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What is apricot tung flower?

Apricot tung flower is the flower of Qingming Festival, and it is the phenological marker of natural time series.

Tung flowers bloom in the Qingming period, which is an important phenology at the turn of spring and summer, reflecting the time sequence and scenery characteristics of this season; Tomb-Sweeping Day is both a solar term and a festival in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's political rituals and social customs are also reflected and gathered in the image of Tonghua. Tung flower not only has "natural attribute", but also has its "social attribute". In the middle Tang Dynasty, Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi's singing works improved the character of Tonghua and gave it the meaning of personality analogy. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, "Tonghua Style" was widely recorded, and it was also endowed with figurative meanings such as auspiciousness and love.