1. You can choose some plants with long trees in the cemetery to show the eternal significance of the deceased. This kind of common plants are Cycas, Ginkgo biloba, Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Betulaceae, Carya cathayensis, Ulmaceae, Ficus, Pistacia chinensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Phoebe bournei, Malva and so on.
(1) Pine and cypress: The tree of pine and cypress is vigorous and solemn. It is often used in cemeteries, symbolizing eternity and expressing people's nostalgia and admiration for their old friends.
(2) Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo biloba is called a living fossil. Its majestic posture and longevity. It is simple and quiet, super but free and easy. Guo Moruo called it "Oriental Sage" and "Living Monument of China Culture" in the article Ginkgo biloba.
(3) Pistacia chinensis Bunge: Pistacia chinensis Bunge, also known as Kaishu and Jiguan Tree, belongs to Lacqueraceae. It is a tall and long-lived deciduous tree and a beautiful autumn ornamental tree.
(4) Cinnamomum camphora: Cinnamomum camphora is an evergreen broad-leaved tree of Lauraceae. Cinnamomum camphora is juxtaposed with sages, and Cinnamomum camphora can be used as a keynote tree to form a lush atmosphere.
2. Choose plants that can ward off evil spirits: Plants that can ward off evil spirits have been planted in cemeteries for a long time. The purpose is to ensure the safety of the dead in the underworld, which conforms to the psychology of China people. These plants mainly include weeping willows, peaches, phoenix trees and cypresses.
(1) Salix weeping willows: Salix weeping willows are deciduous trees of Salicaceae, which are mostly produced in Jiangnan provinces. The ancients often associated willows with parting, so there was a custom of breaking willows to give people away.
(2) Peaches:
(6) There are records about peach blossoms in modern gardens such as Qunfangpu. Peaches have many connections with traditional customs, such as avoiding evil spirits and avoiding evil spirits. "Custom Pass": "There is a god tea in ancient times, ... this performance is haunted, and ... it defends the fierce."
(3) Indus: Indus was regarded as an auspicious thing by the ancients.
3. Choose plants related to religion: Different regions and nationalities have different religious beliefs. People of the same ethnic group also have different religious beliefs. These people believed in religion before they were born, and after they died, they also hoped to plant plants related to religion around the grave to show their sincere faith. When choosing plants in the cemetery, we should consider plants related to religion, such as Miluo tree and lotus flower.
(1) Aesculus chinensis, also known as Aesculus chinensis and thoreau tree, belongs to Aesculaceae. It is a long-lived tree species. Legend has it that when Sakyamuni died, he lay in bed between two Miluo trees. The trees are full of flowers, the air is full of music and fragrance, and invisible gods gather at the bedside. In early summer, Aesculus chinensis blooms tall and dense white flowers, which are like a string of jade pagodas and seem mysterious. It has become a symbol of Buddhism.
(2) Lotus
Lotus, commonly known as lotus, is regarded as a "gentleman" and symbolizes holiness because it can emerge from the mud without being defiled. It is the most respected flower in Buddhism, and the "Lotus Peanut Buddha" is also a symbol of practicing Buddhism with lotus as a metaphor. Scholars often praise lotus flowers with poems. For example, Li Bai's Sangha Song said that "there is no autumn moon in the pure heart, and the heart is as bright as a violet on earth", and Liu Yuxi also said that "pure lotus flowers do not dye lotus flowers and hold hundreds of millions of people in the world".
4. Choose evergreen tree species: evergreen tree species have strong and evergreen meanings, and are good plant materials to create a memorial atmosphere in cemeteries. In addition to conifers, there are many evergreen trees to choose from in the cemetery, such as Holly, Podocarpus, Prynne, Heather, Magnolia grandiflora, Mosquito Mother Tree, Michelia, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Mahonia, Rhododendron and so on.
(1) Ilex purpurea
Evergreen trees of Ilex. Holly is distributed in the south of the Yangtze River basin and has a long cultivation history. In ancient times, there was an auspicious name of "ten thousand years of support" Holly was planted in the palaces of the Han Dynasty and the tombs of the emperors of the Song Dynasty. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, planting holly became popular in Hangzhou. The poet Zhang Yu once described the scene at that time: "Everyone in this house is hiding in the forefront of renewal. Ten years of spring breeze, I am afraid of greenery. "
(2) White orchids
Magnolia is an evergreen tree of Magnoliaceae with white and fragrant flowers, which can be selected in southern Wenzhou. White flowers, rich fragrance, can symbolize the eternal cause of revolutionary martyrs, so they are often used in memorial gardens, such as two rows of white orchids in Zhang Minda's cemetery, which are solemn and majestic.
(3) Rhododendron, also known as azalea, Shan Shiliu and Rhododendron. The evergreen shrub Rhododendron has a long history of cultivation in China. The earliest record of azaleas in Dantu County: "According to legend, during the Zhenyuan period of Tang Dynasty (785), foreign monks brought medicine from the Tiantai alms bowl and planted it." Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Du Fu has become the object of poets' chanting and expressing their feelings. Cheng, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, left a famous sentence: "Doubt is blood in the mouth, dripping into a flower on a branch." In addition, azaleas are often used to create beautiful landscapes in spring in cemeteries abroad.
5. Choose plants endowed with anthropomorphism: according to the occupation of the deceased and his favorite plants, choose the corresponding plants endowed with anthropomorphism. If you were an intellectual before your death, you can choose plants with literati colors such as "Three Friends in the Cold Year", "Four Gentlemen", Lagerstroemia indica, white lilac and osmanthus, and plant them next to the tomb. If you were a teacher before your death, you can choose peaches and plums, which means "peaches and plums are all over the world".