Since 花木兰 is princess of the month, here some thoughts about which 花 fits her the best. The movie, after all, offers some choices. The most obvious one is the magnolia, since that’s the translation of the name Mulan.
Then there is the white 花 花木兰 wears in her hair when she meets the matchmaker – the same 花 she leaves behind when she goes to war. I’m not sure what kind of 花 that’s suppose to be. I first considered lotus (since the lotus is such a reveled 花 in Asia and gets often connected to the gods), but a lotus has 更多 petals. A white 樱桃 blossom...
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