The Origin of Guangzhou's "Flower City"

Since the Han Dynasty, Guangzhou has introduced many flower varieties from overseas. By the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou had become famous all over the country. At that time, Guangzhou was called Fangcun. In the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou was the largest flower producing area, which was called "Flower Generation" at that time, so Guangzhou was called Huacheng.

Guangzhou has a subtropical monsoon climate with its back facing the mountains and the sea. It is characterized by warm and rainy weather, sufficient light and heat, long summer and short frost period. The same period of water and heat throughout the year, abundant rainfall, is conducive to plant growth. Evergreen seasons, flowers.

In addition, Guangzhou people have a long history of planting, loving, appreciating and sending flowers. During the Western Han Dynasty, Lu Jia went to South Vietnam and found that Lingnan people loved to plant flowers, arrange flowers and wear flowers, and the front and back of the house and the halls and rooms were all filled with flowers.

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The cultivated crops in Guangzhou have the characteristics of transition from tropical to subtropical. Flowers include fresh cut flowers, potted plants, ornamental seedlings, edible and medicinal flowers, industrial and other flowers, lawns and seedlings. In recent years, more than 3000 traditional varieties and new varieties have been introduced, developed and utilized.

In Guangzhou, there is a custom of visiting the flower street during the festival. /kloc-in the middle of the 0/9th century, the flower market is scheduled to be held a few days before New Year's Eve. Flowers and trees poured into the city, and citizens joined hands to "stroll around the flower street", which was very lively and increasingly popular. Many cities in the Pearl River Delta have this custom.