Flowers as a form of gift has a long interesting history. We have all given flowers to a friend, family member or lover, but how many of us have stopped to ask, why do we give flowers?
We give flowers for many different reasons; love, remembrance, apologies, in support and simply for no reason at all. The tradition has spread around the world, with nearly ever country having a tradition of giving flowers.
Like many traditions, its Origins are very different from its current state.
Not surprisingly, the tradition dates back to prehistoric times when the floral and herbal medicines often had attributes for our ancestors. Giving flowers was a charitable thing to do, something that still exists today, this. There were found the remains of several grave sites in petals of archaeologists.
Moving forward several thousand years there are records provide information on the flower from the EgyptianHieroglyphics and Chinese writings, as well as in Greek and Roman mythology.
More recently, the practice of giving a flower bloomed in the Middle Ages. At that time the stringent guidelines of the church to prevent couples from advertising open affection in public. Giving flowers allowed them to show their feelings without the worry that someone will see and report. Couples can also encode messages with the flower arrangement and send messages to each otherway.
In the 1700s, Charles II of Sweden brought the message of the flower tradition to a new height with the Language of Flowers, which was a Persian custom. The Language of Flowers was used extensively in Turkey for the sending of messages. The practice became so refined that military messages were sent as a bouquet of flowers, with the enemy believing the flowers to simply be flowers and not a message.
During the Victorian era, many books were said written what different flowers, along with how you arrange them to the recipient the form of a message between you and the.
In the world of theater, flowers were part of tradition and superstition of the play in the Middle Ages. From these early years, began the belief that flowers on the stage was with pitch, unless they were handed power to a leading lady at the end of the point at which it is considered lucky.
Our current era>flowers has changed little from previous times. We may not send literal messages in flowers, but a rose on Valentines Day says more than words ever could.
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