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Taboo of sending flowers in different countries

Jane Margolis
2020-08-31 11:00:03
People all over the world have their own preferred flowers, but there are also taboo flowers, so we should pay more attention when sending flowers. Here are some taboos for different countries to avoid embarrassing situations.

Taboo of sending flowers abroad

Europe and the United States in grief, not to fragrant flowers as gifts.

British people generally do not like to watch or plant red or white flowers.

Germany generally can't send white roses to a friend's wife and avoid tulips.

Swiss national flower is Acacia, Swiss people think red rose with romantic color. Therefore, when sending flowers to Swiss friends, don't casually use red roses to avoid misunderstanding.

Brazilians taboo yellow and purple flowers. They think that the color of purple should be protected, and yellow should be regarded as the color of mourning.

Japanese avoid "4", "6" and "9", because their pronunciation is similar to "death", "rogue" and "hard work", which are unlucky. No flowers can be sent to patients with roots, because the pronunciation of "roots" is close to "sleepiness", which makes people think that they can't sleep, and Japanese taboo lotus.

It will make her very happy that Russians must send odd flowers to their hostess. The flowers to be given to men must be large, high stemmed, brightly colored flowers. Russians also taboo "13", think this number is a symbol of danger and death, while "7" in their view means luck and success.

In France, when you are invited to a friend's house for dinner, don't bring chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum represents mourning, because it is only used in funerals. Italians and Spaniards don't like chrysanthemum either, and think it's an ominous flower, but Germans and Dutch love chrysanthemum very much.

The Taboo of Sending Flowers Abroad

The taboo of sending flowers in China

In some traditional Chinese festivals or festive days, when visiting relatives or friends' houses, the flower baskets or bouquets sent should be bright and warm in color to conform to the festive atmosphere of the festival. Can choose red, yellow, pink, orange and other warm colors of flowers, do not send the whole bunch of white flowers.

According to our customs, good things are in pairs. Therefore, unless you send your girlfriend on a long journey, you should leave a flower in front of her breast to express your parting intention. Generally, you should not send a single flower.

In Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places, due to the relationship of dialects, we try to avoid the following flowers when sending flowers: Gladiolus(see difficult), Jasmine (no profit).

Other flower sending taboos

Generally, only men send flowers to women, and women do not send back men's flowers.

Do not visit the patient's bouquet or basket with too strong fragrance or too light color, which is harmful to the patient's recovery.

When receiving flowers, you should be happy and smile. You can enjoy them and smell them, so that the sender can feel your love for them.

Domestic Flower Taboos

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