What are the four national flowers of China

The four flowers of a country, namely peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and plum blossom.

1. Peony

Peony (scientific name: Paeonia suffruticosa?Andr.) is a plant of Paeoniaceae and Paeoniaceae, a perennial deciduous shrub. Stems up to 2 meters high; branches short and thick.

Flower color and lustre, jade smile, pearl fragrance, style and elegance, rich and magnificent, known as the "king of flowers" reputation. In the cultivation type, it can be divided into hundreds of varieties mainly according to the color of the flower." There are many varieties of peonies and many colors, with yellow, green, fleshy red, deep red, and silver red being the best, especially yellow and green being the most expensive. Peony flowers are large and fragrant, so it is also called "national color and fragrance".

2. Lotus flower

Lotus flower: belonging to the buttercup family, Lotusaceae, it is a common name for two kinds of plants in the genus Lotus. Also known as lotus, water hibiscus, etc.. It is a perennial aquatic herbaceous flower of the genus Lotus. Underground stem long and fat, with long nodes, leaf shield round. Flowering from June to September, single at the top of the pedicel, the petals are numerous, embedded in the receptacle cavity, red, pink, white, purple and other colors, or colorful patterns, edging. Nut ellipsoid, seeds ovate.

There are many species of lotus, divided into two categories: ornamental and edible. Native to tropical and temperate regions of Asia, China as early as the Zhou Dynasty has cultivation records. Lotus flower all body treasure, lotus root and lotus seed can be eaten, lotus seed, rhizome, root nodules, lotus leaves, flowers and seeds of the germ can be used as medicine.

The lotus flower's character is always praised by the world. "Lotus leaves in the sky endless blue, reflecting the sun lotus blossom red" is a true portrayal of the beauty of the lotus. Lotus flower "in the straight outside, no branches, out of the silt and not stained, Maundy and not demon" noble character, has always been one of the poets and ink artists singing and painting.

3, chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum (Latin name: Dendranthema morifolium (Ramat.) Tzvel.): in plant taxonomy is the family of Asteraceae, chrysanthemum perennial rooted herbaceous plants. According to the cultivation form is divided into multi-head chrysanthemum, solo chrysanthemum, dahlia chrysanthemum, cliff chrysanthemum, art chrysanthemum, desk chrysanthemum and other cultivation types; there are according to the appearance of the petals of the morphology is divided into the garden embrace, retreating embrace, anti-embrace, chaotic embrace, dew heart embrace, flying lunch embrace and other cultivation types.

The chrysanthemum is one of China's ten most famous flowers, one of the four gentlemen of flowers (plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum), and one of the world's four major cut flowers (chrysanthemum, moonflower, carnation, and iris), with the highest production.

4, plum

Plum native to southern China, has been more than three thousand years of cultivation history, whether for ornamental or fruit trees have many varieties. Many types are not only cultivated in the open ground for ornamental purposes, but also can be planted as potted flowers, making plum stakes.

The flowers can be used to extract flavor, and the flowers, leaves, roots and seed kernels can be used as medicine. The fruit can be eaten, salted or thousand, or smoked into umeboshi for medicine, cough, diarrhea, fluid, thirst. Plum and can resist root nematode damage, can be used as a rootstock for drupe fruit trees.

Plum is China's top ten flowers, and orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemums together as the Four Gentlemen, and pine, bamboo and known as the "three friends". In traditional Chinese culture, plum with its noble, strong, modest character, giving people the will to inspire. In the cold, the plum bloomed a hundred flowers first, only the world and spring.

Expanded Information

The Ten Famous Flowers of China are: Plum Blossom, King of Flowers. -Peony, Chrysanthemum, Orchid, Queen of Flowers, Moonflower, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, Rhododendron, and so on. --Azalea, Camellia, Hibiscus, Lotus, Osmanthus, The ten famous and beautiful local flowers of the Lingbo Fairy - daffodils.

The plum blossom is known as "the first of China's ten famous flowers". These ten kinds of flowers contain different levels of Chinese spiritual and cultural heritage, has a deep and heavy historical connotation, each in the flower world is unique, marking the extraordinary significance of traditional Chinese culture. However, among the 10 most famous traditional Chinese flowers, China only enjoys the international registration rights of plum blossom, osmanthus and lotus.

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