According to the popular mentality in China, all warm flowers in red, orange, yellow and purple, as well as flowers with auspicious meanings in their names, can be used for festive events; And white, black, blue and other flowers with cold colors and cold atmosphere are mostly used for sentimental things. Therefore, under normal circumstances, we should pay attention to choosing colorful and enthusiastic flowers for festive festivals; Mourning should be elegant and solemn at this time; When visiting patients, we should pay attention to choosing pleasing to the eye and quiet. Specifically:
During the Spring Festival, gladiolus, rose, carnation, orchid, tropical orchid, freesia, cyclamen, narcissus, crab claw orchid, Anthurium andraeanum, kumquat and Helan should be selected. What kind to send to relatives and friends depends on your hobbies and the seasonal flowers that are in full bloom. When wishing your elders a birthday, you can choose different types of birthday flowers according to their hobbies. Most people can send longevity flowers, lilies, evergreen trees, tortoise shells, primroses, reincarnations and so on. If you hold a birthday celebration, you can send energetic, affectionate and magnificent flowers, such as rose baskets, to show solemnity and celebration.
You can send pomegranate flowers, daffodils and lilies to congratulate middle-aged relatives and friends on their birthdays.
Congratulations on making flowers suitable for sending elegant and fragrant colors, symbolizing warmth, freshness and greatness.
Young men, women and friends in love usually send red or vermilion and pink roses, tulips, flamingos and tropical orchids, with asparagus, asparagus and starry sky to congratulate their wedding. Or choose a bouquet or basket composed of Chinese rose, peony, violet, carnation, freesia, calla lily, hibiscus flower, etc. Use all over the sky, bamboo in the south, ivy leaves, etc. It not only symbolizes the fiery celebration, but also shows elegant affection, symbolizing the feelings of newlyweds, growing old together and being happy. Visiting a patient with sympathy depends on the patient's temper and temperament. If you are cheerful, you can choose potted flowers such as gladiolus, rose, new fragrant orchid and jasmine Milan.
To celebrate the opening ceremony or housewarming, you should choose colorful flower baskets, bouquets or potted flowers with long flowering period, such as Dahlia, Rose, Gladiolus, Anthurium, Clivia, Camellia and Four Seasons Orange. , a symbol of successful career and all the best. White roses, white chrysanthemums or plain flowers are suitable for funeral flowers, symbolizing regret and nostalgia.
Taboo of sending flowers
People all over the world have their favorite flowers, but there are also taboo flowers. Here are a few examples of avoiding taboos and rudeness.
1. In some traditional festivals or festive days in China, when visiting relatives and friends, the color of flower baskets or bouquets should be bright and warm, so as to conform to the festive atmosphere of the festival. You can choose warm flowers such as red, yellow, pink and orange, and don't send the whole bunch of white series.
2. In Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places, due to dialect reasons, try to avoid using the following flowers when sending flowers: gladiolus (difficult to see) and jasmine (unprofitable).
According to the custom in China, yes. So, unless you send your girlfriend on a long trip, don't put a flower in front of her to say goodbye. Generally speaking, it is not appropriate to send solitary flowers.
Japanese people avoid using the numbers "4", "6" and "9" because their pronunciations are similar to "death", "hooligan" and "toil" respectively, which is unlucky. You can't send flowers to patients with roots, because the pronunciation of "roots" is close to drowsiness, which makes people think that they can't afford to sleep. The Japanese are afraid of lotus flowers.
Russians must give the hostess an odd number of bouquets, which will make her feel very happy. Flowers for men must be big flowers with high stems and bright colors. Russians also taboo "13", thinking that this number is a symbol of disaster and death, while "7" means luck and success in their view.
6. In France, when you are invited to a friend's house for dinner, don't bring chrysanthemums, because chrysanthemums represent mourning, because chrysanthemums are only used at funerals; Italians and Spaniards also don't like chrysanthemums, which are considered as ominous flowers, but Germans and Dutch like chrysanthemums very much.
7. British people generally don't like to watch or plant red or white flowers.
8. In Germany, you can't send white roses to your friends' wives, and you should avoid using tulips.
9. The national flower of Switzerland is acacia, and the Swiss think red roses are romantic. Therefore, don't use red roses casually when sending flowers to Swiss friends to avoid misunderstanding.
10. Europe and America don't take fragrant flowers as gifts when they are sad.
1 1. Brazilians are afraid of yellow and purple flowers, and think that purple is the color of defense and yellow is the color of mourning.
12. In general, only men send flowers to women, and women don't send flowers back to men.
13. Don't visit patients with bouquets or flower baskets with too strong fragrance or too light color, which is not good for patients' recovery.
14. When you accept flowers, you should be happy, smile, appreciate them and smell the flowers, so that the people who send them can feel your love for them.