What are the legends and meanings of iris flowers?

1. Flower language meaning

1. Message of love: It means that in love, no matter which party takes the initiative first, they can convey the message of love to the other party, which will make the other party feel happy and joyful. It also implies a perfect marriage. If the two people enter into marriage, they will live a very happy life and their combination is right.

2. Elegant temperament: In the eyes of ancient literati, calamus is also an elegant flower, and is also known as one of the four elegant flowers. She looks elegant, handsome and graceful. Tying calamus flowers during the Dragon Boat Festival will give people a cool feeling, making the festival atmosphere more intense.

3. Trust: In our traditional culture, it plays a role in preventing epidemics and exorcising evil spirits. People are very afraid of evil spirits and diseases, but iris flowers can bring a sense of security and make people trust that they can bring protection. Therefore, they have been loved by people since ancient times.

4. Blessing of believers: The flower language implies the blessing of believers, which means that people with faith understand what they want and know how to go in the future. It is a spiritual pillar and their lives will be happier and more joyful, but they must believe in the right things.

2. Legends and Stories

Legend has it that there was a poor scholar's wife who was eloquent and could recite poems and compose couplets. One year around the Dragon Boat Festival, she dug up some calamus flowers and hung them in front of the gate to show her good luck, and she also wrote a poem. When the scholar came back and saw the poem, he felt ashamed and speechless when facing his wife, so he turned around and walked back. Not long after he walked, he saw a cow and there was no one around, so he thought of stealing it and selling it.

Unexpectedly, the cow's owner saw it and reported it to the police. When the scholar met the county magistrate, he told him about his family situation. The county magistrate did not believe that a village woman could write a poem, so he promised to reward him fifty taels and spare him from jail if his wife could compose a poem on the spot. When his wife arrived, she composed a poem on the spot that satisfied the magistrate, and so the two of them happily went home with the fifty taels of silver. After this story spread, people thought that it was the good luck brought by hanging calamus during the Dragon Boat Festival, so it became widely circulated.