Plum Flower Brooch in 925 Silver and Zircons

The plum blossom in Chinese culture （梅 Méi）

An old Chinese tale tells that in the mountains, during the harsh winter, it was enough to adorn one's home with a plum blossom branch to find tranquility in the harshness of the colder season.

The plum blossom in Chinese is called Méi: an ancient plant that is grown in many areas of China and that from there spread to Japan and Korea. While in other Asian countries the plum is grown to harvest its fruit, in China its flowering has a more general cultural significance. Among the four most significant symbolic plants of Chinese culture, the plum blossom is the first. (梅 Méi 兰 Lán 竹 Zhú 菊 jú) The others are the Chinese Orchids, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum: four fundamental friends for the intellectuals of ancient China. In particular, the plum was a good metaphor: a plant that blooms in solitude, before other flowers, and can withstand the harshest trials of winter.

Plum is the only type of flower that blooms under the snow. The ancient Chinese admired this characteristic of the plum because it can resist in a difficult environment and at the same time diffuses its scent. Its flowers are very thin, without leaves, but they have an incredible vitality. In China, the plum is found both in religious temples and in private gardens. Its representation returns very often in painting and fabrics.

There are various types of plum plants, red Mei, wax Mei (yellow), white Mei, etc. Since ancient times, the Chinese like to adorn their home with a plum branch during the winter.The beauty of the plum tree is very delicate and manages to make the environment a poetic place.

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