The Language and Implications of Lily Flowers
Are you curious about the language and implications of lily flowers and the legends surrounding them? Let's explore together.
The language of lily flowers is mostly positive and represents positive energy! The color of lilies commonly seen in our lives is white, symbolizing purity and solemnity;
Moreover, lilies of different colors have different languages. For example, the language of pink lilies is innocence and elegance, while that of yellow lilies symbolizes wealth and nobility.
Who are lilies suitable for as gifts?
Pink Lilies: Pink is the favorite color of girls, symbolizing sweetness and cuteness. Therefore, pink lilies are very suitable for lovers, carrying the good implications of purity and elegance. On important days like Valentine's Day and Qixi Festival, choosing to give pink lilies can be more creative than giving roses!
Yellow Lilies: The color of yellow lilies looks golden and is not very common. Placed in the home, they also have a nice ornamental effect. However, yellow lilies have different implications in different situations. For example, giving them to patients symbolizes a wish for a speedy recovery. If given to a couple, they imply the breakup. If given to friends, they symbolize eternal and stable friendship.
White Lilies: White lilies are suitable for friends, lovers, family, etc., carrying deep love and good implications like 'a hundred years of good union'.
There are four legends about lilies:
1. In one legend, in ancient times, there was a country called Shu in the Sichuan area. The monarch and the queen were very much in love and had a hundred princes.
As the monarch and queen grew older, the monarch married a young and beautiful concubine. The concubine gave birth to a young prince for the old monarch the following year.
The old monarch was very happy to have a son at his advanced age and宠爱 him greatly. However, the concubine thought differently. She realized that her son could not compete with the hundred princes born to the queen for the throne. So she slandered the queen, saying that she had incited the hundred princes to rebel. The old monarch, being senile and unable to discern right from wrong, ordered that the queen and the hundred princes be banished from the country.
The neighboring country of Shu was Dian, which had long coveted Shu's land. Seeing that the Shu monarch was so foolish as to even expel his own son from the country, Dian thought the time was ripe and immediately attacked Shu.
Although Shu was originally a strong country, the ministers, having seen the monarch favor the concubine, believe her slander, and banish the queen and princes, were all disheartened and unwilling to work for the monarch. As a result, Dian's army quickly captured cities and approached the capital of Shu, creating a very dangerous situation.
In his helplessness, the monarch had to personally lead the troops. However, being old and weak, and having lost his prestige, no one in the army was willing to fight. Just then, the monarch saw a group of horsemen in the distance, not many in number but very brave, charging into the enemy camp and routing the enemy with fierce attacks.
When the monarch led his troops to meet them, he realized that the seemingly divine aid was actually the hundred princes he had banished, along with their retainers.
At that moment, the monarch was so happy and ashamed that he didn't know what to say. An old minister hurried over and said to the monarch, "Your Majesty, a harmonious family prospers. You should bring the queen and the princes back to the palace. Only when the family is reunited can the country thrive." The eldest prince said, "Father, please rest assured. Mother has always taught us to unite and support you. We, the hundred brothers, will never separate and will work together to govern the country." The monarch was so moved that he couldn't speak.
Of course, the queen and the hundred princes were later brought back, and the concubine admitted her mistake. From then on, Shu became even stronger and more prosperous.
Shortly afterward, a strange thing happened. In the high mountains where the princes had fought the enemy, an unusual plant grew naturally. Later, people named it "lily" because of its underground stem's overlapping layers, which reminded them of the story of the hundred princes saving the Shu monarch, giving it a name symbolic of brotherly unity.
Later, modern people also compare lilies to love, symbolizing "a hundred years of harmony"...
2. Another legend about lilies is that there was a beautiful lily growing on a distant cliff, and there was a lily fairy living there, but only the fortunate could see it. If someone with bad intentions tried to pick it, they would find the cliff消失 when they approached it and the lily still standing on the top of the mountain when they walked away.
