10000 foreigners from 20 countries have selected 10 flowers representing China for approval by 60% netizens.

In March this year, a horticultural flower exchange association in Europe, which is friendly to China, held a flower selection activity that best represents China's national image. In three months, the staff visited more than 10000 foreign friends from nearly 20 countries in Europe and the Americas, and selected 10 kinds of flowers that can represent the image of China from more than 100 kinds of flowers. The selected 10 kinds of flowers have also been approved by 60% of netizens in our country. Let's take a look.

Tenth place, plum blossom

The strong and noble character of plum blossom indicates that the sons and daughters of China can still adhere to their integrity and advocate justice in a difficult environment. Chairman Mao compared the plum blossom to a martyr who died for his country in Yong Mei.

Proud snow and cold plum

Ninth place, peony flower

The peony, the king of flowers, is Wu Zetian's favorite flower. It was designated as the national flower in the late Qing Dynasty and ranked second among the top ten famous flowers in China in February 1985. As a unique flower in China, it spread all over the world through the ancient Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty and is now cultivated all over the world.

national beauty and heavenly fragrance

Eighth place, chrysanthemum

The third of the top ten famous flowers in China, which is also one of the four famous cut flowers in the world, was introduced into Europe by the Dutch in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and is now widely cultivated all over the world.

Chrysanthemum

Seventh place, rose

The veritable "Queen of Flowers" blossoms throughout the year and is highly ornamental. Through the careful cultivation of horticulturists around the world, it has grown to tens of thousands of varieties. People in our country especially like rose flowers. There are 52 cities that define the rose as city flowers, including Beijing.

The rose is like a rose

Sixth place, Azalea

Yunnan's pride, China's national treasure. The value of azaleas in gardens can be seen in the Summer Palace, the royal garden. In the 19th century, the western royal family sent people to Yunnan many times to collect and take away more than 3000 kinds of specimens and seedlings.

Ying Shanhong

Fifth place, Lotus

From the Zhou Dynasty, China began to cultivate, both ornamental, edible and medicinal, the whole body is a treasure. The noble character of "coming out of the mud but not stained, Zhuo Qinglian but not demon" is also one of the themes of the literati through the ages.

Lotus

Fourth place, Camellia

One of the world's precious flowers, originated in China, is China's traditional valuable ornamental flowers and trees. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it was introduced into Japan and Korea through China, and it was planted all over the world. Now there are more than 2000 varieties of camellias.

Camellia

Third place, sweet-scented osmanthus

One of our country's traditional precious flowers and trees, a collection of beautification, fragrance and greening of ornamental fish with both practical and excellent tree species. It is planted all over our country, and sweet-scented osmanthus flowers are fragrant all over the street around August every year. In the ancient and modern poems of chanting flowers, the number of works praising cinnamon is in the forefront, and people like to compare sweet-scented osmanthus to those who influence others.

Osmanthus fragrans

Second place, daffodils

Our country's traditional ornamental flowers, the annual Spring Festival Gala will be placed on the table in the front row of the auditorium. It has been planted in China for more than 1000 years, especially Zhangzhou Narcissus.

Daffodils

First place, Orchid

In human history, our ancestors were the first to dig orchids, cultivate orchids and cultivate orchids, which has a history of more than a thousand years. Orchid is one of the most important flowers in China, which is rated as one of the top ten famous flowers in China. In 1962, the beloved Premier Zhou gave a pot of orchids of "Global Lotus Ding" to Japanese celebrity Kenzo Matsumura.

Orchid

If you have any other questions about the flowers that best represent China, you are welcome to comment.