For China people, "Mei Zhu Lan Ju" is not just four kinds of plants; They are also the four seasons of China people and the personality and conduct that China people appreciate and yearn for.
Plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Known as the "four gentlemen." The characteristics are: pride, quietness, firmness and lightness. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum have become the symbols of China people's feelings for things, and they are also the most common themes in poems about objects and literati paintings. It is precisely because of their yearning for this aesthetic personality realm that it is also a common theme in object-chanting poems and artists' paintings and calligraphy, and they are called the four gentlemen in flowers. These four gentlemen are not vain, they have their own characteristics:
1. Mei: I am proud of surfing, cutting snow and ice, and I am proud of myself. I am a noble and noble person.
2. Lan: secluded, narcissistic, fragrant and elegant, it is a sage in the world.
3. Bamboo: It is a modest gentleman to screen the wind and create the moon, and it is chic and elegant for a lifetime.
4. Chrysanthemum: Shuang Ling is elegant, maverick, not aggressive, and a hermit.