Hemerocallis-the flower of maternal love

Recently, I listened to a song, Hemerocallis by Yang Kun and Rainie Yang. I used the ancient image of day lily to explain the deep affection between father and daughter, which reached the hearts of the people.

Hemerocallis refers to maternal love, which comes from Feng Wei Bo Xi in The Book of Songs: "Grass cannot be obtained, but the back of the tree can be said." Zhu Note: "The worry of forgetting grass; Back, Beitang also. "Day lily, which means where can I get a day lily, planted in the backyard, let me forget the sorrow?

"The Book of Songs" says: "The northern hall is dark and can be planted with mystery." In ancient times, it was often planted in the north side of the courtyard, which was often the residence of mother and her family, so people used "Beitang" and "Xuantang" to refer to mother.

The image of day lily was sung by later generations. Xuanhua by Liu, a contemporary poet of Lu You in Song Dynasty: Where are the flowers in Beitang, and how many pairs of wet clothes. Wang Mian, a poet and painter who was good at painting plums in Yuan Dynasty, wrote My Book: It's sunny now, and there are day lilies in front of the hall. Holding a cup is my mother's birthday, and there is no sound.

Meng Jiao, a Tang Dynasty poet who wrote Ode to a Wandering Son, will be remembered by future generations. Behind it is the poet's personal experience and personal feelings. Originally, in the present words, Meng Jiao was a "repeat student", and he didn't take the imperial examination in Sun Shan for two consecutive years. The ambitious mother has high hopes for her son. At the age of 46, she asked him to go to Beijing to take the exam again. Meng Jiao woke up in the middle of the night and saw her mother sewing clothes for tomorrow's trip. "The thread in the hand of a kind mother makes clothes for the wayward boy's body." Meng Jiao was in tears, and took advantage of the moonlight to install some day lilies on the steps of the main house. Before leaving, my mother made a thousand exhortations and was reluctant to go. Meng Jiao was touched by this, and recited the poem "Wandering Son": "Hemerocallis live in the hall, and wandering sons live in the world. The loving mother leans against the hall door and doesn't see the daylily flowers. " Since then, day lilies represent great maternal love and are more deeply rooted in people's hearts.