Where are the main production areas of fragrant lilies?
The fragrant lily is a type of lily, also known as Casablanca and heavenly lily. Its places of origin include the Himalayan region, Australia, and various other areas. Westerners regard the lily as a symbol of purity. Around 1000 AD, the tops of the pillars in the temple of King Solomon of Israel were decorated with lilies. The lily's name honors the Virgin Mary, and since ancient times the Virgin has been regarded by Christianity as a symbol of purity, so its flower meaning is purity.
Fragrant lily production areas
The fragrant lily's places of origin include the Himalayan region, Australia, and various other areas.
The legend of the lily
The story of the lily's origin is extremely poignant. Legend says that Eve and Adam were tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit and were therefore driven out of the Garden of Eden. In her remorse, Eve could not help shedding sorrowful tears, and when the tears fell to the ground, they turned into pure white, fragrant lilies.
A German legend
There is an ancient legend about the lily that is known to people in almost every country in the world. A girl named Alice lived with her mother in the Harz mountain region. One day, the Grand Duke of Laurenburg passed by in a carriage. When he saw Alice, he thought she was a fairy descended to earth and immediately invited her to return to the city with him. He thought that as a grand duke with power and influence, he could act unreasonably. Unexpectedly, Alice stubbornly refused. The grand duke would not give up and pulled the girl, refusing to let her go. The girl screamed and called on heaven for protection, and suddenly a divine wind arose and the girl disappeared. Yet from the ground where the girl had stood rose a lily, giving off waves of delicate fragrance. This is the origin of the lily in foreign legend. The lily represents purity and respect, and the white lily in particular is most highly esteemed. In the social customs of that time, a woman wearing white clothes and holding a lily indicated nobility and chastity. In many medieval paintings of the Virgin Mary, the lily was painted with neither stamens nor pistils, meaning no impure sexual thoughts.
Ancient Greek legend
In mythology, there is another legend about the origin of the lily: Zeus, the king of the gods, had a son named Hercules, the mighty hero. He had performed 12 heroic deeds. Hercules heard that if he drank the milk of the goddess Juno, he could live forever. Yet how easy was it to obtain Juno's milk? Zeus used some scheming and summoned the gods to drink and feast, deliberately arranging a large amount of nectar (the drink of the gods) for Juno, and Juno indeed drank until she was dead drunk. Zeus then told his son Hercules to throw himself onto Juno and suck her milk. The more Hercules drank, the more energetic he became, and before he could swallow all the milk in his mouth, it flowed to the ground, and wherever the milk fell, snow-white fragrant flowers immediately grew. People all called them lilies.