Chapter 87 Bossy and Bossy-bitten Tiger Bronze Block

Long Xi continued to look at the silk painting. The fourth part was the seedling growing up with vigorous leaves and branches. In the fifth part was a small flower bud. In the sixth, the bud grew larger and was going to bloom. In the seventh, the flower was half blooming and it could be regconized that it was a camellia. The eighth part was the camellia in full blossom, extremely beautiful and enchanting. Long Xi admired the ancient silk painting and said with a smile, "It looks a bit like a comic strip! And it also looks like the Painting of Ode to Goddess Luo by Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was also made up of several parts and used sceneries of mountains and rivers to let the transitions go naturally. But what does the silk painting suggest? What is the implied meaning of camellia?"