The Language and Meaning of the Balloon Flower and the Legend Behind It
Anyone who has watched Inuyasha knows that Kikyo is the name of the female lead in it. In everyday life, the balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) is an ordinary flower, yet it is also a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine. Among the people, the language and legend of the balloon flower have always been passed down, and thus a thought-provoking story unfolds. Now let's take a look at its legend and flower language with the editor.
The Language of the Balloon Flower
The language of the balloon flower: sincere, unchanging love.
The Legend of the Balloon Flower
Long ago, in a certain village, there lived a young girl named Kikyo. Kikyo had no parents and lived all alone at home. However, there was a young boy who came looking for Kikyo every day and said: "Kikyo, when I grow up, I want to marry you," and "When I grow up, I want to marry you too." The two made their promise just like that.
A few years later, Kikyo had grown into a beautiful young lady, and the boy had grown into a handsome young man, and the two became a couple. But in order to catch fish, the young man had to take a big boat to a faraway place. "Kikyo! You must wait for me, I will definitely come back." Finally the day came for the young man to leave. "Remember, you must come back, I will wait for you, goodbye." The young man set off toward the sea, going farther and farther away, and Kikyo wept without stopping.
But the young man Kikyo loved did not return even after ten years, and the more Kikyo looked at the sea, the sadder she felt. So she decided to go to the temple for the time being. "Master, please teach me the way to calm my heart." "Namo Amitabha, to know these things you must first empty your heart, and not be entangled by the bonds of fate in your heart."
Kikyo resolved to do so, but no matter what, she could not forget that young man, so she always ran off to the seaside, and just like that several decades passed. Kikyo had already become an old woman. Looking at the sea, Kikyo thought of the young man who never returned, and shed tears. Kikyo's eyes slowly closed, and her body turned into a flower. Later, people called that flower the balloon flower, and the balloon flower gazes at the sea, searching for the young man.