Peach, plum and apricot are warm in spring.
The first part of the couplet first lists pine, bamboo and plum, and then it is called "three friends who are old and cold" by scholars. The same is true of the second couplet. Peach, plum and apricot bloom in early spring. They have different colors such as red, white and pink. The ancients often used them instead of spring, so they called them "warm families in spring". This is a couplet made by the ancients.
But your question is "Mei Zhu Lan ()", not "Matsuzaka Mei". The ancients called plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum the four gentlemen in flowers, and the four gentlemen are not empty names. They do have their own characteristics: plums are proud but not vulgar. Mei shou can be over a thousand years old, with crooked branches and ancient postures. The colder the fragrance, the more charming it is, and the cold wind is quite arrogant, which makes it worse. Orchids are quiet but not sick. Being in the deep mountains, I am tired of the noise of the city, and I am not inferior to silence; Living in a secluded valley, I like the bright moon and cool breeze, and I won't look bad because the valley is empty. Bamboo is light, but it is not clumsy. Bamboo is careless, easy-going, Shan Ye roadside, courtyard temples, happy-go-lucky, lush all the year round. Dongpo said: "Eating without meat is better than living without bamboo." This shows the ancient people's love for bamboo. Chrysanthemum, beautiful but not charming. Ao Shuang, in full bloom in the decline of the square group; Not afraid of the cold, show charm. Generally speaking, they have one thing in common, they are all from Tsinghua, and they are indifferent to it and don't act coquettish. Therefore, it is known as the four gentlemen in flowers.
Of course, there is another answer: pine, bamboo, plum, apricot and chrysanthemum.