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Begonia 'Kimjongilia'
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Begonia
Cultivar group
Tuberhybrida Group
Cultivar
Kimjongilia
Kimjongilia
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Kimj?ngirhwa
Revised Romanization
Gimjeongilhwa
Kimjongilia is a flower named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. It is a hybrid cultivar of tuberous begonia.
Despite its name, the Kimjongilia is not a national flower of North Korea. The national flower of the country is the magnolia.[1]
To commemorate Kim Jong-il's 46th birthday in 1988, Japanese botanist Kamo Mototeru cultivated a new perennial begonia named "kimjongilia" (literally, "flower of Kim Jong-il"), representing the Juche revolutionary cause of the Dear Leader.[2] It was presented as a "token of friendship between Korea and Japan".[3] The flower symbolizes wisdom, love, justice and peace. It is designed to bloom every year on Kim Jong-il's February 16 birthday.[4]
Kimjongilia has spread widely throughout North Korea from the Korean Central Botanical Garden, and subsequently to over sixty nations, including the United States and Russia.[citation needed]
On October 21, 2008, the Korean Central News Agency announced a preservation agent had been developed that would allow the flower to keep in bloom for longer periods of time.[5]
When Kim Jong-il died in December 2011 the flower was used to adorn his corpse for public display.[6]
Another species of flower, Kimilsungia, is named after Kim Jong-il's father and predecessor, Kim Il-sung.
Contents
1 Song
2 See also
3 References
4 Further reading
[edit] Song
A song composed by several North Korean composers, also called Kimjongilia, was written about the flower:[7]
The red flowers that are blossoming over our land
Are like hearts: full of love for the leader
Our hearts follow the young buds of Kimjongilia
Oh! The flower of our loyalty!
[edit] See also
Kimilsungia
List of Korea-related topics
[edit] References
^ "Magnolia", Korea Today Monthly Journal (issue 627, September 2008), cover inset.
^ Chong, Bong-uk (1998). A Handbook on North Korea. Naewoe Press. p. 101.
^ Lan?kov, Andre? Nikolaevich (2007). North of the DMZ: essays on daily life in North Korea. McFarland. p. 21. ISBN 978-0786428397.
^ Ford, Glyn; Kwon, Soyoung (2008). North Korea on the brink: struggle for survival. Pluto Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0745325989.
^ "Agent for Preserving Kimjongilia Developed", KCNA, October 21, 2008.
^ "Succession in North Korea: Grief and fear", The Economist, December 31, 2011.
^ Lan?kov, 2007, p. 22.
[edit] Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kimjongilia
David Woodard, "Beautiful Kimjongilia", Der Freund 3, Axel Springer AG, 2005
Pang Hwan Ju, Kimjongilia, Foreign Languages Publishing House, softcover, 100 pages
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