There is an idiom in Chinese chinese called "Yijie Jinlan", which mainly means to make friends who are in agreement, and "Jinlan" generally refers to the name of brotherhood and sisterhood.
The word "Jinlan" appears in many texts. Southern Dynasty Liu Yiqing's "ShiShu Xinyu Xianyuan" No. 11 "Shan Gong and Ji, Ruan Side, Qi Ruo Jinlan." "This means that after ShanTao met with Ji Kang and Ruan Yuan, he asked him to join him and call him a brother.
In addition, as quoted in the "Wu Lu" in the Taiping Imperial Records: "Zhang Wen Yingcai Ou Wei, Bai Zhonglang General, Hir shu and Zhuge Liangyi to marry Jinlan's good Yan." ”
Why connect "Jin" and "Lan"? This has to start with the I Ching.
The fifth in the "I Ching Douren" gua: tongren, first trumpet and then laugh. It means that at the beginning, their own forces are very weak and it is difficult to act, so they face the dilemma of "trumpeting", but if they can turn passive into active, actively contact the contradictory side, establish a good relationship with each other, and form an alliance between the two sides, they can defeat the common enemy, so "after laughing".
Confucius's explanation of this in the I Ching is: "The way of a gentleman, or the source or place, or silence or language." Two people in the same heart, its profit is broken. Words of one heart, its smell like an orchid. This sentence means the gentleman's way of dealing with the world, sometimes going out to act, sometimes living alone, sometimes being silent, sometimes talking freely. If two people have the same mind, they will be like a sharp blade that can cut metal; if those hearts are connected, their smell will be as fragrant as orchid.
Therefore, the "gold" in "golden orchid" refers to metal, and "orchid" refers to orchid. The ancients believed that metal is the strongest thing, it is difficult to break, but as long as people work together, they can also "break gold"; orchid grass is one of the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, symbolizing elegance and indifference, and lofty aspirations. Orchids also symbolize noble friendship, and are used as a metaphor for one heart and one mind, intimacy, friendship lasting, etc.
Therefore, the word "Jinlan" refers to the meaning of several people watching out for each other, working together with one heart and one mind, and ultimately succeeding. There are many allusions in Chinese history to the nominal knot of jinlan, Yu Boya and Zhong Zi period high mountain flowing water met Zhiyin, Lian Po and Lin Xiang are like the intersection of the neck, Liu Guan Zhang Taoyuan jieyi during the Three Kingdoms period, and so on.
The most important thing to call with friends is to communicate with each other, and to be like-minded can be in harmony. Things are clustered, people are divided into groups, we must be cautious when making friends, do not make wine and meat friends, otherwise it may bring endless trouble to yourself, I hope that every friend can make a confidant friend!