1、 What flower is the Hong Kong flag

The flower on the Hong Kong flag is Bauhinia. Bauhinia Flower is a tree or shrub of the genus Bauhinia in Leguminosae. Its flowers usually bloom in clusters of 4-10 before they grow leaves. It has many varieties. The flowers of most varieties are purple or rose red, and the color of a few varieties is white. It is the District Flower of Hong Kong and the school flower of Tsinghua University.

2、 Symbolic meaning

1. Family affection: Bauhinia Flower can represent family affection and has the symbolic significance of family reunion. This flower is painted on the flag of Hong Kong, which can symbolize the strong family affection between Hong Kong and the mainland of the motherland.

2. One country, two systems: the Hong Kong flag has a red background and white Bauhinia flowers painted on it. Red is the color of the Chinese national flag, which can represent the motherland, while Bauhinia is the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which can represent Hong Kong. Therefore, it can also represent that Hong Kong belongs to China. The color difference between the two can also represent "one country, two systems".

3、 Related Legends

It is said that more than 100 years ago, in order to resist the invasion of the British Invaders, countless ancestors took up arms and bravely resisted one after another. After the war, people built a large tomb in Guijiao mountain to bury the martyrs who had died. After a few years, a beautiful flower that had never appeared before grew on the mountain. This kind of flower soon bloomed all over Hong Kong. People named the flower bauhinia in memory of those martyrs who had died.