What is the symbolism of the wax gourd flower?
This article brings you the symbolism of the wax gourd flower, as well as the flower language and symbolic meaning of green plant maintenance related to the wax gourd flower. Here is a detailed introduction.
The wax gourd flower symbolizes pure and beautiful love, because there is a beautiful legend about the wax gourd flower. During the Later Shu Dynasty, Emperor Meng Chang had a concubine named "Madam Hua Rui," who was not only charming and beautiful but also had a special love for flowers. One year, when she visited the flower market, she saw clusters of wax gourd flowers rolling in like colorful clouds from the sky, and she particularly liked them. To please his beloved concubine, Meng Chang issued an edict: "Plant wax gourd flowers all over the city of Chengdu, which will bloom in autumn and look as magnificent as brocade. The emperor said to his ministers, 'Since ancient times, Sui has been known as the Brocade City, and now it truly looks like a Brocade City.'" When the flowers bloomed the following year, Chengdu was "forty miles of brocade."
In the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Guangzheng, Meng Chang's urban greening project was successfully completed. He and Madam Hua Rui climbed the city wall together, leaning on each other to admire the bright red wax gourd flowers in Chengdu that stretched for dozens of miles and looked like morning glow. From then on, Chengdu was known as the "City of Wax Gourd." Later, after the fall of the Later Shu Dynasty, Madam Hua Rui was taken into the harem of Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty. Madam Hua Rui often missed Meng Chang and secretly kept his portrait to express her longing. When Emperor Zhao Kuangyin found out, he forced her to hand over the portrait. However, Madam Hua Rui steadfastly refused, and in a fit of anger, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin killed her. People admire Madam Hua Rui's loyalty and dedication to love, and she is revered as the "Goddess of Wax Gourd Flowers," so the wax gourd flower is also known as the "Love Flower." It is also the city flower of Chengdu.
This article shares the full content of the symbolism of the wax gourd flower and the flower language and symbolic meaning of the wax gourd flower, which green plant enthusiasts might find useful for reference.