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Birthday flower: water mustard

6th century bishop from south diss. St. felix flower

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.Water mustard is chosen to sacrifice to 6th century from south diss bishop ─ ─ SAN felix flowers.It grows in shallow water or water, mostly belong to the rapeseed family perennial herbaceous plants.Some plant origin in Europe, the United States.

says: nourish

This is a very precious edible vegetables.In addition to has a spicy taste, also contain rich vitamin C, high nutritional value.So it means "nourish".All the day of the birth of longevity, public-spirited, fraternity, usually will lend a helping hand when someone is in trouble.The person like this for a career in charity, spread love to people in need of help.

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.