Explore flowers and name them.
The first time I came into contact with the word "exploring flowers", it was because of Gu Long's novel "Xiao Li Flying Knife", in which Li Xunhuan was called "Xiao Li exploring flowers", which was an affirmation of his "talent". The word "flower exploration" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. In the imperial examination system at that time, "exploring flowers" did not specifically refer to the third place, but to the best group of people who passed the exam. In the ancient imperial examination, one of the top three candidates, the champion, the champion and the flower exploration, was a folk dragon and phoenix. I thought everyone wanted to be a champion, but it was more gratifying to win the flower detective than to win the championship. What is the reason?
Detective Hua appeared in the Tang Dynasty, almost at the same time as the imperial examination. In the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, the first place was the champion, followed by the second-ranked Jinshi. After the imperial examination was released, a flower-exploring banquet was held in Xingyuan to celebrate to be no.1. At this banquet, the champion is undoubtedly the most dazzling one.
There is also a special link to welcome the emergence of the champion. There is a need for a flower hunter here. He needs to choose from these Jinshi. The selection criteria are young and handsome, with two places. Yes, even in ancient times, the choice of genius depends on the face. Exploring flowers should not only achieve excellent results, but also have a jade look. Only such people can hold up the facade of the country, and the emperor also prefers appointment, so the potential of flower exploration is much higher than that of the champion.
These two flower pickers are responsible for picking famous flowers in the famous gardens in Beijing, and then greet the champion of the imperial examination with flowers, and then the banquet officially begins. Because of his handsome appearance, he surpassed the champion for a time.
At this time, there is no entrance examination, which means that as long as you take the examination, you are a Jinshi. Later, the emperor was worried that someone would gang up for personal gain, so he added the entrance examination. Moreover, there was no second place at first, and the most popular ones were the champion and the flower detector, and then the Jinshi.
The Song Dynasty also followed this custom of the Tang Dynasty, and held a banquet to select the "Flower-exploring Lang". However, Yu Zhong, the champion of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote to stop the practice of selecting "flower pickers" because it was too stealing the limelight of the champion. Yu Zhuangyuan successfully wrote a book, but what he didn't expect was that the title of flower exploration gradually became the title of the third scholar.
Now everyone knows why you were happier than the champion when you got the flower detective! Because Tanhualang is a metaphor for this person's beauty and talent, and it was a "small fresh meat" that was all the rage at that time. Because Tan Hua is handsome, he often overshadows the champion. But in the end, it is better to spend some time in the spotlight. As long as this trend ends, the champion will be more popular.