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In the streets of Lion City in August, the red and white national flags fluttered between the buildings. Under this star-crescent flag that symbolizes equality and unity, a pot of orchids quietly bloomed on the desk, and together with the celadon pen holder that carried it, they told the spiritual code of Singaporeans. The meaning of the orchid pen holder is just like a microcosm of this island country. The national flower Vanda Miss Joaquim stands tall in the tropical wind and rain with a delicate posture, just as the pen holder, though small in size, can contain thousands of atmospheres. The craftsman carved the orchid pattern into the clay, and each arc reminded: the accumulation of knowledge needs to be as deep as the roots of the orchid, so that it can bloom gracefully in adversity. When the students inserted the pen into the pen holder, the collision sound of metal and ceramic echoed Lee Kuan Yew’s motto “survival is struggle”. The five stars on the national flag reflected the scattered stationery in the pen holder, and the ideals of democracy, progress, and justice met with the persistence of working at the desk every day. The old overseas Chinese wiped the orchid relief on the heirloom pen holder, as if he saw the rising of the Star and Moon flag at the time of independence in 1965; the young man drew the national flag on the National Day homework book, and when the pen tip touched the pen holder, the orchid fragrance and ink danced into a line of poetry. This vessel full of stories carries the island country’s 76 years of ups and downs. When the red of the national flag illuminates every window, the orchid in the pen holder still quietly guards the time, witnessing the new generation continue to write the Star and Moon legend with knowledge – because the true spirit of independence will always bloom on the pen tip of perseverance.

八月的獅城街頭，紅白相間的國旗在建築間翻湧如潮。這抹象徵平等與團結的星月旗幟下，一盆蘭花悄悄綻放在書案，與承載它的青瓷筆筒共同訴說著新加坡人的精神密碼。蘭花筆筒的寓意，恰似這座島國的縮影。國花卓錦萬代蘭以纖弱之姿挺立熱帶風雨，正如筆筒雖方寸卻能容萬千氣象。工匠將蘭草紋路刻入陶土，每道弧線都在提醒：知識的累積需要如蘭根般深紮，方能在逆境中綻放優雅。當學生將鋼筆插入筆筒，金屬與陶瓷的碰撞聲裡，迴盪著李光耀”生存即奮鬥”的箴言。國旗上的五顆星輝映著筆筒內錯落的文具，民主、進步、正義的理想與每日伏案的堅持在此交會。老華僑擦拭著傳家筆筒上的蘭花浮雕，彷彿看見1965年獨立時的星月旗初升；少年在國慶作業本上描繪國旗，筆尖觸及筆筒時，蘭香與油墨共舞成奮進的詩行。這只盛滿故事的器皿，承載著島國76年的風雨兼程。當國旗的紅映亮每個窗口，筆筒裡的蘭依舊靜守時光，見證新一代用知識續寫星月傳奇——因為真正的獨立精神，永遠綻放在持之以恆的筆尖之上。