I love the beautiful flower Lilium, its my favorite. 
I read that it has flowering plants frowing from bulbs all with large flowers
Correct, plus the advantage with bulbs is that they regrow and you can dig them up and replant them elsewhere.
Lilies are members of the lilium family
ooo really ? I didn't know that, are there others ?
I am not sure but I do know that the flowers in this group range in color from white, yellow,  orange, pink red, and purple.  so they are quite a beautiful assortment
Yes, they are; I also love gardenia flowers, they smell so heavenly. 
I read that it has been cultivated in China for at least a thousand years
Wow, didn't know they were from China, I thought they might be from England.
soil. These roots are in addition to the basal roots that develop at the base of the bulb.
The flowers are large, often fragrant, and come in a wide range of colors including whites, yellows, oranges, pinks, reds and purples. Markings include spots and brush strokes. The plants are late spring- or summer-flowering. Flowers are borne in racemes or umbels at the tip of the stem, with six tepals spreading or reflexed, to give flowers varying from funnel shape to a "Turk's
Lilium
Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their range extends into the northern subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common name but are not related to true lilies.
Description.
Lilies are tall perennials ranging in height from . They