Saturday, February 24, 2007
The legend of an emperor, a woman and a flower

Sounds like some stupid Chinese movie title.

Once upon a time, long before you were born.... There was an emperor who loved flowers and had a pot of "Tan Hua". With care and nurture, the pot of flowers bloomed and blossomed. It was rumoured that a very beautiful woman lives inside the flower (well I guess if she can live inside the flower, she should be very tiny). However, she was a very shy lady. Hence, she only appears at night around midnight and would disappear the next morning when dawn comes (wa, sounds like some horror stories from the East, can you feel the eerie wind blowing?).

So, the emperor would sacrifice his sleep and patiently wait for the flower to bloom at midnight so as to peek at the beautiful lady. And when dawn comes, the flower will close and wither, never to open again. So, where did the woman go? Nobody knows till this day. It is a mystery unsolved.

Wanna take a look at the flower? Can you see the tiny pretty woman?

It's really huge. When it's in full bloom at midnight, it is as big as a palm size. And it smells great! It also has great medicinal value.