Riches and Honor: the floral kind

The Peony (Chinese name: Mudan), elegance extraordinaire, was the feature of this week's arts class. It's also known as the Fuguihua (literally, the flower of riches and honor). There are shown here drawn on rice paper, and captured using our Nikon Colorpix L6. Hubby used to apply the Autofix feature in the image software to enhance the brightness. But the result seemed less satisfactory, dulling the bright red color somewhat. So they are presented here, unaltered.









OK, this may be the odd one out. The Plum Blossom (Chinese name: The Mei). Because of its vibrancy in winter, it is one of the "Three Friends of the Cold" known in Chinese literature. (Care to venture a guess on the other two? No? There are the bamboo and the pine.)