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orchid-chinese tradtional culture

Orchid named “four elegant flowers and grass” with chrysanthemum, narcissus, acorus calamus. It is one of the ten famous flowers in china because its beautiful flower, leaf with light fragrance. It grew in the deep mountain and deep narrow valley with its special fragrance and elegance. It’s so graceful and charming when swung with wind, the light fragrance of orchid could reach far away when it bloomed, deep in your heart and soul. “不为无人而不芳,不因清寒而萎琐” “it keeps on fragrance even there’s nobody appreciation, never fell because of poor”, so it called “beauty of empty valley” because of its personality. We called good article as“orchid article”, bosom friend as“orchid friend” in ancient times. So it is a symbol of good thing as we understanding. It also has an important position in long historic Chinese literature. “兰溪春尽碧泱泱,映水兰花雨发香。”Du Mu(poet at Tang dynasty) orchid stream reflect the reflection of orchid in late spring, and it spreads its special fragrance while raining “谷深不见兰生处,追逐微风偶得之”。Su Zhe (poet at Song Dynasty), nobody know where the orchid grew, you could find it only by chasing the fragrance from the wind. This poem is full of doctrine of Buddhism, showing the simple and quiet of orchid utterly.
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