梅花,是中国的传统名花,其栽培历史可追溯到我国商代,不过那时人们植梅并不是为了观赏,而是为了食用和药用,如《书经·商书说命》载:“若作和羹,尔唯盐梅,”可见当时我国人民已经将梅子用作调料了。到了南北朝,梅“始以花闻天下”(宋·杨万里)。梅花的发展经过了隋、唐、五代的渐盛时期,宋、元的兴盛时期,明、清 Plum, is a traditional Chinese flower, its cultivation history can be traced back to China’s Shang Dynasty, but when people planted plum is not for viewing, but for food and medicinal use, such as “book business book” said: “If and soup, Erwei salt plum, ” visible at that time our people have plums used as a seasoning. To the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Mei “began to smell the world ” (Song Yang Miles). Plum blossom after the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties period of prosperity, Song, Yuan prosperity period, Ming and Qing