Club chairwoman, Tung Mei-chen explains that the impetus for the April exhibit came from a visit to an international flower show several years ago. When she inquired about the particularly impressive beauty and grace of the Japanese works presented, she was surprised to learn from the sheepish guide that the roots of the art lay in China.
多年前，蘭藝社友有次一起去參觀國際花友會所舉辦的插花展，大家對日本插花專家的手藝十分讚佩，不想對方卻謙虛地說：「我們的插花藝術，其實是向貴國學來的。」