What is the flower language and symbolism of the cockscomb?
The cockscomb is also called chicken-comb flower, chicken-bone flower, and white cockscomb. Because the flower of the cockscomb resembles a rooster's comb, it was named cockscomb. Next, let us take a look at what the flower language of the cockscomb is!
A very, very long time ago, on the banks of the Muxiao River, there lived a little girl surnamed Liu. One day the little girl went to Cockscomb Mountain to pick wild vegetables. The farther she walked, the farther she went, and as a result she got lost in the mountains. Because she was so hungry that she had no other way, she picked wild fruits and wild vegetables to fill her stomach. Since she ate everything and the river water she drank was not clean, she ended up with diarrhea, and the abdominal pain was unbearable. She suddenly found by the river a kind of purple cockscomb-style wildflower. She thought that if she picked some flowers and ate them, perhaps the diarrhea could be cured. So she picked some flowers and ate them, and sure enough, her stomach did not hurt so much anymore. After that she continued to eat those purple flowers, and as a result she no longer had diarrhea.
But because she had not eaten for several days, she no longer had the strength to walk, so she leaned inside a grass hut under a tree. Suddenly she heard a sound coming from the grass and mistakenly thought a wild beast was attacking. In a panic, she crawled into a tree hole beside the grass hut. After a while, the sound came closer and closer. It turned out to be the sound of human footsteps. So she crawled out of the tree hole, and after she poked her head out, she had no strength left. Her father and the villagers carried her out. After returning home, the little girl rested for several days, and her spirit gradually recovered. The little girl told her mother about how in the mountains she had gotten diarrhea from eating wild fruits and had then eaten purple flowers to cure the illness.
Because the little girl's mother often had diarrhea, after hearing this, several days later she went with her husband to Cockscomb Mountain, picked some flowers with their roots, brought them home, and planted them in front of their house. The little girl's mother used the purple flowers to make a decoction and took it for several days in a row, and as a result the problem of diarrhea did not recur. Afterward, she told other people the news that this kind of flower could cure illness.
The cockscomb always has a color full of vitality. Especially from summer to autumn, the cockscomb is almost the representative of "autumn." Because its "fiery red, passionate" color symbolizes "sincere and eternal love."
Chinese aliases of the cockscomb: cockscomb flower, laolaihong, reed-flower cockscomb, pen cockscomb, small-head cockscomb, phoenix-tail cockscomb, large chicken-comb flower, chicken-foot root, red cockscomb. It is an annual herbaceous plant that blooms in summer and autumn. The flowers are mostly red and shaped like a rooster's comb, hence the name cockscomb. It is native to Africa, tropical America, and India. It likes sufficient sunlight, heat, and humidity, and is not tolerant of frost. It is not tolerant of barren soil and likes loose, fertile, and well-drained soil. It is widely cultivated around the world and is a common garden plant.
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