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Birthday flower: herb Christopher

Back him flowers of saint Christopher cross the river

Since ancient times, Christianity is a link to the sage and specific flower habits, this followed in the church when honor saints, often caused by altar ornament with blooming flowers!In medieval Catholic monasteries, is like a garden center of planting all kinds of flowers, over time, the church will be 366 days of saint respectively and different flowers together, form the so-called flower calendar.At that time most of the monasteries in southern Europe, southern Europe is Mediterranean climate, very suitable for planting flowers.Herb Christopher is chosen to sacrifice once back Jesus crossing the river saint Christopher flowers.More often than not, it belong to the crowfoot family grows in mountains, country of origin in Europe and Russia in central Asia.

says: the heavy burden

Herb Christopher is mainly to commemorate once st Christopher with him across the river.The shape of a flower, like a weight of carry on the shoulder.Therefore, it means "heavy burden".People who are born blessed this flower, whole life must bear the heavy pressure.Personality, however, is not pessimistic, think that everything is growing discipline.Japan's tokugawa is a living example.

Birthstone, a ruby

The history of ruby more ancient than diamond.In ancient India, because it is pure red color, so when people believe that ruby, must have the burning never put out the fire.

In ancient Egypt, it is the symbol of the supreme winner.In medieval Europe, ruby is regarded as divine mercy of gems.Because ruby red in colour and lustre is just like "pigeon blood", so it that red is known as "pigeon blood".It is believed that ruby has the ability of eliminating suspicion and jealousy for love, so it also is considered is the guardian of love stone.

The legend of ruby

Burma is the leading producer of production the highest ruby.Legend in myanmar mandalay, once appear a girls beautiful princess ─ ─ naja.Due to the neighbouring princes rushed to marry him, can't bear to disturb the naja princess has come up with a way: refusing young YongFu as long as you can remove the cannibal dragons in the mountains, she was with himTo get married.All these princes with confidence, became a killer food of the dragon, in the end only a ragged young people get rid of monster dragon.Back to the palace, the poor young prince suddenly turned into the sun, while naja looked at him very shy.At that moment, after a flash, two men suddenly disappeared, leaving only three eggs.The first hatch myanmar king, the second hatch the emperor of China, the third is born "fire inflammation stone" ─ ─ a ruby.