? Shunzhi loved peonies very much. He planted the peony seedlings brought from the capital in the temple, cultivated the soil every day, weeded every day, and took good care of them. Peony seeds are also human-friendly. They bloom early and have long nights, and they grow into a large area within a few years. Shunzhi was very happy. His beloved peonies could finally take root here and spend the rest of their lives with me in Kesi Tou.
? It is said that the more peonies bloom, the more they bloom, the bigger they bloom, and the longer they grow, the more beautiful they become. If a thousand peonies bloom, the phoenix from the sky will fly to admire the peonies. This is the magical and beautiful "Phoenix Picked Peony", which is a symbol of the wealth and good luck of the Chinese nation and an auspicious sign of the prosperity of China and the people. If a phoenix comes to pick peonies, this place will become a geomantic treasure land, and pagodas will emerge from the ground and dragon mountains will rise. In this way, the feng shui here will be greatly changed, and the emperor and noble people will appear in the rich and noble land.
? Unfortunately, according to legend, the peonies only bloomed to 999 at most, because another peony bud that was about to bloom was picked by a fisherman's wife from out of town. Coax the baby. In the end, the peonies did not bloom to a thousand, and the good feng shui was ruined for no reason.
? It is said that the fisherman who picked peonies died of no illness that night, so the people in this area were very taboo and did not dare to touch the peonies easily. , word of mouth spread, no one dared to pick a peony flower.
It is said that on the day when the peonies were in full bloom, the phoenix really flew. When we came to the camphor tree at the east end of the Kesi Temple, there were only a thousand peonies in bloom, so they flew away angrily. The peony flower also became angry and sad. It gradually fell into decline and could no longer flourish.
Nowadays, villagers over fifty years old should have been to Longshan Temple as children and seen the beautiful peonies. When the author was a child, I often went to play around the temple with my friends. While admiring the peonies, you can also hide and seek under the peonies. At that time, there was still a large area of ??peonies and dozens of large flower bushes.
? I remember that the flowers of peonies are quite big, very beautiful, and very colorful. When the flowers are in bloom, there are quite a lot of people coming to watch them every day. The peonies at the head of the temple are really beautiful, colorful, including bright red, purple, orange, light yellow, white, green and so on. The big ones are like rice bowls and the small ones are like tea cups. They are very beautiful and delicate.
When I was a child, whenever the elders knew that we children went to Dongmiaotou (i.e. Kesitou, Longshan Temple) to play and see the peonies. There are always many warnings: you can only look at the peonies at the head of the East Temple, but you are not allowed to pick them. Whoever picks them will be guilty.
? The villagers are still in awe of peonies and love the flowers as much as their lives!
Modified and organized by Zhu Shuiqiao on August 7, 2019