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What are the other names for orchids? A quick guide to common aliases
I. Aliases for orchids based on their fragrant characteristics: 1. Guoxiang (national fragrance): This is the highest honor for an orchid. Huang Tingjian, in "Shu Youfang Ting": "When a scholar's talent and virtue surpass the whole country, he is called a national scholar; when a woman's beauty surpasses the whole country, she is called a national beauty; when an orchid's fragrance surpasses the whole country, it is called national fragrance." 2. Guxiang (ancient fragrance): Using "ancient" to describe fragrance means not only that the scent lingers long, but also that its quality is pure and its character simple and elegant. In the seven-character ancient-style poem "Langui Qu" by Sadula of the Yuan Dynasty: "The secluded orchid blows ancient fragrance day after day; the beauty does not come, and the stream flows long." The orchid waits for the beauty, and only the beauty is worthy of enjoying these waves of secluded orchid ancient fragrance.
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