Vu Lan flowers: for your parents, and for the altar

About Vu Lan — the festival of filial piety

Vu Lan, the festival of filial piety, falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. Flowers divide into two kinds: flowers for living parents (carnations, roses), and offering flowers for the family altar and the temple (lotus, chrysanthemum, white tuberose).

Who are the Vu Lan flowers for?

For your parents

Carnations and red roses while your mother is living — gratitude to the people who raised you.

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For the altar or the temple

Lotus, yellow chrysanthemum and white tuberose — solemn, lightly scented, right for the family altar and for the pagoda.

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Vu Lan flower collections

Λουλούδια Βουλάν39 designs →Γαρίφαλο12 designs →Χρυσάνθεμο57 designs →

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