Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional stories - Ask for some information introduced by other countries, such as the national flower, which has some far-reaching significance, such as famous cities, local customs and some meaningful sentences.

Ask for some information introduced by other countries, such as the national flower, which has some far-reaching significance, such as famous cities, local customs and some meaningful sentences.

Leontopodium Austria

South Korea hibiscus, Jin Dacai Bulgarian rose

Philippine jasmine Belgian corn poppy

Danish Ilex in Fusang, Malaysia

Water lilies in Bangladesh and iris in France

Thai water lily, Finnish lily of the valley, Spiraea

Japanese cherry blossom German cornflower

Jin Zhuo, Holland tulip.

Indian lotus and Swedish lily of the valley

Iranian rose Spanish pomegranate

Egyptian lotus and Italian daisy

Libyan pomegranate English rose

Oxalis in Ireland, tropical orchids in Brazil.

Peruvian sunflower and Australian acacia flower

Colombian tropical orchid New Zealand silver fern flower

Cuban lilies and Israeli olives

Canadian dahlia, cactus, Guatemalan white orchid

Peony in China

"The national color is full of wine, and the clothes are dyed at night." Peony's national beauty and fragrance have been praised by people since ancient times. The cultivation history of Zhuang Dan was recorded as early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the cultivation techniques of peony had made great progress. In the Tang Dynasty, peony was more beautiful and was known as the "Flower King". "Spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease. I watch Chang 'an flowers all day. "The Chang 'an flowers here are peony flowers. The Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing and planted peonies everywhere in Gokurakuji. In the Qing Dynasty, a prince went to Gokurakuji to see peonies and wrote a plaque with the words "National Flower Temple". It can be seen that as early as the Qing Dynasty, Zhuang Dan had been crowned as the national flower.

English rose

People always confuse roses and roses. Although they belong to the same family and are not exactly the same, people seem to prefer the word rose, so they are collectively called roses. In Britain and many European and American countries, the rose (China Rose) is designated as the national flower to show love and seriousness, because its stem has thorns. In Christianity, it is said that after Jesus was betrayed, he was crucified, his blood dripped into the soil and roses grew under the cross.

Red roses symbolize love, which may be the world's common flower language. According to legend, Cupid ran in a hurry to save her lover, and the thorn of the rose cut her hands and feet, and the blood dyed the rose red. Red roses therefore become a symbol of love.

American rose

After a hundred years of debate, the national flower of the United States passed the rose as the national flower in the House of Representatives on September 23rd with 1986. They believe that roses are the embodiment of love, peace, friendship, courage and dedication. Americans also believe that the red China rose symbolizes love, love and courage. Light pink conveys approval or praise, pink represents elegance and noble demeanor, dark pink expresses gratitude, white symbolizes purity, and yellow symbolizes celebration and happiness.

San Marino-cyclamen

Cyclamen originated in southern Europe and has been cultivated by flower lovers for more than 300 years. /kloc-Germany was the cultivation center in the 0/8th century, and later it became more popular throughout Europe. Because the gardeners constantly improved the varieties, they finally moved the cultivation center to the United States. And gradually become a world-wide ornamental flower, deeply respected by flower lovers, so it was chosen as the queen of potted flowers. San Marino chose this "world-class" flower as the national flower, and it really has a good eye.

Dutch tulip

You can't help but mention the European garden and the flower country Holland, and you can't help but mention its national flower-tulip.

The history of Dutch tulips began with a gardener named Cruise. /kloc-in the 6th century, Crusi uz, who worked as a gardener in the Vienna Royal Garden, tried his best to get beautiful tulips originating in Asia from the Austrian ambassador to Turkey, and brought them to Holland, which soon spread all over the Netherlands, causing tulip fever. At first, the value of tulips

Doubled growth, many people planted tulips crazily, and some even traded a villa for a garden for a precious variety. By 1637, the price of tulips plummeted and the market was in crisis. The government came forward for rectification before it returned to normal. At present, tulips in the Netherlands are one of the main export commodities.

In Holland, tulips are a symbol of beauty, solemnity, luxury and success.

