Orchid characteristics and symbolism

Question 1: What are the characteristics and symbolism of orchids, chrysanthemums and lotuses? Chrysanthemum: high moral character Chrysanthemum is the "Four Gentlemen" Lotus: high purity, out of the mud and not, Maundy clean and not volatile. Plum blossom: steadfastness Plum blossom is the "Four Gentlemen" Orchid: a symbol of purity, elegance, patriotism and steadfastness Peony: glory and wealth

Question 2: What are the characteristics and symbolism of the Pine, Chrysanthemum, Lotus, Bamboo, and Orchid? Not clear

Question 3: Characteristics and Symbolism of Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Symbolism

Chrysanthemum, together with plum, orchid and bamboo, have been the Four Gentlemen in the minds of Chinese literati since ancient times. The chrysanthemum is not only a reflection of the personality and temperament of the Chinese literati, but also endowed with a wide range of far-reaching symbolic significance.

A symbol of the hermit

Ever since it was coveted by Mr. Tao Qian, the chrysanthemum has become "the hermit of flowers". Tao Yuanming "and Guo book": "Chrysanthemums open forests, green pine crown rock column. The chrysanthemum blooms in the forest, and the pine crowns the rock." He was a master of frost. It is the embodiment of his envy of the quiet and comfortable life yearning. He picked chrysanthemums leisurely under the hedge, with the posture of idyllic poet and hermit, giving chrysanthemums a unique extraordinary recluse style, and chrysanthemums have had the spirit of hermit since then.

Second, the symbol of the fighter

A change of chrysanthemum recluse image, of course, to count the end of the Tang Dynasty peasant uprising leader Huang Chao. "The soughing west wind is planted all over the yard, the stamens are cold, the fragrance is cold and the butterflies are hard to come. If I am the Green Emperor in other years, I will report that I have bloomed with peach blossoms in one place." "When the fall comes to September 8, my flowers bloomed after a hundred flowers killed. The fragrance of the flowers will penetrate through Chang'an, and the city will be filled with golden armor." In its poems with obvious symbolism and tendency, chrysanthemum has become a brave and strong fighter who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, for the people ***, on behalf of heaven.

At the same time, Tang? Cen Sen's "nine days of marching to think of the old garden in Chang'an" in: strong desire to ascend to the heights, no one to send wine, distant pity for the old garden chrysanthemums, should be open next to the battlefield. Chrysanthemum has also become a representative of the warrior.

Third, the symbol of sadness

Song? Li Qingzhao "drunken flower yin": mist and thick clouds worry about eternal day, Rui Brain eliminated the golden beast. The festival and the heavy sun, jade pillow yarn kitchen, midnight cool through the first. After the dusk, there is a dark fragrance filling the sleeves. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get over it, but I'm sure I'll be able to get over it, so I'm sure I'll be able to get over it. Li Qingzhao is a Song Dynasty female lyricist, chrysanthemum, in her writing became the object of *** thought. "DongLi put wine after dusk, there is a dark fragrance filling the sleeves. I don't know what to say, the curtain rolls in the west wind, people are thinner than the yellow flowers." The word "thin" is used to express the feelings of the heart to the husband of a long time.

Fourth, the symbol of noble character

Chrysanthemums generally do not wither petals, not like peach blossoms, a piece of a piece of down, fall Ying colorful. The poet said, "I can't bear to fall to the ground, and I'd rather die than hold on to the branches.

