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Which plants have special symbolism?

1, plum blossom

Plum blossom is known as the flower of the "four gentlemen" of the first, but also one of the "three friends of the year", because of its harsh environment, but still in the harsh winds of the proudly blossom in the branches, is the Chinese nation's most backbone of the flower, is the soul of the nation representative. The soul of the nation is represented.

The pride of the plum has inspired generations of Chinese people to defy all odds and dangers, to advance bravely, and to be indomitable. We are more familiar with the phrase "when the flowers are in full bloom, she smiles in the bushes", its character and temperament is a portrait of the national spirit.

2, orchids

The empty valley of the orchid, orchid is the most fascinating place is "secret", because it grows in the deep valley, in order to wash that kind of beautiful and fragrant gesture, with a clear and simple aroma of the long program of the nature of the beauty.

This is not to no one and not Fang's "Pixie", not only belongs to the temperament of the hermit, but also a kind of culture, a kind of "people do not know and not huffing" gentleman style, a kind of not to seek access to civil service, not to make a name for themselves, only the pursuit of ambition in the heart of the frankness of mind, symbolizing the sparseness of the heart. It symbolizes the quality of alienating oneself from dirty politics and preserving one's good character.

3. Bamboo

Bamboo branches are straight and long, green in all seasons, overcoming frost and rain, which is loved by the Chinese people.

Bamboo in the wind in the rustling sound, in the night moon under the shadow of the sparse, so that the poet is y moved, and bamboo in the frost and cruelty in the verdant character, more so that the poet cited as the same way, and therefore most of the Chinese literati's apartment homes planted with bamboo.

The bamboo's "strong joints", on behalf of the unyielding bones / backbone; its "emptiness", on behalf of the humility of the chest, and its "sparse", on behalf of the poet out of the ordinary.

4, chrysanthemum

The poet of chrysanthemum can be traced back to the Warring States period of Qu Yuan, and when the Jin Dynasty Tao Yuanming chanted chrysanthemums, thousands of years, chrysanthemums as a symbol of the dual character of the scholar and appeared in the poem in the painting, that kind of neutral and calm and relaxed temperament, and the poet has experienced the bitter uncertainty after the acquisition of the spirit of serenity and tranquility compatible.

The appreciation of chrysanthemums has become a spiritual symbol of the gentleman's self-gratification and the cultivation of Confucianism and Taoism.

5. Lotus flower

Because "lotus" and "and" and "together" harmonize, "lotus" and "union" are the same.

Since "lotus" harmonizes with "peace" and "harmony" and "lotus" harmonizes with "union" and "even", the traditional Chinese culture often uses the lotus flower as a symbol of peace, harmony, cooperation, cooperation, unity and union, etc.; and the purity of the lotus flower as a symbol of the cause of peace and the harmony of the world. The purity of the lotus flower symbolizes the cause of peace and the harmony of the world. Therefore, in a sense, lotus appreciation is also the Chinese "and" culture of a kind of promotion.

The varieties of lotus are colorful and different, but they are also the same as the pure lotus world, which is "lotus (and) is precious".

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