Bottle flower originated in China.

The art of flower arrangement in ancient China has been called "vase flower" for more than 1000 years since the Song Dynasty. There are four important monographs on vase flowers in Ming Dynasty: Jin Run's Collection of Bottled Flowers, Three Notes on Bottled Flowers, Zhang Gande's Collection of Bottled Flowers and Yuan Hongdao's History of Bottled Flowers. Only Jin Run's Anthology of Bottle Flowers has been unknown for 600 years.

Zhang Qiande's A Brief Introduction to Bottle Flowers, which is only a glimpse, is generally regarded as lost, but it has established and influenced the theoretical system of bottle flowers for more than 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, and its importance is self-evident.

As a senior scholar of traditional flower arrangement in China, Xu was obsessed with Jin Run's book until he came across a copy of Ming Dynasty.

Finally, this lost work is presented to everyone for the first time with a complete face, which allows readers to understand Jin Run's thought of vase flowers in a simple way and appreciate the classical aesthetic taste of vase flowers.

meaning

Bottle flowers are loved by China people because they represent peace and good luck. Peony in a bottle means wealth and peace, and lotus in a bottle means peace through the years. The most typical one is Empress Dowager Cixi, who likes to put bottles in the four corners of the bedroom because it has a beautiful meaning of peace in the four seasons.