Notes on poets and poetry cockscomb

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        "A rich and gaudy, to QiuGuang dew drops of wind wave lean on build by laying bricks or stones side. XiaoJing at first glance like, where XieGuXin dyed purple luo petticoats." The tang dynasty poet ROM products's cockscomb, now in the China the earth settle down, with red, white, yellow, violet wait for color and fan, kidney shape, flat spherical shape such as to show people the elegant demeanour, medicine food cockscomb is deep popular and praise.

        Cockscomb for amaranthaceae green box amaranthus annual herb ornamental plants, alias chicken bun flowers, old to red, reed catkins cockscomb, pen cockscomb, big head comb, phoenix-tailed cockscomb, chicken male flower, chicken Angle root, red comb wait, because cockscomb inflorescence flat, show spicate, its shape resembles the zito caruncle, so named cockscomb. Cockscomb from Africa, also said the origin of India, legend has it with Buddhism was introduced into our country together, the words "god flower" of reputation. It in the summer and cool autumn days season windward open, although after the autumn frost and stand proudly.

        "Living in seclusion loading scene as more, take rain shift flower will have to see. The color is long nai, around the order more make kind of comb". Song dynasty writer KongPingZhong, the courtyard, steps planting landscape cockscomb have a special liking. Cockscomb for variety of different flower has have evening early, a flower form of don't. The flower not only has common red and purple, yellow, white variety of, more unique is a mandarin duck cockscomb, it in the same strain can blossom a purple yellow half-and-half flowers, lovable, amazing. Cockscomb varieties for inflorescence morphology is different, can be divided into broom cockscomb, surface cockscomb, mandarin duck comb, YingLao cockscomb, etc. "Bucket wind had stomach red tassel disorderly, emerald green feathers on silent cry down." This is the qing dynasty poet zhang shao to YingLao cockscomb of praise.

        Especially white cockscomb, white simple but elegant, is deep the ancients praise. Interpreting the song dynasty poet the white coxcomb as the jade chicken: "such as fly like dance to YaoTai, a top spring cloud if clipping. Who taught shift root recognize pod billet, jade chicken should know peace." Ming dynasty poet XieJin, "red crown chanticleer variable hoary head" summed up as "even greed crow" overwork: "comb this is rouge dye, today how to shallow weak makeup? For he greed crow, up to now wear but hair cream."

        Song dynasty writer ZhaoQi put cockscomb written by superb: "QiuGuang and physical eye of fan, the leaf dancing quasi brigitte chicken. The splendid very ignore to move, even only owe a loud cry." Cockscomb appearance beautiful bright-coloured, suitable for garden, garden flowers plant, also act as a medicinal plant and grain crops. Cockscomb plant have high type, medium, short type 3 kinds, short type and medium cockscomb used in bed and potted ornamental, high cockscomb suitable for flower border and cut flower. The son of a lion and the hen crown comb, colour is gorgeous, suitable for flower border, flowers and flower group, and can make cut flower, water raise lasting, made from the dried flower is not consistent. Cockscomb inflorescence, seed can be used to heal; Fresh and tender stem leaf can be used as a vegetable.

        Cockscomb is not only a summer and autumn a gorgeous lovely common flowers, also can be made into medicine and food, and has a good effect to keep fit. "Compendium of materia medica" records: cockscomb attending "under the anal fistula blood, red white on flow field, avalanche, leucorrhea with red". "Citing" also said that coxcomb seed function clear liver bright eye, attending conjunctival congestion sore, "with a disease; Cockscomb sex cool, taste gansu acerbity, with clear hot dehumidify, convergence acerbity intestinal, cool blood hemostasis, zhixie check with the effect of. Cockscomb including amino acids, seeds protein content reaches as high as 73%. Northwest of the area the cockscomb grain habit called "" m son", Fried and rice flower to eat, very sweet, and stir-fry until done frizzling mix TangXi candy made more delicious. Edible comb petals and HuaZi, human body can provide nutrition balance substance. Cockscomb grain mixed wheat into flour, is the ideal food, can add the grain protein content is insufficient, the United States has as its food crops planting area. Hubei ZhuXiXian farmers vast stretches of planting cockscomb, harvest and rice production and rice flower pill andround sugar ball etc traditional snacks dessert sale income, enjoyed by young and old, rushed to snap up.

        Coxcomb as a kind of food health food, the comprehensive nutrition, unique flavor, can be rated as food garden in a wonderful work. QianXi poets wrote poem cockscomb, "slim ZhuLi higher between wind and dew drops of blood did not work. Learn city wash and dress kind, dye ROM bag but green cloud Huan." The yuan dynasty literati YaoWen huan put coxcomb as "battle chicken" : "where a sound all white, cream China late whisk crimson sansan. Five ling bucket back" after, independent autumn pavilion blood did not work."