1、 Introduction to city flower

City Flower refers to the representative flower of a city. Usually, city flower is a common variety in the city. In addition, the city flower is an important symbol of the city image and a city business card. It can represent the unique cultural landscape, cultural heritage and spiritual style of the city. For example, Beijing has three city flowers: Rose, chrysanthemum and Magnolia; The city flower of Chongqing is camellia; Shanghai is Magnolia; Tianjin is the city flower is also a rose and so on.

2、 City flower of Hong Kong

The city flower of Hong Kong is Bauhinia, also known as safflower sheep hoof beetle. It was selected as the city flower of Hong Kong in 1965. Bauhinia is an evergreen tree with a height of about 6-10 meters. The color of the flower is red or purplish red. The shape of the flower is as big as the palm. There are 5 petals, of which 4 petals are on both sides, opposite each other, while 1 petal is tilted above, like an orchid. The flowering period is from November to April of the next year. Its roots, bark and flowers can be used as medicine and have high medicinal value. At the same time, Bauhinia has high ornamental value and is one of the main garden trees in Guangzhou.

3、 The city flower of Macao

The city flower of Macao is white lotus. Because Macao was known as "Lotus Island" in ancient times, it was formerly known as "Lotus land", "Lotus stem" and "lotus peak mountain", and local residents especially love lotus, so they regard it as the city flower of Macao. In addition, lotus has the meaning of purity and nobility. The white lotus on the Macao regional emblem represents a clean, pure and noble city. The three petals represent the Macao Peninsula, Taipa Island and Luhuan island.