What is the flower language and symbolic meaning of lavender?
waiting for love. It is like budding youth, looking forward to the future and hoping for the arrival of love. Love may come, but no one knows how long it will take. Sometimes, longing is like an endless wait, and the one you are waiting for is far away in the future.
2. The first legend
A promise made in youth, with a lavender bottle tightly held in both hands. After being separated by time and space and after the changes of people and circumstances, that pure deep affection between them still carved out a place in their hearts that no one could replace; even when facing heaven's tricks and the cruelty of fate, there was still that stirring in the heart for love.
In ancient Provence there was a beautiful girl. One day, while she was alone in a cold valley picking budding flowers, on her way home she met a wounded traveler from afar who asked her for directions. The girl held a full armful of flowers and gazed deeply at this handsome young man, and in that very moment her heart was already occupied by the young man's passionate, uninhibited smile.
Before the girl left, an old woman in the village held a bouquet of newly bloomed lavender and told the infatuated girl to use this bouquet of newly bloomed lavender to test the young man's true heart. It is said that the fragrance of a lavender bouquet will make unclean things reveal themselves. Some say she followed the scent of the flowers to look for the young man; some say she was also transformed by the young man into a wisp of light smoke and disappeared into the valley.
Lavender is a richly fragrant small purple-blue flower. It has a romantic feeling just like the place where it grows. This flower, born in Provence, France, has a beautiful love legend: Legend one: In ancient Provence there was a beautiful girl. One day, while she was alone in a cold valley picking budding flowers, on her way home she met a wounded traveler from afar who asked her for directions. The girl held a full armful of flowers and gazed deeply at this handsome young man, and in that very moment her heart was already occupied by the young man's passionate, uninhibited smile. Ignoring her family's opposition, the girl insisted that the young man stay in the guest room at her home to heal until he recovered. As day after day passed, the young man's leg injury healed, and the feelings between them warmed rapidly. On a slightly cool morning, the young man was about to say farewell and leave, but the girl, unwilling to heed her family's opposition, also wanted to follow him far away, to the young man's distant hometown full of roses... Before the girl left, an old woman in the village held a bouquet of newly bloomed lavender and told the infatuated girl to use this bouquet of newly bloomed lavender to test the young man's true heart... It is said that the fragrance of a lavender bouquet will make unclean things reveal themselves... It was that morning in the valley filled with blooming lavender.
Just as the young man took the girl's hand and prepared to set off on a long journey, the girl threw a bouquet of lavender hidden inside her coat at the young man, and just like that, a burst of purple light smoke suddenly gathered and scattered... In the valley, one could faintly hear the whistling cold wind, as if the young man were murmuring... I am the heart that wants to travel far away... Leaving the girl's lonely figure to grieve alone... Not long after, the girl also disappeared without a trace. Some say she followed the scent of the flowers to look for the young man; some say she was also transformed by the young man into a wisp of light smoke and disappeared into the valley... The moment this flower appears, it represents love and promise, just like its flower language, waiting for love. Legend two: Provence is Europe's "city of knights," named after the film "The Horseman on the Roof." The Italian knight Angelo fled here for the revolutionary cause. A chance encounter born of gratitude made the meeting of gentleman and lady Paulina into a wartime romance... When Paulina and Angelo meet again and ride across the vast land of Provence, everything becomes relaxed and joyful. The first impression lavender gives people is of course "fragrance." It is said that French lavender, rosemary and agastache have relatively strong fragrances and have an invigorating effect. English lavender has a lighter fragrance and plays a calming role. People drink wine infused with lavender flowers to relieve abdominal colic caused by wind-cold; drinking distilled water of lavender flowers can restore the voice of those who have lost it due to wind-cold, restore the normal beating of a trembling heart, and restore the normal sense of smell of those with abnormal smell. Lavender is inseparably related to daily life. In damp clothing, people often place lavender flowers to dry the clothes and give them a slight fragrance. Lavender has a special therapeutic effect on pain. For phenomena such as pain caused by wind-cold, stroke, edema, throbbing pain, paralysis and spasms, lavender has a good effect. These lavenders can be favored by fashion groups because they also carry many romantic and beautiful meanings. Lavender has great inner meaning and implicitly contains the correct attitude toward life.
Legend says that one day, the Virgin Mary hung the washed baby clothes of Jesus on lavender, and from then on lavender was given the meaning of symbolizing the scent of heaven. Some also say that the Virgin Mary directly used water soaked with lavender to wash Jesus' baby clothes, and perhaps this is why people in the past liked to use lavender to wash clothes so much. But some also say that the Virgin Mary once prayed to lavender, so lavender not only has a fragrance that lingers without fading, but also has the ability to drive away demons.
It is said that French lavender, rosemary and agastache have relatively strong fragrances and have an invigorating effect. English lavender has a lighter fragrance and plays a calming role. People drink wine infused with lavender flowers to relieve abdominal colic caused by wind-cold; drinking distilled water of lavender flowers can restore the voice of those who have lost it due to wind-cold, restore the normal beating of a trembling heart, and restore the normal sense of smell of those with abnormal smell. Lavender is inseparably related to daily life. In damp clothing, people often place lavender flowers to dry the clothes and give them a slight fragrance. Lavender has a special therapeutic effect on pain. For phenomena such as pain caused by wind-cold, stroke, edema, throbbing pain, paralysis and spasms, lavender has a good effect. These lavenders can be favored by fashion groups because they also carry many romantic and beautiful meanings. Lavender has great inner meaning and implicitly contains the correct attitude toward life.
Legend says that one day, the Virgin Mary hung the washed baby clothes of Jesus on lavender, and from then on lavender was given the meaning of symbolizing the scent of heaven. Some also say that the Virgin Mary directly used water soaked with lavender to wash Jesus' baby clothes, and perhaps this is why people in the past liked to use lavender to wash clothes so much. But some also say that the Virgin Mary once prayed to lavender, so lavender not only has a fragrance that lingers without fading, but also has the ability to drive away demons.