What is the flower of the Hong Kong flag and what is its symbolic meaning?

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1. What flower is the Hong Kong flag

The flower on the flag of Hong Kong is a Bauhinia.Bauhinia is a tree or shrub plant belonging to the genus Bauhinia of Leguminosae.Its flowers usually open in clusters of 4-10 before they grow leaves.It has many varieties, most varieties of flowers for purple or rose red, a few varieties of white color.It is the district flower of Hong Kong and the campus flower of Tsinghua University.

2. Symbolic Meaning

1. Affection: The Bauhinia flower can represent affection and has the symbolic meaning of family reunion.The flag of Hong Kong is painted with this flower, which can symbolize the strong affection between Hong Kong and the mainland of China.

One Country, Two Systems: The Hong Kong flag has a red background with white Bauhinia flowers painted on it.Red is the colour of the national flag of China, which can represent the motherland, while Bauhinia is the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which can represent Hong Kong.So it can also represent that Hong Kong belongs to China.The difference between the two colors can also represent "one country, two systems".

3. Related Legends

Legend has it that more than a hundred years ago, in order to resist the invasion of the British invaders, countless ancestors took up arms and fought bravely, advancing wave upon wave.After the end of the war, people built a large tomb in Guijiao Mountain to bury the martyrs who had died.After a few years, a beautiful flower grew on the mountain that had never appeared before.The flowers soon bloomed all over Hong Kong.People named the flower Bauhinia in memory of the martyrs who had died.