Therefore, poets generally appreciate the character of the cold, for example: Tang? Bai Juyi "Wing Chrysanthemum":

A night of new frost on the tile light, banana newly folded defeat lotus pouring. The only cold-resistant chrysanthemum is the Dongli Chrysanthemum, which is more clear at the beginning of the golden corn. (There are also those that have been scattered due to wind and rain. In the Song Dynasty, there is a story of "Wang Su changed poetry", which is contained in Feng Menglong's "The Alarm of the World", said Su Dongpo once went to meet Wang Anshi in the minister's residence, just Wang was not there, and he saw a poem of chrysanthemums on the desk, and only wrote down the first two lines: "The west wind went through the garden last night, and blew down the yellow flowers all over the ground. " . Su Dongpo read secretly amused, he thought that even if the chrysanthemums dry up, will not fall petals, so he step original rhyme, continue to write two lines: "Autumn flowers are not more than the spring flowers fall, said with the poet carefully chanting." After Wang Anshi read Su Dongpo's mocking sequel, he felt that Su Dongpo's observation was not comprehensive enough. Later on, Su Dongpo was relegated to Huangzhou because of their political disagreement. Su to Huangzhou, one day when the wind and rain, Su and friends in the chrysanthemum garden chrysanthemum, saw the colorful, "full of gold" scene. This is the first time that I realized that I had wrongly criticized Wang Anshi, or I was not well-informed.)

The chrysanthemum through the frost, there is a tenacious vitality, high winds, because Tao Yuanming chrysanthemum picking under the East Fence, chrysanthemums from this got "flowers in the hermit" title. In Japan, the chrysanthemum is a symbol of the royal family. Chrysanthemums come in a variety of colors and mean different things.

Yellow chrysanthemums: light love

White chrysanthemums: in our country, the meaning of mourning, generally used to memorialize the dead occasions; in Japan, it is a symbol of chastity, honesty.

Dark red chrysanthemums: delicate

Chrysanthemums symbolize a long time: chrysanthemums open in the fall, so for the symbol of autumn, people even call September "chrysanthemum month", because chrysanthemums and "according to" the same sound, "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine" and "nine". Because chrysanthemum and "according to" have the same sound, and "nine" has the same sound with "long", so chrysanthemum is also used to symbolize longevity or long time; and the chrysanthemum picked on the day of Chung Yeung Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is more meaningful, and is mostly used in the refinement of chrysanthemum tea, and there are people who will take the chrysanthemum picked on this day to brew aged rice wine, or to bathe in chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums are also used to make aged rice wine or to bathe in, all in the name of "longevity in chrysanthemum water". If chrysanthemums and nine quails are painted on a picture, because the pronunciation of "quail" is the same as that of "an", it means "nine generations living in peace". Chrysanthemums and pine trees are painted together, which is called "Pine and Chrysanthemum Forever", and it means wishing the person who receives this painting a long life. There are also people to paint a grasshopper in the chrysanthemum above, because the "grasshopper" and "official" homophonic, that is to say, wish others long (nine) occupy the official position, the painting is called "official residence in the first grade".

Chrysanthemum: purity, purity, I love you, true love

Aster: thinking, can * love, please believe me

Spring chrysanthemum: divination for love

June chrysanthemum: parting

Winter chrysanthemum: ...... >>

Question 4: What are the characteristics of orchids? Types of Chinese orchids

1) Spring orchids

Spring orchids, also known as grass orchids, mountain orchids, Duo Xiang, referred to as orchids, the ancients called it a weak foot. The villagers in the mountainous areas of the orchid-producing region called it Little Orchid.

Chunlan is the most widely distributed orchid in China, with the richest resources, a long history of cultivation, and the largest number of selected horticultural cultivars. It is a small plant, with thin and narrow leaves, erect pedicel, about 6-25 centimeters high, with one flower, and the ancient people called it an orchid with one stem and one flower. A few orchids with double flowers are called "parallel orchids", which means good luck. Although the orchid plant is small, the flowers are large, with a diameter of 4-6 centimeters and a maximum diameter of 8 centimeters. The flower color is usually green and yellow-green, with purplish-red stripes or spots on the perianth. The flowering period is about one month (mid-February to mid-March). Most spring orchids are fragrant, known as sylvan.

Spring orchids have their own characteristics due to different places of origin, and they can be divided into Jiangzhe Spring Orchid, Henan Spring Orchid, Hubei Spring Orchid, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan Mainland Spring Orchid, Southern Spring Orchid and other major categories.

