Introduction to the origin of festivals, anniversaries and celebration floral decorations
- 🔶️ Chinese New Year
The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is "New Year", commonly known as "New Year's Day", which means the first morning of the year. It is now called "Spring Festival". Commonly known as "Chinese New Year", it is the most solemn and lively ancient traditional festival, and it also symbolizes unity, prosperity and new hope. People like to arrange flowers at home or give flowers to friends. Sending flowers should express intentions and feelings appropriately, and use flower customs and flower words.
Introduction of flower decoration
Lunar New Year usually presents brightly colored, well-meaning and long-lasting flowers, such as cymbidium or phalaenopsis and other potted flowers, vase decorations and other flower decorations, decorating the home to add a festive atmosphere, and also means auspiciousness and good luck, use less pure white and plain flowers.
Material selection: Red and golden flowers are used by many people, such as inch-inch gold, silver willow, lily, etc. Forsythia (inch-inch gold) symbolizes liveliness, while peony, daffodil, peach, auspicious fruit, citrus and other flowers symbolize happiness and good luck.
Work reference
Flowers : Phalaenopsis, Phalaenopsis leaves,
Eucalyptus, Banchunlan, Tang Cotton, Penglai Pine, Starwood, Yellow Lily, Takraw Ball, Bead Chain, Ribbon
- 🔶️ Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival
- Ching Ming Festival
An important traditional sacrificial festival, according to the solar calendar, it is between April 4th and 6th every year, and it is the day for ancestor worship and tomb sweeping.
- Double Ninth Festival
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. According to legend, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huan Jing, a native of Runan, followed Fei Changfang to learn Taoism. Fei Changfang said to Huan Jing, "On September 9th, there will be a major disaster in Hainan. Be sure to climb the mountain and drink chrysanthemum wine, this disaster will be eliminated." Therefore, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, people will climb high to drink chrysanthemum wine on this day to eliminate disasters.
Later, people regarded the custom of climbing high on the Double Ninth Festival as an activity to avoid disasters.
Introduction of flower decoration
On the Qingming Festival and the Double Ninth Festival, bouquets are often used to worship ancestors.
Material selection: chrysanthemum, orchid, gladiolus, etc., symbolize separation, and the colors are mostly plain.
- 🔶️Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Duanwu and Duanyang. There are many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. The theory of commemorating Qu Yuan can be said to have the widest and deepest influence. In the field of folk culture, Chinese people associate dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival with commemorating Qu Yuan.
- Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are folk myths and legends related to the moon, such as Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting cinnamon, and jade rabbit pounding medicine.
Introduction of flower decoration
Fruit gift baskets or food baskets are often used as gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival. When making fruit baskets or gift baskets, flowers can be inserted before placing fruits or gifts to make the fruit gift baskets more lively.
Material selection: Most of the festival items are used as accessories, and the colors are mostly red, yellow or green to express the natural scenery.
2. Universal Festival
- 🔶️ Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is a very important holiday in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the date is February 14th every year.
There are many different explanations for the origin of Valentine's Day. It commemorates the Roman Christian martyr Valentino. Legend has it that he used the magic of his obsession and love to restore sight to his blind daughter before he was about to be beheaded on February 14. It is a Japanese custom of Valentine's Day for women to send flowers and sugar to men.
Valentine's Day is not just a festival for young people. Valentine's Day is also a very important holiday in Hong Kong. 30% or more of the business of flower shops comes from Valentine's Day. On this day, not only couples exchange greeting cards and gifts, but people also give gifts and cards to their parents, teachers and other people whom they respect and love.
Introduction of flower decoration
On Valentine's Day, there are many gifts such as bouquets, flower boxes, single bouquets, etc., and chocolates and heart-shaped ornaments. In addition to the flowers designated by the guests themselves on Valentine's Day, florists often ask for introductions or suggestions. Sometimes guests will ask to send small gifts together. If it is not an expensive bouquet, the florist will send it for the guest. If it is an expensive or easy-to-break gift, it is best for the guest to hand it to the flower recipient to protect the florist.
Material selection: For Valentine's Day bouquets, it is advisable to choose flowers that represent passion and romantic tones, and red roses are often used.
- Red represents fiery love
- Fire lily is used by couples, lovers, lovers to express love
- Sending roses on Valentine's Day represents the meaning of courting each other
- Red tulips express affectionate love for lovers
- Lilac means true love
- 🔶️ Easter
Easter (Jesus' Resurrection Day) is between March 22 and April 25 each year. Its celebration begins with Lent, a symbol of rebirth and hope, and commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ was betrayed by his disciples, taken to court, and crucified on Friday. Because of Jewish law, Saturday was the Sabbath, and all activities were to cease, so the followers of Christ had to bury Christ's body in a tomb before sunset on Friday and hurried away.
On Sunday morning, when people went to Christ's tomb again, they found that the body of Jesus was gone, and Jesus Christ had risen at the same time. Since then, Christians have called the Sunday commemorating the resurrection of Christ "Easter", which is the origin of Easter.
Introduction of flower decoration
Easter is a major holiday in the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. People use lilies for church altars or as baptism bouquets.
