In 1975, when President Chiang Kai-shek died, for the first time in a state funeral the vehicle carrying the coffin was made up from chrysanthemums. Thereafter ordinary people rushed to copy the idea, with similar vehicles making for quite a spectacle.
民國六十四年，蔣中正總統過世，國殤中首創由新鮮菊花舖綴而成的靈車，之後民間群起仿效，同式靈車蔚為風尚。