"Orchid Flower" is a narrative song popular in parts of northern Shaanxi, Qinghai and Shanxi. The tune is melodious and soft, and the rhythm is soothing and free. The lyrics are colloquial and highly localized.
The song not only lashes out at the destruction and persecution of women by feudal bought-and-sold marriages, and aims at the "cannibalistic etiquette", but also highly praises Lan Hua Hua's courage to break through the traditional feudal etiquette and boldly pursues the spirit of resistance to the autonomy of marriage.
Composer Wang Zhixin adapted this popular folk song into a narrative solo.
Besides this, other adaptations of the theme of the folk song "Orchid Flower" include the solo piano piece "Orchid Flower" and the opera.