From the results reported by 3 1 province, autonomous region and municipality (including Shenzhen Special Zone), there are 18 provinces in favor of "one country, one flower", accounting for 58.06%. There are 1 1 in the provinces in favor of four flowers in one country (peony, plum blossom, chrysanthemum and lotus), accounting for 35.48%. Two provinces put forward a new plan of four flowers, that is, exchanging orchids for lotus flowers, accounting for 6.45%. After careful study, the National Leading Group for National Flower Selection unanimously agreed that "Peony" is the national flower of China. Other popular orchids (spring), lotus (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn) and plum blossom (winter) are the four famous flowers in China. In this way, orchid (spring), lotus (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn) and plum (winter) are divided into four seasons, and peony is the chief. The national flower and the famous flowers of the four seasons form the trend of holding the moon with many stars, which can better reflect the spirit of prosperity, integrity and nobility of our Chinese nation. Gemmological expert Luan Binggui (former editor-in-chief of Earth magazine) published an article "On National Stone" in the fourth edition of Gong Jin Daily on June 5438+098465438+1October 5438+05, 2005. He wrote it after briefly introducing several kinds of precious stones mentioned in the discussion of Earth magazine. It is suggested that related magazines or newspapers can continue to discuss. Unfortunately, his suggestion did not attract the attention of the press.
On March 30th, 1990, Li Hai-negative's long article "Suggestions on National Stone" was published on the front page of the newspaper's real jade information, in which he summarized various opinions and thought that seven kinds of precious stones, such as pearl, turquoise, yuhua stone, Tianhuang, diamond, sapphire and nephrite, could be used as candidate varieties of national stone in China. He also said that "it is planned to put forward a proposal and propose a vote at the inaugural meeting of the National Chamber of Commerce".