Europeans love iris and think it symbolizes light and freedom. In China, it is often used to symbolize love and friendship. It has a bright future. In ancient Egypt, iris is a symbol of power and eloquence.
In France, people regard iris as the national flower. It is said that when Clovis, the king of the first French Dynasty, was baptized, God gave him a gift, namely iris. In France, iris is a symbol of light and freedom.
The name of this plant comes from the messenger of God and the rainbow connecting the earth and other worlds. Another legend is that rainbow once saved the life of King Frank in the 6th century. When he saw rainbow rising from Rhine River, he knew that the river was shallow enough, so he crossed the river and escaped the pursuit of the enemy.
Iris, the generic name of iris, means "Rainbow" in Greek, which means rich colors. Common flower manufacturers and flower arrangers are transliteration of their generic names, commonly known as "Alice".
Alice is the rainbow goddess in Greek mythology. She is the emissary of gods and mortals. Her main task is to bring the souls of good people back to heaven through the rainbow bridge between heaven and earth. Up to now, Greeks often plant this flower in cemeteries, hoping that the soul after death can entrust Alice to return to heaven. This is also the origin of the flower language, the emissary of love.
Iris represents "power" and "eloquence" in ancient Egypt. The Israelites generally believe that the yellow iris is the symbol of "gold", so there is a custom of planting iris in the cemetery, that is, hoping to bring wealth to the next life.
Iris is the birth flower of January 3, its flower language: gorgeous. The ancient Greeks who traveled to Persia saw this kind of flower, and immediately came up with Alice, the goddess of the rainbow. Therefore, the flower language of Persian iris is "gorgeous". Those who are blessed by this kind of flowers are versatile and have brilliant personality.
Different colors of iris represent different symbolic meanings:
Good news emissary, miss you, elegant heart, mission, love emissary, warm, adaptable.
White iris: innocence;
Yellow iris: it means the friendship is eternal, warm and cheerful;
Blue iris: appreciate each other's elegant and generous or secretly admiring; some people think it represents the free and broken passion in fate, delicate and beautiful, but fragile and perishable
Iris Purple: it means love and auspiciousness.
Iris (purple and blue): good news, emissary, miss you
German iris (dark blue): Sacred
Little Iris (bright yellow): work together to resist, concentric .