杜鹃花生存在地球上已有几千万年，杜鹃花属植物是世界四大著名花卉之一，也是我国十大传统名花和三大天然花卉之一。

• There is a long history of several 10 million years for Rhododendron to be on the Earth. It is one of four famous flowers in world, also is one of three natural flowers and ten traditional flowers in our country.