Besides using the blossoms for worship, women in the past used to put them in their hair to act as a perfume after a hot day working in the fields. At that time magnolia blossoms were very rarely seen for sale outside market places or temples. One reason was that only the rich could afford to spend money on flowers.
除了佩戴外，中國婦女還喜歡用玉蘭花供佛。