2) Spring Sword

The main resource area of Spring Sword is in Sichuan and Guizhou. It is a tall plant, with a leaf width of 1-2.2 centimeters, a leaf length of 40-100 centimeters, a leaf quality similar to that of the spring orchid, and a majestic leaf shape. Flowering is also the same period with the spring orchid, a stalk with 2 to 5 flowers, flowers bloom diameter of 4-8 cm, colorful flowers, petal texture is thinner on the petal hidden lines obvious, has a good fragrance. The plant is strong and generally has 5-10 leaves. The root system is thick and strong. The traditional famous species include "Big Red Cinnabar", "Silver Pole Vegetable", "Longchang Vegetable", "Xishu Daoguang", etc. In recent years, a large number of new varieties have been selected to form the "Xishu Daoguang". In recent years, a large number of new varieties have been selected to form the characteristics of Sichuan orchids.

3) Lotus Petal Orchid

It is also known as small snow orchid and Peiyalan. The distribution area is very narrow, only in the west of China's Yunnan Province and Taiwan alpine areas have native species.

The lotus petal leaf blade is thin and narrow, leaf length is 50-80 centimeters, leaf width 0.5-1.2 centimeters. Leaf blade clusters of 6-9 pieces, pseudobulbs small, usually only about 1 cm in diameter, but the root is stout, diameter thick 0.5 cm or so. Pedicels erect, rounded and erect, bearing 2-3 flowers, with thin petals and conspicuous cryptic stripes on the perianth, the flowers spreading to about 3.5-6 cm in diameter. The sepals are lanceolate, the petals are long ovate, and the labellum is recoiled. The flowers bloom from January to March, and the fragrance is strong and airy. The representative varieties are "Big Xuesu" and "Small Xuesu". Lotus petal orchid flower color is famous for white as snow, and the bright green leaves form a sharp color contrast.

4) Cymbidium

It is also known as Jiu Hua Orchid, Jiu Jie Orchid, Jiu Zi Orchid, and the villagers in the mountainous areas of Lanzhou are known as Gao Orchid, Dai Orchid, Niu Orchid, and Shang Orchid. Ancient people called a stem of nine flowers as cymbidium, also known as cymbidium but not cymbidium orchids. A few areas called summer orchids or send spring.

Cymbidium plants are generally taller, with 5-13 leaves, leaf length of about 35-80 centimeters, leaf width of 0.5-1.5 centimeters, leaf blade vein lines are thick and obvious, leaf margin serrations are obvious and coarser, and pseudobulbs are not obvious. Pedicel erect, peduncle diameter 1 cm thick, fine as thread, high up flush leaf rack or out of leaf rack, generally about 35-80 cm high. Flowers 5-30. Flowers bloom about 3.5-8 cm in diameter. The color of the flowers is mostly yellow-green or emerald green, with green velvet moss on the tongue, adorned with many purplish-red dots, and the flowering period is April to early May in its native land, and occasionally it blooms again in autumn. Cymbidium has a wide distribution, and is also found north of the Qinling Mountains. The altitude of the native place is higher than the spring orchid, more cold, dry, sun-loving.

Cymbidium produced in various places has slightly different leaf shape and flower quality, which is divided into cymbidium in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, cymbidium in western Anhui and Hubei, cymbidium in the interior of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and cymbidium in the south.

5) Four Seasons Orchid

Usually called Jianlan, also known as summer orchid, autumn orchid. It is also called Jade Orchid, Suruga Orchid, Male Orchid and Female Orchid. Four Seasons Orchid does not bloom in all seasons, and the first blooming period is from June to the cold dew, during which it can bloom many times.

