There is an osmanthus tree in front of your home. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Although the ancients paid attention to Feng Shui, they also liked to live in a comfortable environment.
When they have nothing to do, they will plant some fruit trees and flowers at home.
The ancients were very particular about the trees they planted. They would not plant unlucky trees around their houses or in small courtyards.
For example, locust trees are not planted in front of or behind the house.
After all, after analyzing the word "槐" in the locust tree, next to a tree is the word "鬼".
For the ancients, it was unlucky to plant locust trees in front of and behind the house.
With this tree, the houses where ancient people lived became ghost houses.
When planting some trees, people prefer to plant trees with better meanings, such as osmanthus trees.
The word "gui" in the sweet-scented osmanthus tree has a similar pronunciation to the word "gui" in wealth.
If you plant such trees at home, noble people will come, and people's lives will be rich and prosperous.
Although ancient people believed that the sweet-scented osmanthus tree had great meaning, it also brought some inconveniences to people.
Most people don’t choose to plant osmanthus trees around their houses. Do you know why? Is it good or bad to plant osmanthus?
The fragrance of osmanthus is relatively strong, and the fragrance can float ten miles away, always bringing people a good mood.
The petals of osmanthus can be made into a variety of snacks, which are addictive.
Not only that, the osmanthus tree also carries the meaning of wealth. It is said that if you plant an osmanthus tree, wealth will naturally come.
1. Osmanthus trees tend to attract mosquitoes
When the osmanthus blooms, it is full of fragrance and can float as far as ten miles away.
Let people who love osmanthus feel good when they smell the fragrance of the flower.
The ancients once said that if the fragrance of flowers when you get up in the morning can make you feel happy, everything you do that day will go very smoothly.
Planting an osmanthus tree can always bring people great wealth.
Although the ancients said this, most people are not willing to plant sweet-scented osmanthus trees around their houses because they tend to attract mosquitoes when they are in full bloom.
Its floral fragrance always attracts butterflies and bees, and some mosquitoes are also attracted by its floral fragrance.
When summer comes, the weather is extremely hot. If the sweet-scented osmanthus still attracts mosquitoes, it will undoubtedly bring harm to the ancient people.
Science in ancient times was not developed, and medical skills were even more backward. Many people had no way to receive timely treatment after falling ill and could only wait to die.
In ancient times, most mosquitoes carried viruses. Once the virus was transmitted to people, people would die.
For safety reasons, although the osmanthus tree is known to have auspicious meanings, it will not be planted around the house.
Until the 21st century, although people love the fragrance of osmanthus, its petals, and the delicious food made from it, as long as there are children at home, people basically will not choose to plant an osmanthus tree at home. , because I am worried that my child will be bitten by mosquitoes.
2. There are many fallen flowers and it is extremely difficult to clean them
As we all know, the petals of sweet-scented osmanthus are small and lovely, and they look golden and very dazzling.
But precisely because its petals are small, during the flowering period, the flowers bloom all over the entire osmanthus tree, and there are many petals.
This also caused a breeze to blow, and countless tiny sweet-scented osmanthus petals fell off one after another, which brought more difficulties to the people cleaning.
In ancient times, people planted sweet-scented osmanthus trees in front of and behind their houses. They were also worried that there would be so many fallen flowers that they would be difficult to clean.
People who have planted sweet-scented osmanthus have all been troubled by cleaning the fallen flowers. Even if they clean the fallen flowers several times a day, the front and back of the house are still in a mess.
Until the 21st century, when people planted sweet-scented osmanthus, they mostly planted it in community gardens.
Because the sweet-scented osmanthus there naturally falls into the soil, forming fertilizer.
If you plant it as a landscape tree on both sides of the road or at the gate, it will easily cause more fallen flowers, making it impossible for people to clean it up in time.
For the convenience of cleaning, no matter ancient people or modern people, although they heard that sweet-scented osmanthus has a good meaning, they would not plant it in their own yards or in front of and behind their houses.
3. How to eliminate osmanthus trees and what are the reasons for doing so?
Although the ancients believed that the sweet-scented osmanthus tree was auspicious, they would not plant it in front of or behind the house.
The main reason for this is that the Osmanthus fragrans takes deep roots during its growth. As time goes by and the tree continues to grow, its root growth may shake the foundation of the house and cause the house to collapse. Phenomenon.
For safety reasons, people will wipe out the sweet-scented osmanthus trees in front of and behind their houses.
The way to eliminate the sweet-scented osmanthus tree is to cut it down directly to ensure people’s safety.
When people in the 21st century see an osmanthus tree behind their house, the way to get rid of the osmanthus tree is to cut it down.
Summary:
Planting an osmanthus tree has both good and bad consequences for people.
The advantage is that people can smell the fresh fragrance of osmanthus every day, which can make people feel good; the disadvantage is that the petals of osmanthus easily attract mosquitoes, the number of fallen flowers is large, and the roots of the osmanthus are deeply rooted. It may shake the foundation of the house.
For safety reasons, most people will choose to cut down the osmanthus trees to ensure people's safety.