The Chinese hold some particular kinds of flowers in great veneration, especially the Enkianthus, which they call Too Chong Fa: its flowers are deemed grateful to the gods; and, accordingly. at the commencement of the Chinese new year,when the plant is generally in blossom, large branches with flowers are placed in all the temples as an acceptable new year's offering.

— Henry Phillips

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