What is the flower language of the hibiscus?
The editor will explain the flower language of the hibiscus and the symbolic meaning of the green plant flowers, with the following detailed introduction.
Every city has its calling card and city flower. Chengdu, also known as the City of Hibiscus or Jincheng, is abbreviated as Rong because the city flower of Chengdu is the hibiscus.
Although it is also winter now, you can occasionally see hibiscus flowers in the streets and alleys or parks of Chengdu. They sway gracefully in the cold wind, adding a beautiful touch of color to the winter.
According to online information: Hibiscus mutabilis Linn., also known as hibiscus, frost-resistant flower, wood lotus, earth hibiscus, catalpa, three-color flower, nine-head flower, iron hoop powder, turning flower, cooling ointment, etc., is native to China. It prefers a warm, humid environment, is not cold-resistant, avoids drought, and is tolerant to moisture. It does not require high-quality soil and can grow in poor soil. It belongs to the Malvaceae family, Hibiscus genus, deciduous shrubs or small trees. The flowers bloom singly at the tips of branches and leaf axils. Both the flowers and leaves can be used as medicine, with the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and expelling pus, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Hibiscus is also the city flower of Chengdu, with the flower language of delicate beauty, chastity, and purity.
What is the flower language of the hibiscus?
Hibiscus flowers are incredibly beautiful, with vibrant colors, and can change color multiple times within a day. White hibiscus represents purity, pink hibiscus is delicate beauty, red hibiscus is graceful, and dark red hibiscus is premature and beautiful. Hibiscus flowers bloom for only one day, opening in the morning and withering at night. The three drunken hibiscus also symbolizes noble gentlemen.
There is a beautiful legend about the city flower of Chengdu:
It is said that Emperor Meng Chang of the Later Shu Dynasty had a concubine named "Flower Petal Lady," who was not only enchanting and beautiful but also loved flowers. One year, she visited the flower market and saw clusters of hibiscus flowers like rolling clouds from heaven, and she particularly liked them.
Meng Chang, to please his beloved concubine, issued an edict: "Plant hibiscus all over the city of Chengdu, and when they bloom in autumn, they look like brocade." The emperor said to his ministers, "Since ancient times, Sui has been known as the City of Brocade, and now it really looks like the City of Brocade." When the flowers bloomed the next year, Chengdu was "四十里如锦绣" (forty miles like brocade). In the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Guangzheng, Meng Chang's urban greening project was completed, and he ascended the city wall with the Flower Petal Lady to enjoy the red and beautiful hibiscus flowers of Chengdu for miles, which looked like morning glow. Since then, Chengdu has been known as the "City of Hibiscus."
Later, after the fall of the Later Shu Dynasty, the Flower Petal Lady was taken into the harem of Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty. The Flower Petal Lady often missed Meng Chang and secretly kept his portrait to express her longing. When Emperor Zhao Kuangyin found out, he forced her to hand over the portrait. But the Flower Petal Lady refused to comply, and in a fit of anger, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin killed her. People admire the Flower Petal Lady's unwavering loyalty to love and respect her as the "Hibiscus Goddess," so the hibiscus is also known as the "Love Flower." It can be said: The Flower Petal Lady loves hibiscus, and the flowers are red for ten thousand miles in the autumn wind.
The above is a comprehensive explanation of the flower language of the hibiscus and the symbolic meaning it represents, hoping to help you.