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Cotton Rose

108 Flowers - Book 2 • 19m
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Cyclamen

In China, Cyclamen is the floral symbol of hospitality. Before it opens, the bud turns downward as if in a welcoming "bow'. When it does finally open, its five petals flip up into a "crown". It's not unlike an official greeting the Emperor.

Learn to paint this composition using Ning's expert si...

Daffodil

In China, the Narcissus is called Water Fairy [Shuǐ Xiān] while the Daffodil is known as the Foreign Water Fairy [Yáng Shuǐ Xiān]. Over the past several centuries foreigners came to China by sea, so the Chinese began to associate foreign things to the word 'yang', meaning ocean. Because the Daffo...

Dahlia

In Chinese, the word beauty and profit share the same sound: Lì. Dahlia is grand beauty or big profit. In the beautiful town in Dàlǐ in Yúnnán, I rode a horse carriage to an old temple and shared a lovely morning studying this flower. My dàlí came from Dàlǐ.

While visually complex, with its mult...