Although tulips in the Netherlands are world-famous, the origin of tulips is actually Turkey. Turks prefer tulips. The biological name of tulip is Tulipa, which comes from Turkish TUber 1d, which means that tulip flowers are as beautiful as Islamic girls wrapped in headscarves. Tulip became the national flower of Turkey earlier than Holland. Tulip brings colorful and happy life to those who love it. Hungary, Iran and New Zealand also designated tulips as national flowers.

The National Flower of Korea-Hibiscus

In the history of Korea, the Taiji flag first appeared in19th century. 1882 In August, the envoy Park Woo-jin was ordered to go to Japan for negotiations. On the way, the two discussed that it is impossible to be a representative of a country without a national flag. So, they drew a Tai Chi flag on the boat to Japan. After Park and Jin returned, the flag was officially used as the national flag of the Li Dynasty in 1883. 1948, when the Korean government was founded, it also decided to use the Taiji flag as the national flag. Later, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Education of South Korea officially promulgated the production standard of Taiji Flag, and decided to decorate the national flower hibiscus at the top of the flagpole. Flag pattern: the white background represents the land, the middle circle represents the people, and the four hexagrams around represent the government.

Singapore-Bandailan

198 1 year, Singapore selected Jin Zhuo Ban Dai Lan as the national flower. Jin Zhuo Wandailan, also known as Hu Jihua, comes from the transliteration of Fujian Minnan dialect orchids. Jin Zhuo Bandai Orchid is a kind of orchid. It has the following beautiful characteristics.

Beautiful, noble, superior and modest, it symbolizes the temperament of the people of Singapore.

It has a beautiful lip and five statues, and the lips are full of flowers, which symbolizes the equality of the four major ethnic groups in Singapore and the four languages of Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil.

The love column in the middle of the flower, androgynous, symbolizes the root of happiness. Flowers are supported by the opposite lobes below, symbolizing harmony, sharing weal and woe, and sharing weal and woe. There is a bag-shaped corner behind the lip of the flower, which contains sweet juice, symbolizing the place where wealth gathers. Uncover the pollen cover on the love column, and there are two flower blocks inside, like two "golden eyes", symbolizing foresight.

Its stem climbs upward, symbolizing upward development and prosperity. Its flowers wither and bloom again, symbolizing the lifeblood of the Singapore nation. It has a long history and is full of endless confidence and hope.

Singaporeans love orchids, and they prefer Jin Zhuo Banderan, because they can win the beauty even under the worst conditions. It symbolizes the national spirit of hard struggle and brave struggle.

Chilean lily

In ancient times, lilies in Chile were only blue and white. In A.D. 16, the subject self, the Kano tribe in Arraou, an Indian, waged an unyielding struggle against the Spanish colonists. Under the leadership of national hero lautaro, the Kano people in Arraou beat the invaders out of the water and fled in a hurry. Just as the insurgents were winning one after another, Shotaro and his 30,000 patriotic soldiers were ambushed by the colonialists by mistake because of the traitor's betrayal. They all died heroically after a bloody battle. The following year, where the patriots died, red lilies-"Gaby's Love" bloomed all over the mountains. People thought it was the blue-and-white lily watered by the martyrs today. Therefore, after Chile gained national independence, people unanimously agreed to take "Gaby's Love" as the national flower. On the case of the national emblem of Chile, there is a beautiful, simple and lovely bouquet, which is a bunch of red wild lilies.

Russia-Sunflower

The people of the former Soviet Union loved sunflower and regarded it as the national flower. At present Russia still defines the national flower as sunflower. "There are no catkins born by the wind, only sunflowers are biased towards the sun." Sunflower, yearning for the flower of light, brings people a beautiful flower of hope. It is full of treasures and selflessly dedicated to mankind. There is a wonderful legend about sunflowers in history. In ancient times, there was a farmer's daughter named Ming Gu. She is simple, honest and handsome, but she is regarded as a thorn in the side of the bully by her stepmother and abused in every way. Once, because of a small matter, I had a conflict with my stepmother and angered her. I whipped her, but I accidentally hit my own daughter who came to stop the fight. At this time, the stepmother was angry and hated. At night, I gouged out Ming's eyes while she was asleep. Minggu was in unbearable pain, broke the door and fled, and soon died. After her death, there was a bright yellow flower on her grave, facing the sun all day. That's a sunflower. It means that Minggu yearns for light and hates darkness. This legend inspires people to hate violence and darkness and pursue light. Since then, this sunflower has been breeding.