The Four Seasons Orchid has a wide range of origins, and it is found in the mountains and forests south of 30°N latitude in China, and it is generally born in mixed forests at an altitude of 300-400 meters, and because of the wide range of origins, coupled with a long history of cultivation, the Four Seasons Orchid produced in various places has different plant shapes. Some people divide them into many series. Such as: Suruga series, Yuzhen series, androgynous orchid series, female orchid series, jade pillow series, vegetative heart series, etc..

6) Mulan

It is also known as "Baojiu Orchid", "Baojiu Orchid", and "Fengjiu Orchid". The leaves are broad, generally 2-4.2 centimeters wide and about 25-80 centimeters long. 2-5 leaves are attached to the pseudobulb. The pseudobulb is large, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter. Leaves are glossy, shallowly "y"-shaped or spreading in cross section, leaf margins usually not serrate. The pedicels are erect and generally elevated above the leaf racks. Inflorescences racemose, bearing 5-20 or more flowers, flowers spreading to about 2.5-5 cm in diameter. The sepals and flower organs are usually narrowly lanceolate, and the lip is pendulous and revolute. The flower color is mostly light purple-brown, with dark purple-brown stripes. Flowers bloom from late fall to February, with a sweet-scented aroma. ...... >>

Question 5: Idioms describing the characteristics of orchids 1. spring orchids, autumn chrysanthemums, spring orchids, autumn chrysanthemums. Metaphorically speaking, each has its own praiseworthy features.

2. Cymbidium heart and orchid quality, Cymbidium and orchid: both are names of herbs. The name of the vanilla is "cymbidium", and the name of the vanilla is "orchid". It is a metaphor for a woman's purity of heart and elegance of character.

3. empty valley, beautiful orchids in the valley. Described as very rare, often used as a metaphor for elegant character.

4. Orchids and mugwort are burned together, orchid: the name of the herb; mugwort: stinking grass; burn: burn. The orchids are burned together with the mugwort. The metaphor is that they are destroyed together, regardless of whether they are good or bad.

5. Pick orchids and give medicine Orchid: orchid, flower flavor; medicine: peony. It is a metaphor for men and women giving each other gifts to show their love for each other.

6. The breath is as fragrant as an orchid. It describes the breath of a beautiful woman.

7. Destroy the orchid and break the jade. Destroy the orchid, break the jade. Metaphorically speaking, destroy and hurt women.

8. Pick orchids and give peonies, orchid: orchids, flower flavor; peony: peony. It is a metaphor for men and women giving each other gifts to show their love for each other.

9. Blowing like an orchid, the breath is as fragrant as an orchid. It describes the breath of a beautiful woman. It is also used to describe the beauty of words.

10. Miserable green and red, referring to the green leaves and red flowers destroyed by the storm. Song Liu Yong "Ding Feng Bo" words: "Since the spring, miserable green sorrow red, the heart is a matter of cocoa." Song Zhang Xiaoxiang, "Magnolias in Reduced Characters": "Miserable green and red with sorrow, emaciated by the winds of the night."

Question 6: Orchid symbolism Orchids belong to the orchid family, is a monocotyledonous plant, for perennial herbs, also known as huqi flowers. As most varieties of ground orchids originated in China, orchids are also known as Chinese orchids, Shaoxing is the hometown of orchids. The roots are long and cylindrical, and the leaves are clustered from the stem, linear-lanceolate, 2-3 pieces in a bundle. The roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds of orchids have some medicinal value. Orchid is a kind of flower known for its fragrance, characterized by high purity and elegance. It is highly valued by ancient and modern celebrities, and is regarded as a gentleman among flowers. In the ancient literati often the beauty of poetry and literature as a metaphor for the "orchid chapter", the truth of friendship as a metaphor for "orchids", a good friend as a metaphor for "orchid guest", one of the four gentlemen.

Symbolism

Chinese orchid culture has a history of more than 2,000 years since the beginning of orchid appreciation. Ancient admiration for orchids embodies the characteristics of traditional Chinese aesthetics, and there have been many writers and ink writers who have been singing the praises of orchids throughout the ages, not only referring to the elegance of orchids but also to the fragrance of its serenity.

