Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring

Updated: 2016-02-04 10:25

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring

Plum blossoms. [Photo/IC]

Appreciating plum blossoms

Plums blossom from the 12th lunar month to the second month of the next year. The plum blossom, as it fights against the cold, is the most highly regarded. In China, the plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are praised as the four gentlemen of Chinese flowers.