Everyone says that Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world, and its profound history and culture are recorded and condensed in the landscape. People like the beautiful scenery of Guilin, and even miss the fragrance of osmanthus in Guilin in autumn. The autumn breeze blows gently, the osmanthus rains fall, and the city is covered with golden armor. Is that the play of the stars in the sky? Or is it the condensation of Chang’e’s longing?
Thousands of years ago, sweet-scented osmanthus slept in Guilin
As we all know, Guilin is full of osmanthus trees. Osmanthus, the city flower of Guilin. Osmanthus, also known as osmanthus! It is an ancient flower and tree native to southern China. It is one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China, which means auspiciousness, victory, nobility, friendship, and wealth. In ancient times, literati in the imperial examinations often used the phrase “winning the title in the toad palace” to mean getting into high school.
Archaeologists discovered sporopollen of Osmanthus fragrans in the Zengpiyan Cave site in the southern suburbs of Guilin, which can be traced back to the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago! This is the earliest record of the growth of sweet-scented osmanthus in the world. It is also the earliest recorded history of Osmanthus fragrans in the world! Thousands of years ago, Guilin’s sweet-scented osmanthus was already fragrant.
Guilin is a forest of osmanthus trees described by literati and poets
Guilin has a history of more than 2,000 years, and osmanthus has been blooming in Guilin for 2,000 years. In ancient times, people picked osmanthus to make fragrant beads and wear them… The fragrance of osmanthus comforted the homesickness of wanderers; it relieved the mood of poets and writers who were relegated to a foreign country; it brought joy The mountains and rivers of Heze, the land of Bagui,… many sages and masters left the memory of osmanthus in Guilin…
Li Pin of the Tang Dynasty wrote “A Gift to Friends of Guilin”, in which he wrote, “The Jun family lived in Guilin, and they cut down cinnamon branches every day for cooking.” Han Yu’s “Send to Dr. Yan of Guizhou”: “The eight guis are lush and green, and this place is in southern Hunan.” The place where Doctor Yan took up his post was Guilin. Chang Ling’s poem “Send Off to Senior High School in Guilin” says, “The plum blossoms on the mountains invade the darkness of snow, and the fragrance of osmanthus is still there when I return.” I send off my friends to Guilin, and hope that when they return, they will be hung with the fragrance of osmanthus.
When Fan Chengda was an official in Guilin in the Song Dynasty, he vigorously advocated the planting of osmanthus trees. Zhang Xiaoxiang also loved to drink tea under the osmanthus trees… and the poet Wei Yuan of the Qing Dynasty said in “Yangshuo Boat Trip” “A hundred miles of banyan trees form a sea, and a thousand-year-old osmanthus makes a nest.” “. It shows that Guilin is full of sweet-scented osmanthus.
The fragrance of osmanthus – a unique memory of Guilin
There are more than 100 streets and alleys with sweet-scented osmanthus planted in Guilin, and there are about 200,000 sweet-scented osmanthus trees. If the streets planted with sweet-scented osmanthus in Guilin are connected, a 127-kilometer “osmanthus long corridor” that is rare in the country can be formed. In autumn, flowers bloom all over the city and trees, with lush clusters of yellow flowers exuding their fragrance warmly, and the mountains and rivers of Lijiang River are dyed with a “sweet” atmosphere~
Osmanthus essential oil-the spirit of Guilin
Guilin Osmanthus essential oil is taken from the golden osmanthus in Guilin. The golden osmanthus only blooms in early autumn, and the flowering period is only a short 20 days. The picking of flowers is also very particular. If you pick it too early, the petals will not unfold and there will be no fragrance; if you pick it too late, the petals will not unfold and there will be no fragrance. The flowers wither and shrivel, and the fragrance is not high. Osmanthus essential oil is very difficult to extract. About 10,000 osmanthus flowers can only extract one drop of essential oil. It is so precious that it is called one of the most expensive essential oils. Osmanthus essential oil has many health benefits. Its aroma is soothing and sweet. It is rich in polyphenols and can relieve stress, tension, depression and fatigue, and can improve concentration.
Introduction to Guilin One Night Seven Branch Flower Essential Oil
- Plant family: Oleaceae Oleaceae
- Extraction parts: flowers
- Extraction method: solvent extraction
- Odor description: Sweet floral, fruity aroma
- Main chemical components: linalool, β-ionone, γ-decanolide, geraniol, nerol, etc.
- Osmanthus essential oil Origin: Guilin
Main functions
- Eliminate anxiety, soothe irritability, and relax your mood
- Promote cell regeneration, repair skin, remove wrinkles, and gently whiten
- Anti-allergic, help reduce allergy symptoms
- Antibacterial and bacteriostatic, very effective against staphylococcal infections
- Calms joint pain and relieves muscle spasms
