A Research On Flowers Of Luoyang During The Northern Sung Dynasty

As the capital in the west,the city of Luoyang far away from the disturbance of the political issues,was the second important metropolis only less than Kaifeng,the capital in the east,during the Northern Sung dynasty.Furthermore,it was the second to none with its economics and cultures in the country.Luoyang was well-known in the Sung dynasties,not only because of its particular political occupation,also for the flowers cultivated in the city.The flowers are the doormat of our stepping into the recognition of the social circumstances of the great city.There are 4 parts of the thesis.The conditions of planting and breeding flowers in Luoyang,during the Northern Sung dynasty,have briefly been stated on the whole in partâ… .About the varieties of the flowers,there were too many good sorts communicated from all around the country,and the peonies,the most particular flowers in Luoyang were cultivated successfully.And those made Luoyang well-known.As the city with the largest population of flowers,Luoyang attracted large quantities of gardeners to live here who got the most advanced techniques of planting and breeding flowers at that time and made innovations on breeding and planting flowers varieties by grafting.Those innovations brought about the prosperity of Luoyang's flowers market;planting flowers were then becoming fashionable and popular in the city,not only in the imperial palaces, but also in the private gardens,even in the fields of the farmers and the wild.Flowers were everything people could see.In partâ…¡,the specialties of planting flowers in Luoyang during the Northern Sung dynasty have been summed up.As living in the famous foundation of breeding flowers, the citizens of Luoyang showed strong passion of planting,buying flowers and admiring the beauty of flowers.All of these made the flowers in the city very special.With the popularization of planting flowers and the development of the flowers market,the flowers came into the commons' lives,from the palaces and gardens and became a kind of products consumed by the common people.In addition,the varieties of flowers all around the country were attracted to gather in the great city.On the contrary,the flowers cultivated in Luoyang spread to be planted in other cities or towns,for its great fame of Luoyang flowers.The circulation of flowers made them more generalized,and made flowers market more thrived and prosperous.Moreover,for the adoringness to the flowers,they became no more a kind of garden plants,but goods with value.Then flowers were commercializing.In the end,people from many other cities or towns or countries gathered in Luoyang to enjoy different kinds of flowers,and be in leisure,and get entertainment and do some shopping;then the large-scale fair of flowers was in shape.The cause of the prosperity of the flowers market in Luoyang during the Northern Sung dynasty has been analyzed in the third part.Through the observation,wholly,the society during the period of the Northern Sung dynasty went to the stabilization. Luoyang,the capital in the west,was even stable,prosperous with advanced science and techniques,and abundant cultures,which were the great preparation of the flourishing of the flowers market.Besides,the convenient natural environment,the good custom of adoring flowers and the existence of large quantities of professional gardeners are all the elements that urged Luoyang quite famous for its flowers.To Luoyang,the influence of planting flowers in the Northern Sung dynasty has been discoursed in brief in partâ…£.In this part,the analysis of the prosperity of planting flowers in Luoyang and the influence to it has been done at the aspects of economics and cultures so that the glory of Luoyang's history got presented.At the end of the paper,the system of flowers as tributes has comparatively analyzed.It's a double-edged sword.At the very earlier time,the system of flowers as tributes made Luoyang flourishing, however,lately it became the tool that the rulers exploited the commoners.In the result, the industry of flowers planting of Luoyang in the Northern Sung dynasty came to an end.