Material selection: Lilies are often used at Easter to represent the holiness of Jesus Christ in the heart. Because the shape of the lily is very much like a trumpet, it also seems to be proclaiming the good news of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in our hearts. In particular, the white cannon lily is regarded as their "resurrection flower" in Christianity, representing the purity and holiness of the heart, so it is often used as a potted decoration.
- 🔶️Father's Day
Father's Day originated in the United States in the early 20th century. It is said that there was a man named Dudev in Washington State at that time. She lost her mother when she was young, and her six siblings were raised by their father. Her father's spirit of being both a father and a mother touched her.
Growing up, she actively promoted Father's Day, she hoped to have a special day to pay tribute to the great father Mr. Smart, and soon received support from various church organizations. With Dudev's efforts, Washington State held the world's first Father's Day party on June 19, 1910, so the third Sunday in June every year is Father's Day. That is, Mr. Smart's birthday month is Father's Day in the United States.
Introduction of flower decoration
Usually, it is mainly to send yellow roses. In many countries, yellow is considered a masculine color
- 🔶️Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a holiday set up by countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States to express respect for mothers. Every second Sunday in May.
In the United States, the earliest record of Mother's Day was put forward by Julia in 1872. She suggested dedicating the day to "peace". Later, in 1907, in order to initiate a national Mother's Day event, Anna of Philadelphia persuaded her mother's church in West Virginia, on her mother's death anniversary (the second Sunday in May), to Hosted Mother's Day celebrations and later to comfort women who lost their sons, or husbands, to the European War. On that day, people wear carnations to pay tribute to their mothers. If the mother is still alive, wear red carnations; if the mother has passed away, wear white to express the heart's thoughts.
Introduction of flower decoration
Mother's Day usually presents bouquets or flower baskets. When sending flowers, you can send single or several bouquets. Pink carnations are traditional special flowers on Mother's Day. Roses, peonies, orchids, etc. are all popular. Mother's Day Flowers.
Material selection: Pink is the color of women, representing gentleness and tenderness, and the layers of petals of carnations represent the mother's continuous feelings for her children
- Red carnations are used to wish mothers health and longevity
- Yellow carnations represent gratitude to mothers
- Pink carnations wish mother beautiful and young, express love for mother, represent gentle tenderness
- White carnations honor deceased mother
- 🔶️Christmas
Christmas is the day when Christians celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the founder of Christianity, the Son of God.
In Bethlehem there is a story that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. God sent messenger Gabriel to tell Joseph in a dream that he would not
Because Mary was unmarried and pregnant and did not want her, she wanted to marry her, and named the child "Jesus", meaning that he would save the people from their sins.
When Mary was about to give birth, the Roman government issued an order that all the people must declare their household registration in Bethlehem, and Joseph and Mary had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, it was already dark, but the two could not find a hotel to stay overnight, and there was only one stable for temporary accommodation. Just then, Jesus was about to be born!
So Mary gave birth to Jesus only in the manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations set December 25 as Christmas, and they will observe Mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is to commemorate the birth of Jesus, but no one knows the real birthday.
Introduction of flower decoration
Christmas is a religious festival in winter. The representative flowers are Christmas trees, garlands, table flowers, bouquets and flower baskets. When the garland is used as a design flower decoration, no bracket is required.
Material selection: red, green, white, and gold, which are also the basic colors of Christmas materials
- The material can be selected from ornamental and evergreen leaf materials such as noble pine and holly as the main leaves. If you find some large pine cones (as big as grapefruit), you can also add decorations and hang them in front of the gate.
- Fruits such as small pine cones, Christmas red fruit, small gift boxes, leeches and other Christmas-related decorations to increase the atmosphere.
- Garlands are hung on doors or walls as decorations, often used at Christmas
- Garland symbolizes eternal love
make a christmas wreath
Materials: Christmas flowers, cypress branches, Kalanchoe, pine cones, ribbons
Production analysis: The Christmas flowers are distributed on the wreath in three groups, and the cypress branches are evenly distributed on the wreath to cover the flower mud. The colors of the works are mainly green and red, plus silver, which completely sets off the Christmas atmosphere.
- 🔶️Graduation Ceremony
Graduation ceremony, say goodbye to the seniors and classmates who accompanied them during their studies, and move towards another stage of life.
Introduction of flower decoration
Graduation ceremonies mostly use roses, sunflowers, and lilies. For graduation ceremonies, bouquets and dolls are often used.
Material selection: flowers with different flower language can be selected
- "Lily" representing perfection
- Sincere and passionate "Rose"
- Blessed "Sunflower"
- The "Biankang" symbolizing the sun
- "Oncidium", known as the dancing orchid
- Blessing with a bright future means "flaming crane"
- 🔶️Thanksgiving
In order to thank God for the great harvest, they fired salutes at dawn and held religious ceremonies to express their gratitude to God devoutly. Then they used the turkey they hunted and the delicacies they made of pumpkin, sweet potato, corn, etc., to celebrate the gift of God, which is the beginning of Thanksgiving in American history. The fourth Thursday in November is the national day to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Introduction of flower decoration
Thanksgiving is themed around the harvest of crops, and mostly dried flowers and pumpkins are used as decorations. The representative flowers are chrysanthemum, lily, gypsophila, oncidium, one-leaf orchid zc1 and various fruits.
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