Italy-daisies

Daisy, also known as Euphorbia, is a perennial herb of Compositae, which originated in Europe. Its leaves are spoon-shaped, rosette-shaped, dense, short and green. Pulling flowers from leaves, the flowers are scattered, simple in appearance, petite and harmonious in color. It blooms in early spring, is full of vitality, has gentleman's demeanor and childlike elegance, and is deeply loved by Italians, so it is chosen as the national flower.

Japanese cherry

March 15 is the cherry blossom festival in Japan. There are more than 30 kinds and 300 varieties of cherry blossoms in Japan and more than 800 varieties in the world. All the parks in Japan are full of cherry blossoms. Japanese believe that cherry blossoms have the spirit of elegance, firmness, beauty, simplicity and independence. They regard cherry blossoms as a symbol of hard work, courage and wisdom. There is a Japanese proverb "cherry blossoms bloom for seven days", which means that the flowering period is very short. Therefore, Japanese families generally do not grow cherry blossoms, which is not conducive to the continuation of family prosperity.

Mexican dahlia

It is one of the most beautiful plants in Compositae, so it is also called Dahlia. It is luxurious and elegant, tall and plump, and can be compared with peony, the flower king of "national beauty and fragrance". Dahlias are colorful, red, yellow, orange, purple and white, which are very attractive. Dahlia originated in the Mexican plateau, and Mexicans regard it as a symbol of generosity and wealth.

Iraqi red rose

Chinese rose is called "the queen of flowers" because of its beautiful flowers and beautiful colors. Often used in various ceremonial occasions, red roses represent pure love, worship or enthusiasm, chastity and so on. People often regard it as a token of love, synonymous with love, and the first choice flower for Valentine's Day. Red Moon Ji also expresses cuteness.

Turkey-carnation

Most of them represent love, charm and respect, and red represents love and care. The legend of pink carnations is that the Virgin Mary left sad tears when she saw the crucifixion of Jesus, and carnations grew where the tears fell, so pink carnations became a symbol of immortal maternal love, while in France, carnations were regarded as ominous flowers.

Sweden-Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley, also known as Cao Junying and Cao Yuling, is mainly distributed in Europe. It blooms in April and May in spring. The flowers are small white bell-shaped, elegant and beautiful, with strong fragrance. This flower can also extract aromatic essential oil. This is a famous perfume. The petite white lily of the valley, like a string of wind chimes swaying with the wind, symbolizes happiness and is designated as the national flower of Sweden, Finland and Yugoslavia.

The National Flower of India-Lotus

India is the birthplace of Buddhism, and lotus is a symbol and mascot often mentioned in Buddhist scriptures. Lotus leaves don't touch mud, and lead a clean life, which is consistent with the life personality advocated by Buddhism. Because lotus represents Buddhism, and Buddhism comes from India, lotus is regarded as a sacred symbol of dignity in India.

Ethiopia-calla lily

Calla lily symbolizes "piety, eternal unity and good luck". At weddings in Europe and America, it is common for brides to hold flowers in their hands. Ethiopians regard calla lily as pure, simple and simple. China people intend to live a clean and honest life, take pride in the spring breeze and never stop.

Philippines-Jasmine

Jasmine is a symbol of purity and purity. And friendship in the eyes of the Filipino people. It is the flower of love and friendship. People think that the fragrance of jasmine gives people a happy and beautiful impression. People regard it as the national flower, and hospitable Filipinos often string jasmine flowers into beautiful garlands and present them around their necks to show their pure friendship with visiting guests.

