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In August, the national flag of Lion City was flying like a tide, and orchid frames stood quietly in the streets and alleys. This small wooden frame with gold edges not only frames the elegant figure of Singapore’s national flower, Vanda Joaquim, but also frames the spiritual background of multicultural symbiosis. The four sides of the frame are like the borders of the country. They seem to separate different elements, but in fact they allow differences to burst out with power in order. Malay patterns, Chinese cloud patterns, Indian paintings and European carvings blend in the corners of the frame, just like the bond woven by the wisdom of the four major races. The orchid blooming in the center of the frame is a miracle that horticulturists improved and cultivated from wild orchids forty years ago – it is rooted in the local area but tolerates heterogeneous genes, just like the vitality that Singaporeans have developed in perseverance. When the morning light penetrates the star and moon pattern of the national flag and casts colorful light and shadow on the orchid petals, people see the vigorous vitality within the national framework. The “frame” of the frame is not a shackle, but allows each individual to find the coordinates of blooming like an orchid. What different ethnic groups share under the red and white flag is not only the physical space, but also the common expectation for the future. This August, when you pass by the national flag frame with orchids, please remember: the most moving bloom always occurs within the boundaries of tolerance. The greatness of the Lion City lies in the fact that it uses diversity as the scenery in the frame, allowing every dreamer to become a person in the painting.

八月的獅城，國旗飄揚如潮，蘭花相框在街頭巷尾悄悄佇立。這方寸之間的金邊木質相框，框住的不止是新加坡國花卓錦萬代蘭的優雅身姿，更框定了多元文化共生的精神底色。相框的四邊正如國土的邊界，看似將不同元素區隔，實則讓差異在秩序中迸發力量。馬來族紋飾、中華雲紋、印度彩繪與歐式雕花在框角交融，恰似四大種族用智慧編織的連結。相框中心綻放的蘭花，是四十年前園藝家從野生蘭花改良培育的奇蹟——它根植本土卻包容異質基因，正如新加坡人在堅守中開拓的生命力。當晨光穿透國旗的星月圖案，在蘭花花瓣投下斑斕光影，人們看見的是國家框架內蓬勃的生氣。相框的”框”不是桎梏，而是讓每個個體如蘭花般找到綻放的座標。各族群在紅白旗下共享的，不只是實體空間，更是對未來的共同期許。今年八月，當您經過鑲著蘭花的國旗相框，請記住：最動人的綻放，永遠發生在包容的邊界之內。獅城的偉大，恰在於將多元化作相框裡的風景，讓每個追夢人都成為畫中人。