Orchids are simple and elegant in appearance, with slender and soft leaves, beautiful flowers, light and fragrant, with the temperament of "clear color, clear gas, clear God, clear rhyme", also known as "gentleman orchid", which means that orchids are close to gentlemen, and literati from ancient times favored planting orchids, appreciating orchids, chanting orchids, painting orchids, writing orchids, and had lingering orchid episodes. From the point of view of Chinese traditional aesthetics, orchid is regarded as a symbol of human character, and orchid bone is a reflection of style, and through the use of orchids to send feelings and temperance, it has become the embodiment of Chinese intellectuals' pursuit of lofty aspirations, keeping away from dirty politics, preserving their own good character, and conveying their love for their own country, and their unswerving belief in their own country until they die. Orchids are so fragrant and faraway that they can only grow in the valley and open up in people's ideal realm.

Chinese painting emphasizes on resemblance, and in the depiction of orchids, the same attention is paid to the charm and nature of orchids. Different painters have different focuses in painting orchids. In Chinese painting, painters use ink and wash to express the beautiful leaf shape of orchids and the purity of flowers, pursuing the innate qualities and the charm of great simplicity and elegance. Orchids also symbolize noble friendship, which is a metaphor for being of the same mind, intimate and intentional, and can also be compared to a couple's love for each other.

The word "orchid" is often used as a title for beauty, and orchids are also a symbol of beauty. If a few colors are used to decorate the leaves, it is even more charming. A good orchid works by the master treatment of orchid leaves seem to be fluttering, dynamic has its own charm in, more beautiful than the natural.

It is highly valued by ancient and modern celebrities, and is regarded as a gentleman among flowers.

Question 7: What are the characteristics of orchids? Morphological Characteristics of Orchids

Morphology:

1 Epiphytic or terrestrial herbs, rarely putrefactive, usually with pseudobulbs; pseudobulbs ovoid, ellipsoid, or pike-shaped, less often absent or prolonged into stalks, usually enclosed within sheaths at the base of the leaves. Leaves several to many, usually borne on basal or lower nodes of pseudobulbs, distichous, strap-shaped or rarely oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, base usually with broad sheaths and enclosing pseudobulbs, jointed.

2 Scapes lateral or arising from base of pseudobulb, erect, recurved or pendulous; racemes several-flowered or many-flowered, less frequently reduced to single flowers; bracteoles long or short, not falling at anthesis; flowers large or moderately large; sepals free from petals, ± similar; labellum 3-lobed, base sometimes united with gynostegium to 3-6 mm; lateral lobes erect, often ± enclosing gynostegium, middle lobe generally recurved; labellar disk with 2 longitudinal folded segments, usually extending from base to base of middle lobe, sometimes inflated at end or disconnected at middle, less often united;

3 Gynostegium longer, often more or less curved forward, winged on both sides, ventrally concave or sometimes shortly hairy, with 2 pollen clusters, y fissured, or 4 and forming 2 pairs of unequal size, waxy, attached to sub-triangular adhesive disk by very short, elastic stalks of pollen clusters.

Second, the main characteristics:

1 usually seen flowers from the pedicel, receptacle, calyx, corolla, gynoecium and androecium and other parts of the composition. Orchid is a peculiar flower, its peculiarity lies in its flower structure is different. Orchid structure is peculiar in order to adapt to insect pollination, and with a stamen column, beak, pollen clusters and labellum, etc., coupled with the orchid for the two sides of the symmetrical flowers, the base of the labellum to form a nectar gland with the capsule and pitch, the number of stamens is reduced, the ovary is inferior, the flowers of various shapes, sizes and colors, most of them are herbaceous, epiphytic or putrefactive.

