What is the traditional Chinese “Mother’s Day flower”?

What is the traditional Chinese “Mother’s Day flower”?
When it comes to sending flowers for Mother's Day, many people will involuntarily think of carnations. However, China actually has its own Mother's Day flower. So what is the traditional Chinese "Mother's Day flower"? It’s March again, the season of colorful flowers and green willows. All things come back to life, presenting a beautiful scene of vitality. The Fortune Teller website will analyze every detail of the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018 for you!

What is the traditional Chinese "Flower of Mother's Day"?

China's traditional Mother's Day flower: Daylily Daylily has always been known as the "Mother's Flower" in our country. As far back as "The Book of Songs, Wei Feng, Bo Xi" it was recorded: "Where can I get the daylily, which means the back of the tree?" Daylily is the same as daylily, which the ancients also called forget-me-not. The back and north refer to the north room where the mother lived. What this sentence means is: Where can I get a daylily and plant it in front of my mother's hall so that she can be happy and forget her worries? The house where the mother lives is also called Xuan Hall, and daylily is used to represent maternal love, such as in Meng Jiao's poem about a wandering son: "Daylily grows on the steps of the hall, the wandering son travels to the ends of the world; the loving mother stays by the door of the hall, and no daylily flowers are seen." Ye Mengde's poem says: "White-haired girl stands on the steps of the Xuan Hall, and her children share her thoughts with her." Daylily became a synonym for mother, and naturally became the mother flower in our country.
Daylily, also known as forget-me-not. It is a perennial herb of the Liliaceae family with fleshy rhizomes, narrow leaves, and slender branches with orange-red or orange-yellow flowers at the top. It is very beautiful and very suitable for people to appreciate. Its flower buds are called golden needles, so it is also called golden needle buds. On Mother's Day, children give their mothers a forget-me-not, wishing them to be free from worries and sorrow, to be physically and mentally happy, and to live a long and healthy life.

The meaning of flowers suitable for giving on Mother's Day in China

The main flower for Mother's Day: Carnation. The flower language of Carnation: charm, sincerity, I love you, mother, warm blessings, love for you, selfless maternal love, and family affection and longing.
Vanilla: A flower that represents a mother’s noble character and nobility.
The flower language of forget-me-not: true love, eternal love The mainstream flower for sending mother's love in Taiwan: lupine The flower language of lupine: maternal love The flower language of daylily: love your mother forever, great maternal love, loving mother The mainstream flower for sending Hakka mother: lupine The flower language and symbolic meaning of lupine: maternal love, hard work, dedication

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