The lily had been on the mountain for nearly a thousand years, hoping that one day a person with a sincere heart would come. She could endure the loneliness for this.
One day, a boy heard this legend and went through many difficulties to find it. Before entering the mountain area, he smelled a refreshing fragrance and seemed to hear a银铃般的 laugh.
When he reached the top of the mountain, a lily was quietly growing there, spinning in the breeze like a girl dancing. This scene was indescribable. The boy was stunned and couldn't say a word. He had never seen such a beautiful flower in the world. Seeing it was like seeing his dream girl!
The boy built a shed on the mountain slope so he could see the lily every day. He watered, fertilized, and shaded the lily. Whenever he had time, he would stare at the lily, his gaze burning as if it were his情人, gently stroking the petals as if he were caressing the face of his情人, murmuring his longing to it all day long.
Gradually, when the lily saw him, it would spin and emit a laugh in the wind, as if happy to see him. One day, a beautiful girl in white appeared next to the lily. This was the legendary lily fairy, who was moved by the boy's sincerity. "Follow me," she said, "and I will make you happy." The boy's eyes were filled with sincerity and love, perhaps he could be trusted. "I have been lonely for a long time and now I can taste the joy of the world.
The boy said, "With the full moon and the mountains as witnesses, I love you!" The boy held the lily and said, "I will never leave you. I will slowly accompany you to the ends of the world and grow old with you." The lily just leaned against him, feeling that she was no longer a drifting cloud.
The next day, the lily left the cliff where she had grown, taking only the lily with her. The boy brought her to an inn and said, "Wait for me here, I will come back for you." The lily waited and waited until a month later, when she heard the sound of joyous music. She went out and saw the boy riding a horse, with a new bride in the flower sedan chair beside him.
Hearing a crisp sound, the lily's pot of flowers fell to the ground, the petals falling one by one. A gust of wind blew, and the lily disappeared without a trace. Tears streamed down the lily's face, and at that moment, it began to rain. People on the street saw the lily's figure gradually fade away, like smoke disappearing! The boy suddenly fell off the horse, unconscious. After recovering, he could only say "lily" and nothing else.
It is said that overnight, the path to the cliff with lilies was covered with thorns, and small blue flowers bloomed on them. When people who heard this legend tried to find the lily, they would faint for a day and a night when they approached the small flowers. When they woke up, they would forget their purpose. The legendary lily and the lily fairy also became mere legends, and no one saw them again!
3. There is a legend about lilies in Germany that is known to people all over the world. A girl named Alice lived with her mother in the Harz Mountains. One day, when the Duke of Laum堡 rode past in a carriage, he saw Alice and thought she was a fairy descending from heaven. He immediately invited her to return to the city with him, thinking that as the Duke, he had the power and influence to do as he pleased.
Alice, however, refused. The duke would not give up and held the girl tightly. The girl screamed for help, and suddenly, a divine wind blew, and the girl disappeared, leaving behind a lily that emitted a refreshing fragrance. This is the origin of the foreign legend of the lily. Lilies represent purity and respect, especially white lilies, which are highly regarded. At that time, girls wearing white clothes and holding a lily in their hands symbolized nobility and chastity. In many Madonna paintings of the Middle Ages, lilies were depicted without stamens or pistils, symbolizing the absence of any sexual desires.
The Language and Implications of Lily Flowers
4. In Greek mythology, there is another legend about lilies: The god Zeus had a son named Heracles, who had accomplished twelve heroic deeds. Heracles heard that if he could drink the milk of the goddess Juno, he would become immortal. However, it was not easy to get Juno's milk! Zeus thought of a plan and invited the gods to a feast, where he intentionally gave Juno a lot of Nectar (the drink of the gods). Juno got drunk and Zeus told Heracles to suckle at Juno's breast. Heracles sucked harder and harder, and the milk that couldn't be swallowed overflowed and turned into white and fragrant flowers wherever it touched the ground, which people called lilies.
This article shares the language and implications of lilies and the legends related to them, hoping to bring a little help to your life!