Do you know that bamboo is called "Four Gentlemen"? Who are the four gentlemen?

Bamboo is known as the "four gentlemen", and the four gentlemen are plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.

"Four Gentlemen" is the theme of China traditional culture. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called the four gentlemen. They refer to plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum respectively. Known as the "Four Gentlemen", their qualities are: pride, quietness, modesty and ease. The "Four Gentlemen in Flowers" borrowed things to become a symbol of China's ambition, and it is also a common theme in object-chanting poems and artists' paintings and calligraphy. Its cultural implication is: plum, Zita Law, noble and upright; Orchids, fragrant valleys, sages in the world; Bamboo, elegant and quiet, modest and gentleman; Chrysanthemum, Shuang Ling is elegant and a hermit in the world.

Plum blossom, also known as "Five Blessed Flowers", is a traditional famous flower in China, and it is also called "three friends in cold years" with pine and bamboo. It symbolizes happiness, happiness, longevity, smoothness and peace. It has neither the elegance of peony nor the romantic and gentle fragrance of rose. The beauty of plum blossom is not a flower, but a mass of flowers, which gives people a warm feeling when in full bloom. When you look at plum in late winter and early spring, there will be a warm atmosphere, and people will not feel the cold in late winter and early spring. Its unique personality, which is not afraid of cold, proud of frost and snow, jade bone with ice muscles and cold ling with fragrance, is the essence of the nation and is respected by the world. Throughout the ages, writing is also one of the most widely sung varieties.

Orchids are flowers with "three beauties" of flowers, fragrance and leaves. It is also called "elegant flowers and plants" with chrysanthemum, narcissus and calamus, and it is one of the top ten famous flowers in China. Orchids, which grow in deep mountains and valleys, are elegant and magnificent, swaying in the breeze, graceful and fragrant, and touching. Its noble quality of "not for no one, not for fragrance, not for cold" has ushered in the reputation of "empty valley beauty" for itself. In ancient times, a good article was called Zhang Lan, and a friend with deep feelings was called You Lan or Lan Yi. Therefore, orchids have become a symbol of beautiful things on earth. In the endless stream of China literature, orchids account for a considerable proportion.

In China tradition, bamboo symbolizes the elasticity and longevity of life. Bamboo, pine and plum trees are collectively called the three auspicious plants in winter. A large number of bamboo with sheath-like leaves flourish, and then the bamboo waves ripple and become a sea. Some are like green beads falling to the ground, some are like Cui Yun connecting with the sky, and bamboo leaves are dancing in the sea of bamboo, swaying Wan Li. Being in the sea of bamboo, the fragrance of bamboo is everywhere. Its scenery and fragrance are intoxicating. Grow up silently in the barren hills and survive tenaciously in adversity with perseverance. For thousands of years, bamboo's clear, solemn and upright characters are exemplary and admirable. ?

Chrysanthemum, also known as yannian, Shouke, etc. Chrysanthemum is a traditional famous flower loved by China people, with a cultivation history of more than 3,000 years. Chrysanthemum is elegant and noble, with beautiful flowers and bright colors. Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a symbol of integrity and elegance. In late autumn, flowers wither, and only chrysanthemums bloom in the frost. After the severe frost, waiting for the flowers to bloom may be the origin of being called pride.