Religion:Twelve Flower Fairies
| Twelve Flower Fairies | |
|---|---|
Tutelary goddesses of flowers | |
 The painting of Twelve Flower Fairies by Pan Zhenyong, 1903. | |
| Affiliation | Tutelary deity |
| Region | Chinese folk religion |
| Ethnic group | Han Chinese |
| Festivals | Huazhao Festival (zh) |
The Twelve Flower Fairies (Chinese: 十二花仙), also known as the Twelve Flower Goddesses (Chinese: 十二花神), is a collective term for fairies corresponding to 12 seasonal flowers in Chinese folk religion. They are depicted as 12 beautiful women dressed in traditional Chinese clothing. There are many different versions of the Twelve Flower Fairies, many of which feature female historical figures from the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty as tutelary deities, such as Yang Guifei and Jiang Caipin.[1]
The twelve flowers are: plum blossom as first month, apricot blossom as second month, peach blossom as third month, peony as fourth month, pomegranate blossom as fifth month, lotus as sixth month, hollyhock as seventh month (in some versions is hosta), osmanthus as eighth month, chrysanthemum as ninth month, cotton rose as tenth month, camellia as eleventh month, and daffodil as twelfth month.[2]
With the rise of the Hanfu movement in recent years, especially during the Huazhao Festival (zh), some Hanfu enthusiasts dress-up as the Twelve Flower Fairies.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "你好，花博 | 你知道十二花神吗？". 上海崇明. 2021-03-25. https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_11886327.
- ↑ "十二月令花神". https://www.dpm.org.cn/lemmas/239577.html.
- ↑ "北京世界花卉大观园举办第五届“百花仙乡 汉服名园”北京花朝汉服文化节". 北京世界花卉大观园. 2025-03-20. https://www.beijing.gov.cn/tsbj/tszt/tshd/202503/t20250320_4039989.html.
- ↑ "长春这场花朝节办得出彩带劲 十二花神评选结果出炉". 央广网. 2024-04-08. https://jl.cnr.cn/gstjjl/20240408/t20240408_526656029.shtml.
- ↑ "2024 Jinan Huazhao Festival kicks off". english.jinan.gov.cn. 2024-03-25. https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/202403/25/WS661365c3498ed2d7b7eab3ed/2024-jinan-huazhao-festival-kicks-off.html.
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