Christianity has the habit of associating saints with specific flowers since ancient times, because the church often decorates the altar with blooming flowers when commemorating saints! In medieval Catholic monasteries, flowers were planted like gardening centers. Over time, the church combined 366 days of saints with different flowers to form a so-called calendar. Most of the monasteries at that time were located in southern Europe, which belonged to the Mediterranean climate and was very suitable for planting flowers and plants. Clock flowers were chosen to offer sacrifices to the Holy Cross, which was taken away by Persians and welcomed back to Jerusalem on September14,629. Clockflower belongs to Clockgrass family, which is an evergreen vine and grows in the tropical rain forest area of South America.
Flower language: suffering
The English name of bellflower-passion is not passion, but suffering. This flower is shaped like a cross, so it is called the crucifix flower. The flower language of Zhong Hua is suffering. People who are blessed by this flower must pay more attention to their interpersonal relationships. But such efforts will certainly cultivate a good character. Let's consider the problem from many aspects. Even if it is lovelorn, it is training before talking about true love. what do you think?
Birthstone: sapphire
Sapphire and ruby are a good partner. The original stones of these two gems are steel and jade respectively, and they have different colors according to the different combinations of trace elements contained in the original stones.
Only the red one is called ruby, and the other colors are collectively called sapphire. If a gem is yellow, it is called topaz, and the green one is called emerald. What we generally say about sapphire refers to sapphire in a narrow sense. Among sapphires, the highest grade is Kashmir sapphire with a color like cornflower.
The legend of sapphire
Sapphire presents a clear sky blue, and the sky belongs to God's residence, so people believe that God will give them the wisdom they deserve, so it becomes a symbol of thinking. Christians carved the Ten Commandments of Moses on this gem. Legend has it that the only Christian god took sapphire from his throne and threw it into the chaotic universe, thus creating the world. Later, God divided the sapphire into two parts and wrote commandments on it. Moses read these words and rewritten them into the Ten Commandments. Therefore, the clergy and mystics headed by the Pope and the Archbishop still cherish sapphire even today.