Twelve flowers. Which twelve flowers?

Twelve flowers refer to January orchid, February magnolia, March peach blossom, April peony, May peony, June pomegranate, July lotus, August osmanthus, September osmanthus, October hibiscus, November chrysanthemum and December narcissus.

The Twelve Flowers God is a folklore in China. February 12th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Baihua, which is called Flower Festival. Therefore, there is a flower festival in China. Flower Festival has a long history, which was recorded in Tao Zhugong in the Spring and Autumn Period.

January Orchid God refers to Qu Yuan, who pinned his patriotic enthusiasm on orchids and praised them for their "delicate fragrance", so later generations regarded orchids as "gentlemen in flowers" and "national fragrance" and as a symbol of noble integrity and pure friendship.

In July, the lotus god refers to Zhou Dunyi. His essay "Love Lotus" highly praised the varieties of lotus: "muddy but not dyed, clear but not demon, straight through the outside, not crawling, fragrant far and far, graceful and neat, far from being ridiculous." Lotus has become the embodiment of truth and the criterion of honesty and integrity.

In November, the chrysanthemum god is Tao Qian. After Tao Yuanming abandoned his official position and retired to Lushan Mountain, he planted chrysanthemums to amuse himself. There is a poem that "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely" has been passed down to this day.