What is tung flower?

Tung flower is the flower of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Social customs such as political ceremonies, spring feasts and Qingming festivals constitute the cultural connotation of Tonghua's image.

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 ceremony and social folklore on this day are also reflected and gathered in Tonghua's image. Tung flowers not only have natural attributes, but also have social attributes. 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.