The Flower language and symbolic meaning of Orchid

The ancients often used "orchid heart Huihui nature" to describe people's virtuous and elegant temperament, and there is also a cloud in the Book of changes that "the words of one mind are as smelly as orchid." Among friends, sworn friendship is called "righteous golden orchid". Qu Yuan compared Lan to a gentleman in his poems, so later generations understood Lan as a noble and virtuous symbol of a gentleman. Let's take a look at the flower language and symbolic meaning of orchids.

What is the flower language of orchids?

The flower language of orchids in China is beautiful, noble and virtuous, while in foreign countries, it is warm, friendship, self-confidence and pride.

The symbolism of orchids

1. Symbolize brotherly affection: for example, Lan Gui Qifang (Orchid, Osmanthus) Yu Deze stays for a long time, that is, leaving favours to future generations and praising other people's sons and grandchildren, and later extending many layers of meaning. for example, the beautiful article is called "Lanzhang", the laudatory name for other people's children is "Lanyu", and the friendship fits and becomes a brother called "Golden Orchid" and so on.

2. Symbolize nobility: since ancient times, people have regarded orchids as a symbol of nobility, elegance, patriotism and unswerving chastity, symbolizing nobility. The orchid is simple and elegant, dignified and fragrant, always as a symbol of noble personality. Qu Yuan, a poet, loves orchids very much. In his immortal work Lisao, there are many beautiful sentences about orchids, such as "quiet Orchid Life vestibule, including fumigation waiting for the breeze" and so on.

3. Symbolizing the deep-rooted national feelings and character identity of the Chinese people: orchids are known as "gentleman in flowers" and "fragrance of kings". For Chinese people, orchids also have profound national meaning. in the Chinese traditional four gentlemen plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum isolation, chrysanthemum wind and frost, bamboo integrity, orchid symbolizes the temperament of an intellectual, and a nation's introverted style, so for orchids It can be said that Chinese people have deep-rooted national feelings and character identity.

Stories and legends of orchids

During the reign of King Huai of Chu, qu Yuan was framed by treacherous officials and dismissed from office. He returned to his hometown of Guizhou, now Zigui County, Hubei Province, where he lived on the south bank of Niu Gan Ma Fei Gorge and by the Jiuyi River at the foot of Fairy Mountain, set up a school and personally taught his disciples. It is said that the poem "Yujie Zi Lan Jiu Xi" in Li Sao comes from this.

It is said that one day, the orchid lady of Fairy Mountain traveled and passed by and found that qu Yuan was giving a lecture, so she dropped the cloud from the sky and stood outside the window to listen. Qu Yuan waved his hands and passionately stated the truth of revitalizing the State of Chu. The unswerving patriotism moved the orchid lady. She was well aware of qu Yuan's plain love of orchids. When she left, she deliberately performed her magic. The three orchids planted under the window were refined.

Orchid noble character, open light green or light yellow flowers, qu Yuan indefatigable, selfless preaching to teach karma. Once at recess, when he was ill, he talked about the situation in which the country's treacherous officials were in power and the people suffered. Due to excessive excitement and righteous indignation, a mouthful of blood ejected from his mouth and happened to splash down on the root of the orchid outside the window. The disciples burst into tears when they saw the teacher's painstaking efforts in teaching and educating people. The three orchids, nourished by the painstaking efforts of Dr. qu, became a big canopy overnight, and the students counted dozens of them.

Qu Yuan smelled the pungent fragrance, and his condition improved a lot. Everyone was overjoyed and began to transplant the orchid ramets into the open space around the school. Oddly enough, the orchid took root on the first day and sprouted on the second day. On the third day, it spread its branches and leaves, and on the fourth day, it blossomed. On the fifth day, each plant sent out a big new tree.

Qu Yuan led the students to transplant by the stream and on the mountain, so the orchid spread and spread. The old farmer in the mountain said happily, "We have 12 mu here. I am afraid that the orchids planted by Dr. qu are three years old!" It's time for our mountain village to change its name to Chi Lan Township. "

Subsequently, the orchid developed from three to six, and gradually expanded from six to nine. From then on, the Qingxi at the foot of the fairy mountain was called Jiuyi Creek, the orchid by the side of Jiuyi Creek, which flourished like a year. Its intoxicating fragrance overflowed the whole Xiling Gorge, and the fragrance was all returned to the state, until half of Chu Tian was fragrant!

Finally, in a flat boat carrying the fragrance of flowers, qu Yuan came out of the mountain.

However, in May of that year, the orchids on the banks of Jiuyi Creek and in Zhilan Township suddenly withered and died, leaving only bursts of fragrance. The villagers had a premonition that something ominous would happen, and they were nervous. Sure enough, bad news came a few days later. On the day the orchids withered, Dr. qu had committed suicide in the Miluo River, and people were grieving. The orchid lady on the fairy mountain also cried and swollen her eyes.

Later, Dr. qu's school was converted into the Chi Lan Temple, widely planted with bluegrass, as a permanent memorial to future generations.