What are the Four Gentlemen of Chinese Painting, and what do they mean?

In the Ming Dynasty, Huang Fengchi compiled "Four Scores of Plum, Bamboo, Orchid and Chrysanthemum". From then on, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum were called the "Four Gentlemen", and the world often used "Four Gentlemen" to imply the noble character of the saint.

The Four Gentlemen of traditional Chinese painting refers to the themes of traditional Chinese culture. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called the four gentlemen. They refer to plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum respectively.

Known as the "Four Gentlemen", their qualities are: arrogance, seclusion, indifference, and ease.

The "Four Gentlemen in Flowers" have become a symbol for Chinese people to use objects to express their aspirations. They are also a common theme in poems about objects and artists' calligraphy and paintings.

Its cultural meaning is: plum blossoms, proud of the snow, noble and noble people; orchids, the fragrance of deep valleys, the world's sages; bamboos, elegant and peaceful, modest gentlemen; chrysanthemums, elegant frost, a hermit in the world.

They are not worldly, reclusive and independent.