Flower arrangement was a custom in China since the earliest times, Huang Yung-ch'uan says, and appeared in numerous forms. The tradition was lost only in the twentieth century, when war and turmoil racked the country and simple survival became an overwhelming concern.
黃永川表示，中國自古就有插花習慣，而且種類繁多，只是因為清末以來，戰亂頻仍，大家衣食住行都成問題，那能顧及插花？傳統花藝於焉失傳。