2 Usually see the flower by the pedicel, receptacle, calyx, corolla, gynoecium and androecium and other parts of the composition. Orchids also have these structures, with the difference that they usually have a labellum. Orchids have six perianths (the calyx and petals are not clearly distinguishable and are collectively referred to as the perianth), which are divided into inner and outer whorls, with one of the inner whorls specializing into a labellum. The role of the labellum is to attract insects to pollinate and provide a platform for insects to stop

3 Most of the orchid pedicel and ovary twisted 180 ° C

4 have pollen clusters: orchid pollen is usually glued into a ball, called pollen clusters, the role of the pollen is to facilitate the pollination of insects to pollinate all the pollen to take away, to improve pollination efficiency. When the insect enters the next flower, the pollen mass brought out can automatically adjust the direction, so that it just touches the sticky stigma, thus completing the heterogamous pollination.

5 Staminal column: In addition to the ovary, the entire male and female organs of the orchid are completely fused into a column, called the staminal column. The formation of the stigmatic column makes the androgynophore spatially separated, which promotes heterogamous pollination

6 Staminal beak: Between the stigma and anthers of orchids, there is a tongue-like organ (derived from the upper lobe of the stigma) called the staminal beak, which is a unique organ of the orchid, and it's main function is to prevent self-pollination.

Question 8: The significance of the language of orchids Since ancient times, people have regarded orchids as a symbol of nobility, elegance, patriotism and steadfastness. Orchids symbolize nobility, elegance and steadfastness Orchids are regarded as the "gentleman" in the valley, but also expresses piety, orchids and cinnamon, to show that it never fails Orchids: the mysterious and elegant, extraordinary, can be used as a symbol of intellectuals. As an investment, the orchid economy may bring good economic benefits, so the orchid can also be used as a symbol of business; The deep "orchid complex" in Confucianism By Prof. Zhou Jianzhong, Doctoral Advisor, Nantong University The correspondence between orchids and the personality orientation of Confucianism is related to its biological characteristics: the orchid has a colorful and elegant foliage and evergreen color all year round. The correspondence between the orchid and the personality orientation in the Confucian tradition is related to its biological characteristics: the orchid's leaf shape is elegant and graceful, its color is evergreen, and its flowers are fragrant and pure, so it possesses a form that meets the national aesthetic interest; its sociological significance is also of long standing, as it first intervened in the various aspects of the classical aristocrat's life by its unique beauty and charm and entered the aesthetic vision of the Confucianism by its inclusion into the historical canon. From then on, he established the intrinsic connection between orchids and the Confucian personality, and this kind of thinking mode between flowers and human beings comes from the totem worship of human beings. Orchids are the pride of flowers. From the appearance, posture, living environment and inner temperament of orchids, people are more accustomed to interpreting the symbolism of orchids, and it has become a kind of fixed symbols and oriented language code. All the people who love orchids, plant orchids, appreciate orchids and sing about orchids draw moral power from orchids, so as to consciously shape, enhance and sublimate their own personality and mind. Its cultural connotation can be developed into Confucius' ideal of "when the fragrance of the king" and the personality faith that is not moved by poverty and disappointment, as well as Qu Yuan's personal virtue maintenance and pursuit. In short, the orchid symbolizes the ideals of Confucianism: elegant virtue, perseverance, self-sufficiency and independence. Totem and Orchid: The Beginning of Intervention in the Spiritual Life of Human Beings Totem culture is an integral part of primitive culture, which was born out of the primitive mode of thinking of animism. The orchid as a personal totem has three characteristics. First, man is a totem, and a totem is a man. Second, people often use totems as their names. Third, people and totems with life and death **** survival, is a kind of invisible, can not be touched, suddenly and vaguely existed in the protection of God. Totem worship to later slowly fade away, becoming a distant and fuzzy memory of mankind, but in the life of future generations, can still find traces of it. In Zuo Zhuan (左传)? The third year of Duke Xuan recorded the story of Duke Mu of Zheng, whose birth and death were both related to the totem of orchids. Yan, the "lowly concubine" of Duke Wen of Zheng, dreamed that an angel gave her an orchid and told her, "This is your son", and she was indeed pregnant and gave birth to a son named Lan, that is, Duke Mu of Zheng. After 22 years on the throne, Duke Zheng Mu once fell ill and said, "If the orchid is dead, I am afraid I will die too. So he "mowed down the orchid and died". The meaning of "to conquer the orchid" in this story is the embodiment of the totemic culture. Without the totemic culture, it is impossible to understand the mysterious and special nature of the orchid in the story. Not only have traces of totemic culture been left in historical texts, but there are also many examples of this kind in literary works. Han Lefu "ancient poem for Jiao Zhongqing's wife", the heroine's name Lan, is the ancient personal totem traces of the performance of the characteristics, "Lanzhi", that is, "Zhilan", "Zhilan", is the orchid. The totemic significance of "orchid" is also evident in the poems, such as before Liu Lanzhi threw herself into the river, Jiao Zhongqing said to his mother, "Today's wind is cold, the cold wind destroys the trees, and the frost knots the orchids in the court." Frost covering and frying the orchids in the garden means that the tragedy of the main character's life is about to happen, just like the prophetic sign of Zheng Mugong, "If the orchid is dead, I am afraid that I am going to die too", which is the deep constraints and potential influence of the orchid totem culture. Through the study of "archetypes", it is possible to reveal "the unfathomable mysteries that have permeated the cult traditions that have been carefully preserved for centuries by secretive cult traditions". Orchid is one such "archetype". Orchids had a wide impact on the lives of early aristocrats and folk people, and people established various relationships with orchids in activities such as wiping out evils with orchids, giving orchids to convey love, offering sacrifices with orchids, welcoming auspiciousness with orchids, sewing orchids to the court, burning orchids and overflowing scents with orchids, and offering sacrifices with orchids. These early forms of orchid culture fully illustrate that those who were engaged in political and sacrificial activities (we can regard them as the predecessors of Confucianism), who had a lot of contact with orchids and utilized orchids, even though they were associated with utilitarian purposes and did not have clear ethical connotations, provided an important prerequisite for the definition of the aesthetic imagery of orchids by Confucius in the future. Confucius and Orchid: Laying down the cultural connotation of orchid "Orchid should be fragrant for the king". Confucius traveled around for more than ten years, and never got the appointment. On his way back to Lu from Wei, he saw orchids alone, and was touched by the situation and had a lot of feelings. ...... >>

