The language and legend of Mimosa

The Flower Language of Mimosa

If you touch the leaves of Mimosa lightly, they will immediately close and droop. This will happen even if a gust of wind blows, just like a shy girl. Therefore, the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of its flower language is "shy". People born under the blessing of mimosa flowers will be very timid and shy, and very afraid of strangers. They are particularly sensitive and have strong self-esteem. But when you are with people who understand you, you will feel much more relaxed and comfortable. You value the quality of your friends rather than the quantity, and you prefer long-lasting relationships. Mimosa also has flower language and meanings such as sensitivity, politeness, shyness, warm friendship, and don't say you love me.

The legend of mimosa

Legend has it that when Yang Yuhuan first entered the palace, she was worried all day because she could not see the emperor. One day, she and the palace maids were admiring flowers in the palace garden and accidentally touched a mimosa, and the leaves of the mimosa immediately curled up. The palace maids said that it was all because of Yang Yuhuan's beauty that made Mimosa feel ashamed and embarrassed to raise its head. When Emperor Xuanzong of Tang heard that there was a "beauty as shy as a flower" in the palace, he immediately summoned her and made her a noble concubine. From then on, "shy flower" became an elegant name exclusively for Yang Guifei.

It is a beautiful legend that mimosa helped Yang Guifei win the heart of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, but mimosa also has a very sad story.

A long, long time ago, there was a poor man named Ham. His sister-in-law often abused him, so he chose to leave home and travel the world. He was very hardworking, but after a few years, a fairy in heaven fell in love with him and reincarnated to find him. After Fairy Huan and Han met, they fell in love and got married. The young couple lives a very sweet life.

However, the good times did not last long. Because Ham's sister-in-law was very jealous of them, she tried every possible way to destroy the couple, and even tried to force her sister-in-law to do rough work for her. One day, the sister-in-law asked Huan to come to her home and asked Huan to weave a hundred meters of cloth. At this time, Huan was about to give birth, but she could not refuse her sister-in-law, so she had to go to weave the cloth. Huan worked day and night to weave cloth for her sister-in-law, but she didn't expect that she would go into labor before the cloth was finished. Finally, she had no choice but to wave her hands towards the sky and use magic. Then a group of fairies flew into the house and weaved cloth for her...and before dawn, the cloth was finished.

Unexpectedly, Han's sister-in-law witnessed everything, but she exaggerated and told Han that Huan was a monster. But Han believed it and secretly killed Huan while she was sleeping.

Later, Han discovered that Huan was the reincarnation of a fairy. He felt deeply sorry for his wife and was filled with shame and guilt. In the end, he died of excessive grief. After Ham died, a grass grew on his tombstone. When the wind blew or someone touched it, the leaves would close and curl up. People said that this was because Han turned into leaves and opened and closed because of shame. So people call this grass "Mimosa".