August 17:Leo

Birthday flower: willows in fish

The persecution of Roman empire and the martyrdom of the shepherd boy

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.Willow wear fish plants in scrophulariaceae, scattered in areas from Europe, Russia and Asia.It is chosen to sacrifice suffered persecution and martyrdom of a Christian Roman empire, also is the shepherd's Turkish boy.

says: tough

Willow in fish for gardeners, is the most unwelcome intruder in the courtyard.Its tiny sprout roots quickly, fertility is very strong, in addition to also can't.In the United States, people called it a "grass" bride.Because it has a strong life force, it means "stubborn".People who are born blessed this flower, like pestering and others, best thing is poor.If the city the right to the opposite sex, will continue to entwine each other, until he give in easily.

Birthstone: agate

It is said that due to the original agate stone shape and brain is similar, so called it "agate".No matter in the old testament or the classic of Buddhism, agate deeds are recorded.

In the east, it is one of the Sapporo, seven Jane.Agate can be divided into chalcedony and agate.Rough stone color is not complex, called "chalcedony", a straight line parallel stripes rough stone is called "onyx" (JieZi agate).According to the color of the original stone, sardonyx, red agate etc.Recently, the general will be dyed black agate are collectively referred to as agate.

The legend of agate

Legend, the goddess of love and beauty of the Buddha boroditsky, lying on a sleeping under the tree, her son eros, secretly took her glittering nail clippings, and merrily merrily with nails to fly in the sky.Fly into the air of eros, accidentally dropped your nails, and fell to the ground fingers turned to stone, agate.So some people think that have agate, can strengthen the love, adjust yourself with the affection between the lover.In Japanese mythology, the jade face comb MingYu life to amaterasu, is a crescent-shaped green agate, it is also one of Japan's three kind of artifact!