Crape myrtle flowers from summer right through to autumn, so it is also called 'hundred days red'.
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紫薇 'crape myrtle' sounds the same as 紫微, written with 微 'tiny'. 紫微 is the region of sky around the pole star in Chinese astronomy, home of the celestial emperor.
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夏紫薇Xià Zǐwēi
Xia Ziwei, My Fair Princess (1998)
One of the two heroines of the Qing-court drama 还珠格格: the gentle, educated lost daughter of the Qianlong Emperor, played by Ruby Lin.
