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Chinese Bird-and-flower painting art can deal with very different subjects. This page mainly shows paintings of the following subjects: snowdrop, strawberry, lotus, poinsettia, narcissus, pine, daylily, crocus, peony and so on.
The name Tanhua (曇花) stems from the Udumbara flower (優曇缽羅花) in Buddhism. According to legend, the Udumbara blooms only once every three thousand years. As a metaphor, it implies that listening to the true teachings of Buddha is rare and difficult. In real life, Epiphyllum oxypetalum blooms for only a few hours on summer nights. This elegant white flower is large, impressive, and very frarant. Therefore, it bears another wonderful name: "Queen of the Night".
