the tree.Kapok flower is also called hero, is widely existed in the zhuang folk worship several trees, camphor trees, maple, kapok tree, banyan tree.

In their myths and legends, camphor tree is the universe open up first appeared in the trees, a work of sky;People found the flame from maple, it has offered the work of fire;Kapok is cloth luo tuo zhuang ancestor god soldier, in battle with the enemy, they hand holding the torch, heroism, even sacrifice when ZhanLiZhu, turned into a kapok tree covered with red flowers;Banyan tree is leafy symbol of prosperity.On zhuang village, therefore, all kinds of these trees, the villages of the established club around the pavilion (place of worship village patron saint), also want to plant the trees.

The legend of kapok:

According to the descriptions of the western han dynasty, when the western han dynasty south yue emperor ling tribute to the emperor tree, it is said that what kind of tree is the kapok tree, so it is called "ran the tree at the earliest.Kapok flower not only name only, and still have the name of allusions.Like the kapok article name is from a legend, legend wuzhishan had a li old hero called kapok, often lead people to beat alien invasion.Once because of a traitor whistleblowing, old hero was arrested, the enemy will he bound and tortured on the kapok tree, old hero and endured, finally killed by cruel.Later after the old hero into kapok tree, so the kapok tree is called "site", in memory of the national hero.Gump is point to in the name of the hero tree?So, do you see its boughs, and under the tall, free-standing trunk full of papilloma, no other people, such as climbing, branches and wheel life, like a declaration of sovereignty to the sky, blossom without the leaves, spend light after regeneration leaves, true have boldness of vision, so, also have the laudatory title of "hero tree".But the earliest called kapok hero is qing Chen Gongyin, he described in his songs pretty flower kapok "thick must good bedding face is a hero, strong gas do high crown and".Since then the kapok tree is called the hero tree.And kapok article name comes from is a pictographic - kapok xie left after bearing cotton, cotton tie knot on a tree.The cotton on the tree, so called kapok.Hero: kapok, austral peculiar wood tree tall and straight, wooden tenacity;When flowers red and warm without a bit of greenery foils, flowering after heart.i fall soil not allow anything to fall around, flower into the food but can qingrejiedu WenChun concern to the person.

Kapok says: cherish the people around him!Cherish the present happiness