Commen Bomhax Flower — The Flower of Canton
Commen Bomhax Flower , or Kapok is called as ‘hero flower’ and ‘hero tree’ as its bloody red color and very strong vitality. Kapok blooms at the early spring even its leaves haven’t come out. And its buoyancy and moisture resistance makes it ideal for use in cushions, mattresses, and life jackets.
Commen Bomhax Flower were planted widely in Canton(Guangzhou) even from the ancient times. Cantonese use the cotton wool from Commen Bomhax Flower as the stuff of cotton-padded clothes, quilts, or pillows. Also we use Commen Bomhax Flower as the material of Chinese crude medicines.
So Commen Bomhax Flower have a long history with Canton that it becomes the city flower of Canton.
Nowadays, the Commen Bomhax Flower’s red color reflect the passion of new Canton city. And it also become the one of the main element of the propaganda film of the 16th Asian Games.
Do you update your blog everdqay? All the reference is writen by yourself? perfect. Although there are a few words which i cann’t follow
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yep, I wrote it by myself. But not everyday, it depends whether i have time to update it. Some information of this post is translated from Chinese reference that I searched.
Well`I got it,about the flower and the tree I see everyday..the commen bomhax flower.
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