Why is orchid called "vegetarian king"?

The so-called "prime king" refers to those altruists with noble character, open-minded, outstanding contribution and modesty.

Orchids 'status in Baihua Garden was precisely that of the "King of Vegetables."

Qu Jince said in "Linghai Lan Yan":"Peony is the king of flowers, the true king; orchid is the fragrance of the king, the king of vegetables."

Orchids are out-and-out "not to no one but not Fang""inch of the original heart is not big, accommodate a lot of incense""orchid fragrance cover a country""do not compete with peach and plum spring" complete altruism.

Orchid spirit, can be described as Ruziniu spirit,"absorb is clear water, give is delicate fragrance", is the flower "Ruziniu".

People call orchids "vegetarian king", which shows that people worship the noble spirit of orchids.

"There is virtue but no position", this is the position that the predecessors have already set for Guolan. If the orchid is given the status of "national flower", then the orchid will not become its "national orchid".

Orchid sector also had some people complain about their own art orchid "disappointing", how not to fight for a orchid is king. In fact, these people do not really understand orchids.

Zhang Yu of Ming Dynasty has long clarified the mind of orchids: "It can be white and yellow, and no one can be self-fragrant." The heart is not big, but it contains a lot of incense."

In fact, the ancestors of the orchid art have included the elite of the flowers under the orchid species. For example, in the orchid petal type, there are not only "plum petals","lotus petals" and "narcissus petals", but also "peony petals" and "chrysanthemum petals".

Orchid to broad mind to accommodate the long flowers, enough to prove that the orchid for the flowers of the gentleman and the spiritual leader of flowers.

In the minds of Chinese people, orchids are always the king of flowers.