What are the Four Gentlemen of Flowers

The Four Gentlemen in Flowers refer to Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum.

Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum refer to: plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Known as the "Four Gentlemen". The qualities are: proud, quiet, firm, light. *** with the same characteristics of self-improvement, clear outside of the Hua, Tanya, which does not make the state of the world.

Huang Fengchi in the Ming Dynasty, "Plum, Bamboo, Orchid and Chrysanthemum Four Spectrum", from now on, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum is known as the "Four Gentlemen". Painters use "four gentlemen" to label the noble character of the gentleman. Jiya Cai Zhi Mei, bamboo, orchid and chrysanthemum four spectrum of small citation ":" Wenfang clear supply, only take the plum, bamboo, orchid, chrysanthemum four gentleman, no other, to the fragrance of its escape, bias can wash people's dirty intestines and clarify the God Ying bone."

The Four Gentlemen is not just a name, indeed, each has its own characteristics: plum, cut the snow and ice, a proud bone; orchid, the valley of the fragrance, a lone fragrance; bamboo, sieve the wind and the moon, dashing life; chrysanthemum, frost on their own, do not tend to inflammation. About the plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums on the plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums of the poetry of the general feelings, is a deep national cultural spirit as the background.

The "gentleman of flowers" in the narrow sense refers to:

The "gentleman of flowers" in the narrow sense refers to orchids, that is, the national orchids referred to in the classification of flower horticulture (orchids).

The main reason is that the natural attributes and characteristics of orchids fit the understanding and pursuit of the gentleman's character by the literati and writers, and therefore they become the representatives of a spirit and character after visualization.

First of all, orchids have the posture of a gentleman, with long, narrow, dark green leaves, proudly independent, slightly drooping leaves, modest and elegant.

Secondly, the orchid has the virtue of a gentleman, born in the forest and valley, not competing with the flowers, not with the world.

Again, orchids have the spirit of a gentleman, with a strong but not vulgar aroma, cold and long but not bland.

Finally, orchids have a gentleman's temperament. If they share the same ambition, they will have fragrant flowers and leaves, but if they do not share the same way, they will die and lose their fragrance.