Belgian-Yu Meiren

In China, this can be regarded as "the flower of national subjugation". Belgians symbolize comfort and loyal love. Before flowering, the buds of young corn poppy droop like shy girls; When flowering, the two calyx wrapped by the bud will fall off quickly, and its beauty and charm will be fully displayed through four large petals and thin stems as thin as silk. The breeze blew, and the petals flapped like butterfly wings and floated around.

Monaco-Dianthus China

Daisy, also known as Euphorbia, is a perennial herb of Compositae, which originated in Europe. Its leaves are spoon-shaped, rosette-shaped, dense, short and green. Pulling flowers from leaves, the flowers are scattered, simple in appearance, petite and harmonious in color. It blooms in early spring, is full of vitality, has gentleman's demeanor and childlike elegance, and is deeply loved by Italians, so it is chosen as the national flower.

Italy-daisies

Daisy, also known as Euphorbia, is a perennial herb of Compositae, which originated in Europe. Its leaves are spoon-shaped, rosette-shaped, dense, short and green. Pulling flowers from leaves, the flowers are scattered, simple in appearance, petite and harmonious in color. It blooms in early spring, is full of vitality, has gentleman's demeanor and childlike elegance, and is deeply loved by Italians, so it is chosen as the national flower.

France-iris

France is a country of flowers, and its capital, Paris, has the reputation of "Flower Capital". Wei Ying is regarded as the national flower of the French Kingdom.

According to legend, when Louis and Clovis were baptized, the gift from God was Jin Baihe. French lily is similar to "the flower of Louis" in pronunciation. Regarding Jin Baihe as pure, Jin Baihe symbolizes the "Holy Spirit" with the flying posture of pigeons. French King Louis VI decorated the edge of his blue robe with golden lilies as his seal and coin pattern. He is wearing a blue robe.

Attended the ceremony of appointing the king, so Jin Baihe became a symbol of kingship. In fact, the Jin Baihe mentioned here is Xianggen Yingwei.

Besides being ornamental, the French plant Euonymus fragrans is also an important raw material for obtaining the essence.

About the national flower of France, another way of saying it is lily. According to legend, Croppi uz, the king who first ruled France, used frogs as his badge. Once, a hermit appeared in his house and asked him to give the queen a beautiful shield with a lily engraved on it. After that, Crobismarck took this shield to the battlefield and won every battle. Since then, lily has been designated as the national flower.

Argentina-kapok

Rose-colored cyber flowers. Cybertron is a woody leguminous plant, mainly distributed in Central and South America. During the Spanish colonial rule, the Indians in La Plata region rose up constantly to resist. Legend has it that in a battle, an Indian tribal chief was unfortunately killed, and her daughter Anayi stepped forward to direct the battle and fought bloody battles with Spanish colonists. Finally, she was caught. Spanish colonists tied Arnail to a cyber tree and tried to burn her. Arnail died generously in the raging fire. At this time, the tree before flowering suddenly bloomed with red flowers full of branches and strings, such as fire and blood. 1942, Argentina officially confirmed Cyberflower as the national flower of Argentina by decree.

Brazilian claw lotus

Crab claw orchid is an epiphyte native to the tropical rain forests of Brazil and Mexico. The body color is bright green, the stems are multi-branched, and they are often hung in strings. A branch is composed of several sections, each section is inverted oval or rectangular, and several sections are as coherent as crab claws, hence the name. Its roots cling to the tall branches of giant trees or cliffs and are not shaken by wind and rain. Since the discovery of 18 18, it has been widely cultivated all over the world, and gardeners have cultivated more than 200 excellent varieties. The flowering period is from the first year 10 to the second year in March. Colors are white, red, purple and so on. And a plant has several flowers and no branches and leaves, which is very wonderful. Crab claw orchid is deeply loved by flower lovers because of its beautiful plant shape and bright colors. Brazil once presented this flower to China, enriching the orchid treasure in China.

Germany-cornflower

Queen Louise, the mother of Prussian emperor William I, was forced to leave Berlin during the civil war. On the way to escape, the car broke down. While waiting by the roadside with her two children, she found blue cornflowers on the roadside. She made a wreath out of this flower and put it on the chest of nine-year-old William. Later, William I was crowned German emperor. He still liked cornflower very much and thought it was an auspicious flower. Cornflower also encourages people to be cautious and learn with an open mind.

