Each month is associated with a flower but the list varies from place to place. While the three friends of winter are the pine, bamboo and plum blossom.Ī basket of flowers is the emblem of Lan Caihe 蓝采 和 who is one of the Eight Daoist Immortals. The four friends of the flowers are the swallow, oriole, bee and butterfly. Particular flowers are often depicted with a specific bird because they have the same symbolic meaning, so a crane and a pine tree both represent longevity. It is a time to go back to your family home and celebrate the new year together with numerous traditions and festive food. It is a very busy time and the public holiday lasts a whole week. Chinese New YearChina's main holiday is the Spring Festival held in late January or early February. A prostitute was often referred to as a ‘flower’. Flowers have long been associated with girls and young women, and a picture of a flower may represent one. For a long while it was the custom of women to wear a garland of flowers in their hair although white and blue flowers are unlucky and avoided. Early spring blossom was particularly valued and decorated houses for the Spring Festival. It is dedicated to the goddess of flowers 百 花深 Bǎi huā shēn. The twelfth day of the second lunar month is a minor festival to celebrate Spring and the emergence of leaves and flowers. As a plant ‘magically’ transform from producing green leaves into producing flowers the character uses a head over heels representation to show this metamorphosis under the radical for a ‘plant’. The character for flower 花 huā has an interesting origin. From very early times courtyard homes had a small garden at its heart. The symbolism of flowers in Chinese art is very rich this survey has many individual flowers each with its own specific meaning.
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