What is the flower language and legend of the bird of paradise?
The bird of paradise flower is also known as the paradise bird flower, crane flower, and so on. It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Strelitzia in the family Strelitziaceae, native to southern Africa. It is cultivated in parks and flower gardens in major cities in southern China, while in the north it is grown in greenhouses. It is evergreen all year round, with a distinctive plant form and a clear, elegant feel, and extremely high ornamental value. Now let us take a look at the flower language and legend of the bird of paradise!
The flower language of the bird of paradise
The flower language of the bird of paradise is freedom, auspiciousness, happiness and joy, and in China it also carries the meaning of longevity. The bird of paradise flower is a wild flower from southern Africa. Long ago, the British queen Charlotte liked this flower, so the queen named this flower, which was born in “Bird of Paradise Village”, “bird of paradise”. Because it resembles a red-crowned crane, it is also called the crane flower, symbolizing freedom and auspiciousness. The bird of paradise flower also has another name, the paradise bird flower, with the meaning of longevity.
The symbolism of the bird of paradise flower
1. No matter when, no matter where, never forget that the person you love is waiting for you.
2. A bird that can fly to heaven can bring all kinds of emotions and longing to heaven.
The legend of the bird of paradise flower
A boy and a girl loved each other very much. The boy liked to travel around the world taking photographs, and the girl liked to grow flowers at home. No matter where the boy went, he would bring back local flower seeds for the girl. The girl liked bird of paradise flowers most of all, so no matter where the boy went, every year when the bird of paradise flowers bloomed, the boy would return home to watch the flowers with the girl.
The boy was about to go out to take photographs again. This time he was going to a tribal village of an indigenous people, and the girl's younger brother went with him. On the way they encountered an attack by a wild beast, and during their escape they became separated. A girl from the indigenous tribe saved the boy and brought him back to their tribe. This girl was the princess of the tribe.
The princess liked the boy very much and hoped he would stay, but the boy only loved his beloved girlfriend and was determined to leave. In a fit of anger, the princess used witchcraft to bewitch the boy's heart, causing him to lose consciousness and live together with the princess in the indigenous tribe. When the girl's younger brother saw this happening, he returned home alone and told his sister: stop thinking about the boy, he will not come back. The girl did not believe her brother's words. She believed that when the bird of paradise flowers bloomed, the boy would return.
With the little bit of consciousness he had left, the boy struggled to escape from that indigenous tribe. The princess gave him two choices: one was to live with the princess in the indigenous tribe, and the other was to walk into a cage containing a tiger. The boy slowly walked toward the cage. Just as he was about to step into the cage, the princess was moved, and she decided to let the boy go.
The girl still waited at home for the boy's return. The bird of paradise flowers bloomed, and the boy did not return. The bird of paradise flowers withered, and the boy still did not return. By the time the boy came home, he no longer saw the girl. The younger brother told him that the girl had already died in her longing. The boy was overcome with grief.
From then on, the boy never went anywhere else to take photographs again. He only grew bird of paradise flowers at home. Whenever passersby came by, he would give them a bird of paradise flower and tell them: no matter when, no matter where, never forget that the person you love is waiting for you!