Making an outing in springtime to enjoy the flowers and arranging them in vases have been leisurely pastimes of Chinese scholars since time immemorial. Nor is this elegant pursuit beyond the means of Chinese people living on Taiwan today.
尋春探柳、瓶插清供，自古是文人風雅閒事，而對這一代生活在寶島的中國人而言，此等雅事，並不奢侈。