What is the meaning of azalea and why is it a forbidden flower?

1. Introduction

1. The joy of love: Azalea represents the joy of love. This joy born of love is very widespread. Whether it is to express the happiness of holding hands with your lover, or to express gratitude to your parents, or to express the friendship of more than ten years, you can give a bouquet of azalea.

2. Good luck: Azalea is a flower that is more suitable for business gifts. Its symbol of good luck is a blessing to businesses. Moreover, its flowers grow in clusters and the red color is so festive, which is also appropriate to wish business partners good luck.

3. Missing hometown: The great poet Li Bai once used azalea flowers to attract cuckoos. This most common bird in his hometown also made him express his homesickness. Therefore, the flower naturally has the meaning of homesickness.

2. Why is it forbidden to flower?

The azalea has the same name as the bird, and there is a story about the cuckoo crying blood. Ancient poetry also mentions that the color of the flower is dyed red by its crying blood. So that gives it a slightly bad connotation. There are also many sad legends about it that make people sad, so it was considered unsuitable to be placed at home in the past, and some even called it a forbidden flower. However, this is just a superstitious belief. Now many people also grow rhododendrons at home.