The implication of chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum symbolizes integrity and unyielding

Chrysanthemum is also called "yellow flower", which was regarded as yellow earth in ancient Chinese nation, so yellow is also a neutral color and a positive color. Chrysanthemums bloom with frost, proudly and unyieldingly, symbolizing the integrity and unyielding of the Chinese nation.

Chrysanthemum symbolizes good luck and longevity

Chrysanthemum has the effect of "nourishing the nature, taking medicine, and being fit and prolonging life", and is known as the "longevity guest" among the "twelve guests". People match chrysanthemums with other flowers, images and words with the same phonology to form various patterns of auspicious words with rich connotations, so as to embellish life and seek happiness and longevity.

Chrysanthemum symbolizes elegance and purity

Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" has the words "Western food, autumn chrysanthemum, falls from the British". Bai Juyi's "Ode to Chrysanthemum" says, "Cold-resistant chrysanthemum is the only one, and the golden millet is clearer when it first blooms." They all use chrysanthemums as a metaphor for people with noble conduct, and do not go with the secular, elegant and pure.

Chrysanthemum symbolizes the leisure of hermit's seclusion

Tao Yuanming's Drinking, "Under the hedge of picking chrysanthemums, you can see Nanshan leisurely." It depicts the leisure of hermits living in the countryside, which is often used by later generations, so chrysanthemum also symbolizes the tranquility and comfort of hermits living in seclusion.