Sunday, May 06, 2007
WOOO I think the
R E D S P I D E R L I L Y is totally whacked.
Came across it in vast bodies of literature, movies, and even songs, for example that song named after the flower itself by Faye Wong...
I like the redness and the symbolism of it.
Like some kind of violent, bloody desperation. It's poisonous too.
彼岸花的中文正式名称为“红花石蒜”,有曼珠沙华、蟑螂花、龙爪花、老鸦蒜、蒜头草、幽灵花、地狱花、舍子花、山乌毒、平地一声雷等十多个别名。
彼岸花,恶魔的温柔。传说中自愿投入地狱的花朵,被众魔遣回,但仍徘徊于黄泉路上,众魔不忍,遂同意让她开在此路上,给离开人界的魂们一个指引与安慰。
相传此花只开于黄泉,一般认为是只开在冥界三途河边、忘川彼岸的接引之花。花如血一样绚烂鲜红,且有花无叶,是冥界唯一的花。花香传说有魔力,能唤起死者生前的记忆。在黄泉路上大批大批的开着这花,远远看上去就像是血所铺成的地毯, 又因其红得似火而被喻为”火照之路”,也是这长长黄泉路上唯一的风景与色彩。当灵魂渡过忘川,便忘却生前的种种,曾经的一切都留在了彼岸,往生者就踏着这花的指引通向幽冥之狱。
彼岸花,花开开彼岸,花开时看不到叶子,有叶子时看不到花,花叶两不相见,生生相错。 WELLThis May,
I can't wait for,,,
Linkin Park
S.H.EAND THIS
;rock YOU.
5:45 PM