Orchid Village

 

 

Orchid is one of the top ten famous flowers in China. Lanxi is the

village

of orchid to which the flower of the city is. In order to promote the traditional culture of orchid in Lanxi, the village of orchid was built at the foot of Lanyin Mountain, where an emperor in Ming Dynasty ever inscribed “the depth of the shade of orchid” in person. Orchid Village (兰花村) is a theme park containing full of culture, and it also a base for growing orchid. The idea of designing the architecture gives the prominence to orchid. It also affords fine views of pavilions, terraces, rockeries and ponds. Orchids are planted everywhere at front and back of the local people’s houses. When wandering around the village of orchid as if you were being guests in the hospitable native’s home or stepping into the depth of the shade of orchid.

 

Orchid is cherished by greatest minds from old times for the reason that it has elegant leaves and delicate fragrance which gives you a sense of exhilaration and cultivates your temperament. Confucius said orchid was born for royalty. With the improvement of people’s living standard, orchid has no longer been a symbol for loyalty but walked into common people’s life. Nowadays, growing orchid has become popular among the people all across the country. Someone with business mind even exploits it as an industry, taking the Chinese orchid to the world. Anyhow, as the village of orchid, Lanxi is an ideal place where we are longing for.