Among flowers, Jin Fenghua is not attracted by color and fragrance, but mainly by appearance. Jin Fenghua's flower shape is very clever. This flower is like a flying phoenix. It has a head, a tail, wings and feet. Lifelike, lifelike, like a phoenix spreading its wings and flying. People have to admire the magic of nature. 16th century, prince of Frankish kingdom, flower of Saint Clade.
Christianity has the habit of associating saints with specific flowers since ancient times, because the church often decorates the altar with blooming flowers when commemorating saints! In medieval Catholic monasteries, flowers were planted like gardening centers. Over time, the church combined 366 days of saints with different flowers to form a so-called calendar. Most of the monasteries at that time were located in southern Europe, which belonged to the Mediterranean climate and was very suitable for planting flowers and plants. Jin Fenghua, who belongs to Compositae, was chosen to sacrifice the flowers of Santa Clara, the prince of the Frankish kingdom. It is said that St. Clade gave up the right to continue to the throne, preferring to become a monk. He not only helped the weak and helped the poor, but also took care of the suffering people and created many miracles. Become a fugitive
Jin Fenghua was chosen to be dedicated to Prince Frank Saint Clade. After his father died, he was chased by his uncle who wanted to seize the throne. In order to escape, he gave up the right to inherit the throne and became a priest, so its flowery language is "escape". People who are blessed by such rhetoric are all depressed. Although it is at parties and other occasions, it seems that they are hiding in the corner and watching coldly. However, when the person they love appears, his personality may suddenly change. Let's realize his faith in love. Jin Fenghua is the city flower of Shantou City, Guangdong Province, the city flower of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province during the Republic of China, and the school flower of Shantou University and Xiamen University.
1982 65438+February, directly elected by Shantou citizens, and approved by the mayor's office meeting, Jin Fenghua was determined as the city flower of Shantou.
1June, 983, the city flower naming conference was held in Shantou Library. Jin Fenghua, whose scientific name is Indus, belongs to Leguminosae, is a deciduous tree, a garden tree and a street tree. In summer, bloom is beautiful and dazzling, and there are many plants in the urban area.
1996 decided to choose another city flower. After public voting, orchid was selected as another city flower from two candidate flower varieties, orchid and horn flower.
1997 65438+ 10, the municipal government confirmed that orchids and Jin Fenghua were listed as Shantou city flowers. Shantou has a long history of orchid cultivation. Orchids have tenacious vitality, noble form and profound cultural connotation. They represent the spiritual outlook of the people in the special zone and are the specialties of Chaoshan. They are dark and diverse, which set each other off in Jin Fenghua.