The Flower Language and Legend of Geranium

Geranium flower language

Auspicious, cheerful, vigilant, hardworking

The Legend of Geranium

There is a legend about geranium. It is said that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Sun Simiao traveled to Sichuan and treated people in the area. Most people living in Sichuan suffer from rheumatism due to the heavy humidity in the Sichuan Basin. Sun Simiao tried many methods, but was helpless against rheumatism. By chance, when Sun Simiao went up the mountain to collect herbs, he found an old stork pecking at a grass. The next day, the old stork was found pecking at the grass again. But the old stork was obviously much stronger than yesterday. Sun Simiao thought that since this herb could be eaten by storks, it was non-toxic, and since it could make storks stronger, it could cure rheumatism, because storks pecked at fish and shrimp in water all year round. So he picked this herb with the mentality of giving it a try and went back to treat the villagers. What is amazing is that this herb cured the villagers' rheumatism. The villagers asked Sun Simiao to name the herb. Sun Simiao said that this herb was recognized and discovered by the stork, so it was named stork's grass.