Switzerland-must also be pregnant.

Switzerland is a special country. When it comes to Switzerland, people will think of the world-famous Alps. There is a kind of plant, which the locals call "pregnant". It is covered with white fluff, especially the bracts beside the flowers. It looks soft and comfortable, just like a blanket made of cotton wool.

The National Flower of Tanzania-Lilac

Tanzania, south of the East African Plateau, has a small island in the Indian Ocean-Pemba Island. Covering an area of 980 square kilometers, there are 3.6 million lilac trees growing on the island, making it a world-famous "Lilac Island" and known as "the most fragrant place in the world". Together with/kloc-0.000000 lilac trees in Zanzibar, the sister island, the total amount of lilac flowers produced by them accounts for 80% of the international market. The output value of clove accounts for more than 96% of the total revenue of the local government. The local residents really live up to their reputation and are known as "cash cows".

Clove has high economic value and is a valuable spice and medicine. Clove oil is not only a mixed material of food, cigarettes and so on. It is also the main raw material of high-grade cosmetics and an indispensable antiseptic and analgesic in dental medicine. As a commodity, the buds of clove are in bud, and its leaves also contain perfume. The sea breeze blows gently, and the forest is full of fragrance, which is refreshing; Lilacs can be harvested twice a year, and lilacs are soaked with the efforts of flower farmers. Tourists come here in an endless stream, lingering, and feel honored and gratified to breathe a fragrant flower fragrance.

Greece-olive flower

Why did the Greeks choose olive flower as their national flower? The reason is very simple, because olives symbolize generosity and simplicity, and westerners have always used olive leaves as a symbol of peace, so the Greeks used olive flowers as their national flowers in order to advocate peace.

Alsophila spinulosa in New Zealand

About1.800 million years ago, Alsophila spinulosa was once the most prosperous plant on the earth, and like dinosaurs, it belonged to the two symbols of the "reptile" era. However, after a long geological change, most of the passive rafters on the earth have died, and only a few places called "shelters" can still track them. Next to Lezhu Village, Nanjing County, the hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian, there is a subtropical Lindi. It is the smallest nature reserve of forest ecosystem in China. It is "a rare multi-level monsoon subtropical primitive rainforest in the world". There are rare plants in the world. Alsophila spinulosa ranks first among 8 protected plants in China. New Zealand is one of the producing areas of spinulosa.

Australia-acacia

Acacia is a spiny shrub or small tree in Leguminosae, with bipinnately compound leaves and flower heads clustered in leaf axils. When in full bloom, it looks like a golden fluffy ball.

In Australia, if you pay a little attention, you will find that the courtyard of residents is not surrounded by walls, but with acacia as a hedge and planted around houses, which is very unique. In the flower season, the flower fence is like a golden barrier, emitting a strong floral fragrance, which is intoxicating.

Acacia is also an economic tree species. Aromatic flowers can extract aromatic oil as raw materials for cosmetics such as high-grade perfume. Pods, bark and roots contain tannins, which can be used as black dyes, and the resin from stems contains gum, which can be used as medicine. This material is hard and can be used to make expensive appliances.

Spain-pomegranate

There is a red pomegranate on the national emblem of Spain, which is the national flower of Spain.

Pomegranate is both ornamental and edible. Pomegranate blooms in early summer. Under the shade of green leaves, it ignited a fiery red, gorgeous as a haze. After enjoying the flowers, in two or three months, the red fruit will be covered with branches again, just like "the fruit is hung with stars, and the light is like green mountains reflecting green water." It is "Danpa knot show, China (flower) is beautiful."

Pomegranate, which grew in China in modern times, was brought back to China by Zhang Qian when he was in the Western Regions in Han Dynasty. People borrow pomegranate seeds to wish their children and grandchildren a full house.

Pomegranate tree is a symbol of wealth, auspiciousness and prosperity. In Spain, pomegranate trees can be seen everywhere on 500,000 square kilometers of land, whether in plateau mountainous areas, towns and villages, or in front of houses and behind seashore parks.