GLOBALink | Beyond bouquets: Fu Yulan's mission to preserve Anhui's floral heritage
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-10-12 15:57:31
HEFEI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- In the city of Hefei, a team dedicated to the inheritance of the Hui-style flower arrangement art has promoted the development and exchange of the art across east China's Anhui Province.
Fu Yulan, 81, is the initiator of this team and once worked as a teacher at the Anhui Agricultural University before retirement. She had helped the school offer the course of "flower arrangement art" to students in the early years. In addition, she had held exhibitions of flower arrangement works from students on a regular basis, which drew attention on and off campus.
Over the years, Fu and her team members have dug deep into the local culture of Anhui, integrating elements of folk customs and natural landscapes into traditional flower arrangement art. In the year of 2022, the Hui-style flower arrangement art was inscribed on the list of provincial intangible cultural heritage of Anhui Province.
Currently, Fu's team remains active at the forefront of promoting flower arrangement art, enabling more and more people to be fascinated by the charm of the art.
Fu Yulan (R) introduces knowledge on the Hui-style flower arrangement art to a young teacher at the School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture of Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Fu Yulan's team members prepare to create flower arrangement artworks at the School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture of Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)This combo photo provided by Fu Yulan shows her flower arrangement artworks. (Xinhua)Fu Yulan picks flowers for flower arrangement artworks at a flower shop in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Fu Yulan (2nd L) introduces knowledge on the Hui-style flower arrangement art to young teachers at the School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture of Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Fu Yulan creates a flower arrangement artwork at the School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture of Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A student takes photos of a flower arrangement artwork created by Fu Yulan at the School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture of Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Fu Yulan (back) gives a lecture on the Hui-style flower arrangement art at the School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture of Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)
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