The Usage And Distribution Of Amoumum In The Historical Period

Amoumum is a phrase which we can see frequently in our daily life, especially in the poem. We often use the phrase to describe a girl in the young age. However, Many people don't know what amoumum is when they use the word. Amoumum is short for a kind of plant. In our ancient material, more than one kind of plant named Amoumum, incluing Alpinia Katsumadai, Alpinia galanga, Amoumum kravanh, Myristica fragrans. These kind of plants often appeared in the traditional book about medicine. In the recording of these books, they were not widely used, but indispensable. Some had the magic effect for a disease. In the material which we can see, the most famous poem written about amoumum by Du mu is "parted". Perhaps it is approval and the appreciation to such use, there were many poems also using the proverb after that, some even meaning more. The materials about amomum in history department are very few. Alpinia Katsumadai and Alpinia galangal are growm in our country, Amoumum kravanh and Myristica fragrans are in overseas.The article begin with the phrase "the amoumum period",devided into five parts. The first chapter refers to what are these plants, how to be described in the material. The second chapter mentions about their usage and the magic phenomena. The third chapter will talk about these poems in the middle age, meanwhile analyse information that in these poems. The forth chapter is about to analyse the district that these plants spread. The fifth chapter is a summary of the whole article. We will find the growing condition of these plant. If we can do it, we'll understand profoundly the district where these plant are.