1. It is good to plant the crape myrtle tree next to the gate. Its Feng Shui meaning is wealth, good luck, family harmony, prosperity and longevity. Its appearance is also very beautiful, and it is often used in rural areas. It is an ornamental tree species in the courtyard, and people also like to plant it on both sides of the gate.
2. Introduction to the crape myrtle tree
The crape myrtle is also known as itchy flower, itchy tree, purple gold flower, purple orchid, mosquito flower, western water bayberry, zinnia, and barkless tree. Class Dicotyledons, Myrtle order, Phyllanthus family, Lagerstroemia is a deciduous shrub or small tree. Crape myrtle can reach a height of 7 meters, with many twisted branches, slender branchlets, smooth, gray or gray-brown bark; leaves are alternate or sometimes opposite, papery, oval, broadly oblong or obovate, green to yellow when young. It is purple-black when mature or dry, and the back of the chamber is cracked; the seeds are winged and about 8 mm long; the flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from September to December.
3. The Feng Shui meaning of the crape myrtle tree
(1) Wealth
In Feng Shui, the name of the tree is very important when planting trees in the courtyard. The crape myrtle tree symbolizes " "Purple air comes from the east", which is very "prosperous" and has the Feng Shui meaning of wealth. Planting crape myrtle on the east side of the courtyard has positive significance for the formation of wealth Feng Shui in the home.
(2) Auspicious
According to legend, the twenty-eight constellations are surrounded by Ziwei Yuan, just like the officials surrounding the imperial palace. Ziweiyuan is located above the north sky, where the Emperor of Heaven lives. Its location on earth is the Purple Palace, the center of the country, also known as the "Forbidden City". The Ziwei star is the North Star. The Ziwei star in the Ziwei Yuan is the emperor of heaven and dominates heaven; the monarch who lives in the Forbidden City is the emperor and dominates the world. In view of the legend of crape myrtle, crape myrtle is auspicious, planting crape myrtle in the home courtyard is beneficial to create auspicious home feng shui.
(3) Harmony
Feng Shui advocates planting a wide range of plants and flowers in the courtyard, believing that it has the four major functions of "hiding water and sheltering from the wind, cultivating the ground veins, dissolving evil spirits, and increasing prosperity and good fortune" . Crape myrtle is not only a medicinal material, but its flowers and seeds have the effect of repelling insects and poisons, driving away evil spirits, and purifying the air. Therefore, a poison-free and miasma-free yard will naturally have a clean and auspicious air, and it also has certain Feng Shui significance for home harmony. .
(4) Longevity
Lagerstroemia is also a longevity tree. It has been blooming for more than 500 years and has a very strong growth ability. It is an excellent variety of garden Feng Shui plants, especially suitable for the elderly. family.