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How do people from Northeast China name flowers?

[Gesangaceae family - Broom Plum]

Daylily (also known as daylily or golden flower)

Morning glory – trumpet flower

【Fine-leaved Lily - Sand-like Flower】

Dandelion - Old Woman's Nail

[Foxtail grass (Poaceae family) - Hairy dog]

[North China Wild Onion - Goat's Milk]

【Fragrant Elsholtzia - Wild Perilla】

Tiger Tail Grass - Brush Head

【Line-leaved Chrysanthemum - Rabbit Hair Artemisia】

Five-leaf Virginia creeper - Virginia creeper

[Cypripedium brevicorum - Dog LZ Flower]

[Thick-stemmed hairy fern - Pheasant's wing]

【Artemisia annua – Stinking Artemisia】

【Jerusalem - Jerusalem artichoke】

Oxalis – Sour Grass

【Blue Calyx Fragrant Tea Vegetable - Perilla Seed】

【Madderleaf 'Fine-leaved' - Lala Ivy】

[Cocklebur - sent to the dog]

"No, the Virginia creeper isn't called Virginia creeper, is it?? [Cracks] Isn't its scientific name Virginia creeper?"

"Going to Tibet, the moment I saw the Gesang flowers, my dreams shattered; broom-shaped plum blossoms, and a pond of them in front of my house [facepalm]"

"Our village is covered in Gesang flowers."

"In Daocheng Yading, I pointed it out to my mom and said, 'This is a Gesang flower.' My mom said, 'Isn't this a broom plum?' [crash] I said, 'That's what they call a Gesang flower.' My mom said I was just talking nonsense [awkward laugh]. Then I told her to Google it herself. After she Googled it, she said, 'What's so great about this old, broken flower that you sing about every day?' [awkward laugh]"

"I'm from Northeast China, and I only know that '婆婆丁' (pó pó dīng) is dandelion [facepalm] and that old people dig it up to eat [facepalm]"

"My dog ​​from Inner Mongolia is also called 'Jile Gouzi' (叽了狗子), and my husband's family is from Heilongjiang, which is very close to my home, about an hour's drive away, but they call him differently from us."

"I've never understood why people in Northeast China use 'earthy' as a nickname for other things, but 'hedgehog' just sounds like 'clamping.' Even in Taipei, they might not call it that."

"You're all treating this as a joke. I thought it was standard Mandarin..."

"No, wait a minute, after all that fuss, it turns out the daylilies blooming on that high green mountain are actually yellow flowers [punk style]"

"The daylily made me cry so hard I was lying on the floor with snot running down my face. This thing? It's delicious in hot pot! [Greedy Little Cat] [Confused]"

"Who still remembers the TV series about Ban Zhao that Jing Tian starred in? The scene where the male and female leads used daylilies as a token of their love was incredibly touching. I watched that series at least three times. Now you're telling me it's daylily?"

An old ancestor from the North: Why are we so popular here? Why does everyone keep mentioning us?

What's wrong with choosing a few names in everyday life? How much worse are they than Mandarin? As long as you think they sound good, that's all that matters!

And it's not just pleasant to hear; the language here is simple and easy to understand. Anyone can read and understand what's being said, and it's catchy and easy to remember. Even we illiterate common folk can remember these nicknames—how endearing!

Flowers aren't people. The purpose of naming flowers and weeds is to make them memorable for people. Otherwise, no matter how good the name is, if you grow them in a remote mountain valley and nobody knows them, it's no different from having given them a name in vain.

A self-proclaimed noble scholar: Why are these people so rude?

Why do you insist on using these strange, nonsensical names when you want to give people proper official titles?

What will people think of us? People who don't know us might think that we don't have a single cultured person!

The easygoing villager said: "Aren't you one of the few educated people in our village? When they say we don't have any educated people, they'll drag you out to make a name for ourselves."

With your frail and weak appearance, it's obvious to everyone that you've had some education.

Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty: I haven't heard these colloquialisms in a long time.

I feel a little nostalgic when I hear it now!

Take daylilies, for example. Our local literati, in their affectation, gave them a rather unrefined name: Forget-Me-Not.

Back when I was a beggar, I ate this and it didn't make me forget my sorrows. And it's called the "forget-sorrow herb"? It's a misnomer.