Yi-wen Guan, Yi Lu, Zhi-guo Zhang, Wei-na Zou
2024, 4(1):
12-18.
As famous traditional Chinese flower, daylily (Hemerocallis ssp.) has 3 main cultural images: the forgetfulness, the Yi-nan, the representative of mother or maternal love. And it is also the object of literature widely described and sung by the writers of different ages. 96 classical Chinese poems of describing the daylily landscape from the Western Jin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty were selected to explore the characteristics of daylily planting in real landscape and the semantic analysis method used. The results shows that daylily was often planted in front of the steps or the hall in the courtyard and the main planting form was cluster planting. The common accompany plants for daylily were bamboo, lotus, pomegranate, hollyhock and so on. Daylily was often found near water or in the field and mountains in natural environment. The aesthetic objects for daylily in poetry included its posture, color, fragrance, group appearance, seasonal landscape, flower activities and so on. The aesthetic feelings of daylily in poetry changed in different ages. In the Tang and Song dynasty, the feelings of "leisure and broadness" appeared most frequently, and the feelings of "longing and parting sorrow" and "joy and praise" appeared second frequently. In the Ming Dynasty, the emotion of "blessing and prayer" appeared most frequently. The artistic conception of daylily in poetry changed too. In the Tang Dynasty, the artistic conception of "solitude, quiet and fresh" appeared frequently. In the Song Dynasty, daylily appeared with the most artistic conception, and the artistic conception of "bright, quiet, quiet and elegant" appeared frequently. In the Ming Dynasty, the artistic conception of "harmony" appeared most frequently. Before the Ming Dynasty, the "natural beauty" and "blending with the scene of life" of daylily evoked diversified artistic conception. Since the Ming Dynasty, the aesthetic conception showed the tendency of symbolization, and the aesthetic perspective, emotion and artistic conception began to be stylized. This understanding of the planting methods and aesthetic characteristics can provide reference for the plant design and application of daylily in modern landscapes.