What flowers are best for tomb-sweeping during Qingming Festival
The editor introduces the best flowers for tomb-sweeping during Qingming Festival and the recommended green plants and flowers that symbolize remembrance and longing. Keep reading!
Qingming Festival is approaching. Break a willow twig to make a willow flute, step into the old primary school campus for a memorial, because that's where my childhood is buried; sit by the quiet lake of the university with a book, reflecting on the past, simply because this is where my youth rests; bring a bouquet of flowers to the grave of the deceased relatives, here lies our dearest ones, cherishing the memories of the departed.
Tomb-sweeping during Qingming Festival usually requires sending flowers to express one's sorrow for the deceased. Choosing the wrong flowers for Qingming Festival is a disrespect to the deceased. What flowers are most suitable to buy for Qingming Festival? What flowers are best for tomb-sweeping during Qingming Festival? Here are some recommendations from Yilu Shuohua Cao:
1. White Chrysanthemum
White chrysanthemum symbolizes remembrance and longing, which is more suitable for use during the mourning of the deceased or during tomb-sweeping to express one's feelings of longing.
2. White Calla Lily
The white calla lily symbolizes respect and love for one's elders, as well as sorrow and remembrance for the deceased relatives. It can be given during Qingming Festival or on the birthdays of elders.
3. Carnation
Carnation has a simple and elegant fragrance, making it very popular. In most European countries, it is not only recognized as the flower of mothers but also considered a suitable flower for graves, making it an ideal choice for tomb-sweeping. Be sure to choose white or yellow carnations for Qingming Festival tomb-sweeping.
4. White Lily
What flowers are best for tomb-sweeping during Qingming Festival
The fragrance of white lilies is also pleasant, and their color is dignified and simple. Moreover, white lilies express a sorrow for the deceased, making them very suitable to bring to the martyrs' cemetery for remembrance.
5. Forget-Me-Not or Bird of Paradise
Flowers with symbolic meanings like forget-me-nots or birds of paradise are generally very suitable for occasions such as the premature death of a young person or a wife remembering her husband, or a husband remembering his wife. The language of these flowers is also very fitting for such occasions.
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Penglai Pine symbolizes respect and good wishes for one's elders. Offering a bouquet of flowers during Qingming Festival expresses remembrance and wishes for the deceased elders.