What is the national flower of China?

China is rich in flower resources with a cultivation history of 2000-3000 years. It is the origin center of many precious flowers in the world and has the reputation of "the mother of world gardens". China traditional famous flowers, such as plum blossom, peony, chrysanthemum, orchid, azalea, camellia, etc. , has long enjoyed a high reputation in the world and has a far-reaching influence in China. They are closely related to the long, rich and splendid culture and art in China, which makes the poems and paintings of past dynasties colorful and the Chinese flower literary world prosperous.

Among many famous flowers, which flower or flowers can best represent the spiritual characteristics of the Chinese nation, as a symbol of national stability and national prosperity, thus promoting the construction of two civilizations, inspiring the national spirit, and establishing national enterprise and pride! It needs the broad masses of the people to seriously consider and choose. Looking back on what is recorded in modern history, whether it is the declaration of peony as the national flower at the end of Qing Dynasty; Around 1929, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Education of the National Government jointly issued a decree announcing the history of taking plum blossom as the national flower, all of which were top-down orders.

After the founding of New China, the national flower was uncertain for various reasons. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with China's reform and opening up, economic development, social progress and people's increasing demand for culture, the voice of discussing and selecting the national flower has quietly spread all over the country.

Looking back on the autumn and winter of 198 1, some famous botanists strongly supported and advocated the national flower discussion. Therefore, in 1982, entrusted by botanical society of china, Botany Magazine discussed the selection of China's national flower. Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television and china national radio successively conducted publicity and introduction, which aroused strong repercussions among the broad masses of the people. From children to the elderly, choosing poems for national flowers is full of deep patriotic enthusiasm and the mood of pursuing a better future. 1983 10 at the congress of the 50th anniversary of the founding of botanical society of china, all the representatives of more than 400 botanists made suggestions to the NPC Standing Committee with the passion of loving the motherland, hoping to formally determine the national flower of China as soon as possible; According to the requirements of the masses, it is suggested to be the national flower, which can be considered from four kinds of flowers: plum blossom, peony, chrysanthemum and lotus. They also suggested that while determining the national flower of our country, we should urge all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions to determine provincial flowers, regional flowers and city flowers, and combine patriotism with love for our hometown to make our country a paradise with flowers.

For more than ten years, it is known that 140 cities have their own urban flowers and trees, which are closely combined with urban economic construction, environmental protection and beautification, and promote environmental transformation and economic construction. Holding urban flower exhibitions, international flower festivals or academic conferences with flowers as the media directly promotes greening construction and flower production, thus bringing economic prosperity.

There are 3 municipalities directly under the central government, 24 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 192 prefecture-level cities, 382 county-level cities, 65438 regions (Mongolia) +0 18 autonomous prefectures, 30 counties, 65438 counties +0596 autonomous counties+020,565438 flags. So far, most cities and counties have not identified urban flowers and trees that represent local characteristics. If all cities, counties and towns can have their own urban flowers and trees in the next few years, it will be of great significance to beautify and green the motherland.

In recent years, it is widely hoped that horticultural societies such as botanical society of china, chinese society of forestry and China Flower Association and related newspapers and periodicals can further publicize the importance of the national flower and praise the grass and trees of the motherland. Qi Xin chose his own flower as the national flower of the great motherland.

On September 2nd, 1994, the China Flower Association held a press conference in the Great Hall of the People, announcing the nationwide selection of the national flower. Chen, vice chairman of the National People's Congress, made a speech entitled "Let the National Flower Bloom at an Early Date", pointing out the significance of selecting the National Flower:

(1) arouse the enthusiasm of the broad masses of people to love their motherland and hometown. Express your love for the motherland and hometown by praising the flowers and trees of the motherland and choosing your favorite flowers.

(2) Encourage people to devote themselves to the cause of building the motherland and a beautiful home. Flowers not only have economic benefits, but also have unique social and environmental benefits. Take the opportunity of this national flower selection activity to promote cities to gradually determine their own urban flowers and trees, and play a greater role in greening the motherland and beautifying their homes. Our motherland will become a colorful garden.

(3) Further improve the understanding of the importance and necessity of developing flower industry. Flower is an ancient and emerging industry in agriculture in China, and the history of flower cultivation in China is as long as 3,000 years. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the flower industry flourished and gradually became a new industry. The relationship between flowers and people's daily life is getting closer and closer; People's living and working environment has improved, and their mental outlook has also undergone great changes. However, at present, many people don't know enough about this aspect, so it is necessary to carry out vigorous publicity to make leaders and departments at all levels pay attention to and support the development of flower industry.

(4) Popularizing knowledge of flowers, cultivating interest in flowers and advocating love and cultivation of flowers are the signs of social civilization and progress. China has a fine tradition of loving and cultivating flowers. After years of hard cultivation by gardeners, ten famous flowers, such as plum blossom, peony, chrysanthemum, orchid, rose, rhododendron, camellia, lotus, sweet-scented osmanthus and narcissus, are world-famous and become the treasures of gardening. Through the selection of national flowers, people can learn more about flowers, cultivate their interest in loving and cultivating flowers, and promote flowers to enter thousands of households.

According to No.0440 of the Second Session of the Eighth National People's Congress 1994 "Proposal on Assessing the National Flower of China as soon as possible", it was approved to be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, and the China Flower Association was instructed to take charge of the specific organization work. China Flower Association has led and organized extensive and in-depth national flower selection activities. The establishment of the national flower selection leading group, discussed by the expert group, determined that the China national flower selection conditions are as follows:

(1) has a long history of cultivation and strong adaptability, and it is influential in most parts of China and occupies a leading position in the world.

(2) The posture and color characteristics of flowers can reflect the excellent tradition and personality characteristics of the Chinese nation.

(3) It is widely used, loved by the broad masses of people and has high social, environmental and economic benefits.

Since the China Flower Association organized and led the discussion on the national flower in all parts of the country, China Flower News has successively published the news that many famous people and the masses have had a heated discussion on the selection of the national flower. According to the publication of China Flower News, plum blossom, peony, chrysanthemum, orchid, rose, rhododendron, camellia, lotus, osmanthus fragrans, Chinese narcissus, pomegranate, wintersweet, Yingchun, peach blossom, rhododendron, Clivia, day lily, camellia, Daphne, Lagerstroemia indica and Gardenia have been nominated as candidates for China's national flowers. After nearly ten months of discussion, the task has been successfully completed.

From the results reported by 3 1 province, autonomous region and municipality (including Shenzhen Special Zone), there are 18 provinces in favor of "one country, one flower", accounting for 58.06%. There are 1 1 in the provinces in favor of four flowers in one country (peony, plum blossom, chrysanthemum and lotus), accounting for 35.48%. Two provinces put forward a new plan of four flowers, that is, exchanging orchids for lotus flowers, accounting for 6.45%. After careful study, the National Leading Group for National Flower Selection unanimously agreed that "Peony" is the national flower of China. Other popular orchids (spring), lotus (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn) and plum blossom (winter) are the four famous flowers in China. In this way, orchid (spring), lotus (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn) and plum (winter) are divided into four seasons, and peony is the chief. The national flower and the famous flowers of the four seasons form the trend of holding the moon with many stars, which can better reflect the spirit of prosperity, integrity and nobility of our Chinese nation.