The language and legend of hollyhock

one, The Flower Language of Hollyhock

The flower language of hollyhock is "dream". Legend has it that Christianity has the habit of combining saints with specific flowers. This is because the church often decorates the altar with blooming flowers when commemorating saints. In the Middle Ages, Catholic monasteries planted a variety of flowers like a gardening center. Over time, the Christian Church combined 366 saints with different flowers to form a flower calendar. At that time, most monasteries were located in southern Europe, which has a Mediterranean climate and is very suitable for growing flowers, plants and trees. Hollyhock is a plant of the genus Malva in the Malvaceae family, and hollyhock was chosen to be used for the final sacrifice to St. Stafano. St. Stephanos was stoned to death by the Jews in Palestine while he was giving a speech to the crowds about how Jesus was killed. Later, St. Stephano appeared in a dream to the Christian bishop, and people found his remains in 415 AD. Therefore, the flower language of hollyhock is "dream". Anyone born on this day will be a dreamy child. I would fantasize that my love is like a novel, with climaxes and wonderful plots.

two, The legend of hollyhock

According to legend, in ancient times there was a man named Wang Qixiang who liked to be with flowers and plants, and among all flowers he loved hollyhock the most. One day he fell asleep in the garden. In his dream, a man in green took him to see the singing and dancing performance of fairies. Just when he was intoxicated, he suddenly woke up from his dream. In an instant, the man in green and all the fairies disappeared without a trace. Only the hollyhock that swayed gently in the breeze seemed to nod to him. Feeling melancholy, he gave himself the nickname "Shu Ke" to commemorate this strange dream.

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