近日看到一本书《唐诗植物图鉴》,书中收集了近60种植物,大多是牡丹、梅花、兰花等传统名花,但遗憾的是竟没有杜鹃花。看来杜鹃花在中国传统文化中,并没有进入主流行列,也许这与当时皇帝的喜好有很重要的关系。当然,我们在古代诗词典籍中,还是能找到不少关于杜鹃花的诗句,诗人白居易对杜鹃花就很是赏识,曾有诗句“回看桃李都无色,映得芙蓉不是花”。 Recently saw a book, “Tang poetry plant illustrations,” the book collected nearly 60 kinds of plants, mostly peony, plum, orchids and other traditional flowers, but unfortunately did not even azaleas. It seems rhododendron in traditional Chinese culture, did not enter the mainstream ranks, perhaps this was the emperor’s preferences have a very important relationship. Of course, we can still find a lot of verses about azaleas in the ancient poetry books. The poet Bai Juyi appreciates the azaleas very much. There was a poem “Looking back, peaches and plums are colorless, reflecting that the flowers are not flowers.”