Question 9: What qualities do orchids symbolize? Appearance, characteristics of features is how? What are the praises of the ancients? Since ancient times people have regarded orchids as a symbol of nobility, elegance, patriotism and steadfastness . Orchids symbolize nobility. Orchids are elegant, dignified and fragrant, and have been used as a symbol of noble character. The poet Qu Yuan loved orchids, and in his immortal work "Li Sao", there are many good lines about orchids. Orchids grow in the front garden, waiting for the breeze. Orchids are known as "the gentleman among flowers" and "the fragrance of the king". For Chinese people, orchids also have a deep significance in the nation. Among the four traditional Chinese gentlemen - Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, unlike the loneliness of Plum, the frostiness of Chrysanthemum and the temperament of Bamboo, Orchid symbolizes the temperament of an intellectual and the introverted style of a nation. Therefore, it can be said that Chinese people have deep-rooted national feelings and character identity for orchids. Orchids have been loved since ancient times for their elegant and graceful leaves, their elegant flowers, and their pure and refreshing fragrance. Therefore, in Chinese traditional culture, raising orchids, enjoying orchids, painting orchids and writing about orchids have always been an important way for people to cultivate their feelings and cultivate themselves, and Chinese orchids, which are regarded as the national fragrance and the king's fragrance, have become the representatives of elegant culture. Orchids are born in the pure land, and they are not fragrant because of no one... It is not because there is no one, but it is not fragrant..!