"In the social and moral code of Rukai men and women, and as a symbol of worth, the white lily headdress was all-important," writes Rukai author Chiu Chin-shih in his book Children of the Clouded Leopard, in which he stresses that the wild lily flower also symbolizes the ideal of female perfection.
「魯凱族男女性社會道德規範，和價值判斷象徵意義上，全看頭上的百合花冠，」魯凱族作家邱金士在《雲豹的傳人》書中強調，野百合花是塑成完美女子典型的理想形象。