What is the symbolic meaning of Huang Meihua?

Huang Meihua is also called Chimonanthus praecox. The symbolic meaning of Chimonanthus praecox is noble, proud, strong and beautiful.

In the history of literature and art in China, there are many wintersweet paintings, which symbolize noble, proud, strong, beautiful, poor and kind people. They are determined to work hard with their unswerving, noble, strong and modest personality and enjoy spring alone before it blooms in the cold, so wintersweet is often regarded as an auspicious symbol of spreading good news in spring by the people.

morphological character

Chimonanthus praecox is about 2~4 meters high, and its trunk is clustered and yellowish brown. The young stems are slightly square with many branches. Chimonanthus praecox has opposite leaves, short petiole, rough green surface and smooth gray back. Leaf blade oblong or ovate-lanceolate, entire, apex acuminate, base obtuse or wedge-shaped, length 10 ~ 20cm.

Chimonanthus praecox flowers are bisexual and bloom before the leaves unfold. Solitary in leaf axils of annual branches. Pedicel is very short, yellow waxy, receptacle cup-shaped, perianth spirally arranged, sepals and petals are not easy to distinguish, mostly petal-shaped. Generally can be divided into three layers. The outer layer is a yellow petal-shaped sepal with a wide oval shape. The inner petals are short, brownish purple, short rectangle, innermost oval and fragrant. Stamens 6~8, pistils mostly separated.