最能代表中国的10种花：你对它们了解多少（组图）

Camellia 山茶花

Coco Chanel's favorite flower, the camellia, has been planted in China as early as the Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280).

There is a poem Ode to Camellia, written by a lady called "Madame Huarui", that describes the camellia as "Blooming on the hills, like burning sunset glow and floating pink clouds…the scenery is more beautiful than hundreds of flowers blooming in heaven."

According to medical doctor Li Shizhen's Ben Cao Gang Mu, a scientific medical text with details of more than 1,800 drugs from Chinese medicine, 1,100 illustrations and 11,000 prescriptions, the flower can be used to cure fire burn and empyrosis.

山茶花是传奇时装设计师可可·香奈儿最爱的花，早在三国时代就在中国栽种。花蕊夫人作的《山茶咏》中写道：“山茶树树采山坳，恍如赤霞彩云飘。人道邡江花如锦，胜过天池百花摇。”

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