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Chinese flowers represent what kind of character

1, the plum blossom

The traditional Chinese flower, it is not only elegant and handsome style so that ancient and modern poets and painters for its praise, but also its ice and jade, cold and fragrant is the essence of the nation and the world respect.

Chinese literati throughout the ages love plum, praise plum is very much. Plum with its noble, strong, modest character, giving people the will to inspire. In the cold, the plum first of a hundred flowers, only the world and spring, so the plum is often used by the folk as a symbol of good luck in the spring. Legends and stories about plum, the beautiful symbolism of plum in our country far-reaching, widely used.

2, bamboo

The verdant and upright, outstanding posture. Whenever the cold dew suddenly fell, when the grass withered, bamboo can be frost and not wither, can be said to be four seasons long lush. Bamboo poles section of the upright dial, there is a set of leaves, vigorous upward trend, by the people's praise.

People give it a chaste character, high aspirations of the high winds, and modest upward, graceful "gentleman" reputation. It and plum, orchids, chrysanthemums, pine, that is, there are outstanding appearance, more noble character and favored by the literati, was selected into the "three friends" and "four gentlemen" in the ranks.

Historically, many literati love for their poems, ink, to be praised. In folk tradition, there are firecrackers to get rid of the old and welcome the new, in addition to the evil of the custom of peace. Therefore, bamboo is also used as a symbol of peace and good luck in Chinese decorative paintings.

3, pine

The pine tree's rich and majestic intoxicated for ages. It is an evergreen tree with strong vitality. Regardless of the freezing wind and cold, still pale lush. People give it strong-willed, chaste character, and bamboo, plum together than the "three cold friends", and be respected. Folk love its evergreen, in the traditional decoration, it is the representative of longevity.

4, orchids

Traditional Chinese flowers, is a kind of flowers known for its fragrance. It is fragrant and clear, a branch in the room, full of fragrance. Ancient praise said: "the fragrance of orchids, cover a country", so there is a "national fragrance" nickname.

Orchid with its unique leaves, flowers, fragrance unique four clear (gas clear, color clear, God clear, rhyme clear), giving a person a very pure, elegant and beautiful image. Ancient and modern celebrities on its very high price, is likened to a gentleman in the flower. In ancient times, the literati often compared the beauty of poetry and literature to the "orchid chapter", the truth of friendship to the "orchid", the good friend to the "orchid guest".

5, Narcissus

Ice and jade, elegant, elegant, elegant, known as the "Narcissus". Narcissus blossomed at the time of the Spring Festival, is regarded as the omen of the new year, but also the flower of good luck.

6, chrysanthemum

Traditional Chinese flowers. It is beautiful and colorful, but not to the delicate color to take the charm, but to the elegant and chaste to win, blooming in the hundreds of flowers after the fade. People love its elegance and charm, but also love it frost bloom, the west wind does not fall of a proud bone.

Since the Song Dynasty, there has been an annual chrysanthemum festival. In ancient myths and legends, chrysanthemums have been endowed with meanings of good luck and longevity. Such as chrysanthemums and magpies combined to indicate that "the joy of the family"; chrysanthemums and pine trees combined for "longevity", etc., in the folk is very widely used.

7, the lotus flower

In Buddhism is considered a symbol of the Western Pure Land, is the birthplace of the soul. Buddha's body is placed on the lotus, so the Buddha seat is also known as the lotus seat. Throughout the ages, poets have praised the lotus flower as a gentleman, giving it a holy image.

The lotus flower has become a favorite flower of the Chinese with its comprehensive symbols of beauty, love, longevity and purity, and is therefore often combined with "Lian" in traditional auspicious patterns.

8, daylily

Also known as yellow cauliflower. Its leaves are clustered, roughly look like orchid leaves, flower shape like a funnel. Varieties are also many. The mother plant blooms six to nine, a thousand forms. Chinese poets through the ages in the eyes of the daylily as make people forget sadness, happy mood flowers. Therefore, daylily is also known as "forget-me-not".

9, ganoderma lucidum

And Ruizhi, Ruizhao, is a fairy. Ancient legends say that eating it can ensure longevity, and even into the immortal. Therefore, it is regarded as auspicious. For example, the deer's mouth with Ganoderma lucidum indicates longevity, and the head of Ruyi takes the shape of Ganoderma lucidum to indicate good luck.

10. Peony

The famous traditional Chinese flower, which is graceful and elegant, with the beauty of color, fragrance and rhyme, makes people fall in love with it. Many poets in history have written poems in praise of it.

The people of Tang Dynasty loved peony even more and held a peony festival during the blooming season, in which the people of Chang'an came out of the city and got drunk like crazy. The poet Li Zhengfeng praised the peony as "national color" and "heavenly fragrance", which were highly appreciated by the Tang Emperor. Since then, "National Color and Heavenly Fragrance" has become another elegant name for peony. With its unique richness, magnificence and abundance, peony is regarded as a symbol of prosperity, happiness and peace in Chinese traditional consciousness.