Did the art of flower arrangement originate in China or Japan?

The origin of the art of flower arrangement is controversial: firstly, there is a view that the art of flower arrangement is developed from the offering of flowers before the Buddha. Therefore, the earliest flower arrangement originated in India and was introduced to China, South Korea and Japan. The spread of flower arrangement is consistent with the spread of Buddhism. Some people in Japan, South Korea and China hold this view. It is true that flower arrangement in some countries originated from offering flowers before Buddha. Second, there is a dualist view. It is believed that not all countries' flower arrangement originated from flowers before offering Buddha, but also from folk life. Originated from folk life, the western flower arrangement art originated from ancient Egypt, and the eastern flower arrangement art originated from China. There is no big argument about this.

As for the uneven development of flower arrangement art in different countries, that is another problem.