The legend of lavender lavendersays

Lavender bloom in June to August, is called grass, is actually a purplish blue flower.Common lavender is vertical growth, leaf two opposite, shape can be elongated elliptic, or needle leaf area is larger.Flowers like spikes to open on the top of the stem, purple blue color, smell fresh and clear, with some wood to smell the flowers.In Europe, lavender has many beautiful legends, most of them are associated with romantic love, so, it has been endowed with the relevant says: "wait for love".

Lavender says:Waiting for the miracle of love.

There are six legends about lavender.

The first legends []

Provence has a beautiful girl of the old, one day, she was alone in the cold valley in the flowers of the bud, is on the way home, met a wounded traveler from far to ask the way to her.Young girl holding the bouquet of flowers, soulful eyes looked at the handsome young man, in that moment, her heart has been occupied by the youth enthusiasm is bold and unrestrained smile.(1), the young girl who insisted on staying home room healing until she recovers.Day by day along with the days of the past, the youth of the leg is good, two people's feelings and rapid heating.On a cool morning, the young man to say goodbye to the left, girls are reluctant to family opposed to also want to with the youth away, far away the youth full of roses home...

Village, the old woman in the girl before he left, hold an open lavender flowers, let spoony girl use this open lavender flowers test the sincerity of youth...

It is said that the fragrance of lavender flowers will make unclean thing in the sky...

Is full of lavender in the valley of the early morning, just when the youth took girl's hand to travel, girls will hide in the inside coat of a lavender flowers, throw in youth, and in this way, a burst of purple smoke gather and scatter...Can be heard chilly, faint in the valley like youth in whisper...

My heart is you want to travel...

Leave alone girl figure alone melancholy...

Before long, the young girl also vanished, some people say that she's gone to follow the flowers for the youth, it is said that she was a trip the light smoke disappeared youth magically change into in the valley...

This flower appeared, it represents the love and commitment, as it says, waiting for love.

[the second legend] BY says daqo/original

Legend, one day, the Jesus of the virgin Mary will washbabySuits, hung on the lavender, the symbol and the lavender was given the meaning of heaven taste.Some will say the virgin Mary directly soaked lavender water to wash with Jesus baby clothes, maybe that is the past why so like to wash the clothes with lavender.But others said, to pray to the virgin Mary had the lavender, the fragrance of lavender so not only are consistently do not come loose, and drive ability of the devil.

[the third legend]

According to legend a long time ago, an angel with a down-to-earth lady named embalm garment fell in love.Left the first drop of tears for her, for her wings fall off while angels to endure the pain, every day but they still very happy.Can be happy is very short, angel caught back to the kingdom of heaven, delete that he and kaori garment time of happiness, was banished under the earth before he left a drop of tears, tears into a butterfly with his favorite girl.And also in cured garment silly waiting for him to come back to accompany her only the butterfly.Days and nights in the angel left the garden of waiting, finally, into one individual plant grass.Will produce lavender flowers every year.They fly to everywhere, looking for that were under the earth angel.People call the plant "lavender".

[the fourth legend]

Remember there was a man called Andy said: "as long as you go to provence, you won't want to leave.Because there is what you want."It is because the words that he found belongs to own happiness.Many years later, Andy is still clearly remember the first time that summer to provence.Lifted up his eyes are wide fields, deep high sky, the wind blowing in a low voice, a distant valley spread sheep vaguely of the bell sound, empty and quiet.Sunny in June, endless lavender is from delicate pale green to mature deep purple.The age of 18, Andy was deeply attracted by everything here.The backpack on his back, alone wander the streets of the village, between the field and provence is a paradise, it is completely different from Paris subway, everywhere is full of breath of freedom and pure and fresh.He secretly think, until suddenly out of view as a large romantic purple lavender sea.He hurried to the fragment forecast to the sea, no attention to the arm has beenThe wormWith a bite.A terrible pain, he can not help but stopped."With lavender essence wipe will be okay."A gentle voice coming from beside, Andy found roadside inn under the window sat a purple linen skirt girl, she took out a bottle of ointment, says this is provence tiger balm, bruises or mosquito bites can drop a few drops of diminish inflammation.When she gently wipe for him, he smelled the faint lavender fragrance, very intoxicating.I don't know is a drug or psychological, Andy's wound was immediately to indolence.In conversation, he knew that the girl is the daughter of the small hotel boss, named Sofia.He didn't read any book, but it has a profound interest in the lavender.'you can do it for my guide?I have a good mind to look at in front of the hill.' 'I, I......"Sophia's face flushed bright red" when I was young, my legs in one timeA car accidentLost consciousness, can only sit here all the day ahead in the distance the purple of the sea.'Andy was found that Sophia was wearing a long skirt, and ankle around her legs.He felt very sorry for his bold, became incoherent."Ah?I'm sorry, but I was too careless.""In fact, like provence, the feet that must day sun in lavender flowers!"Sofia smiled, "far away to enjoy the beauty of her, perhaps more fantasy space!""So, I back you up and have a look."Andy abrupt fantasy: "see if you find the photographer lavender kingdom."Sofia, first a surprised, then moved a surge.When they finally reached the top of the hill, Sofia on Andy solid shoulder, shouted loudly: "I saw it, they more beautiful than I thought, each a bud is dancing a wave from purple elf."In the next few days to get along with, Andy feel Sofia is a lavender experts.She help Andy in the head of a bed with a lavender sachets, let the house was filled with light faint scent, can alleviate the mood of anxiety, sleep.She had put on one or two branches in olive oil and vinegar bottle lavender, can make a happy summer resident...She also said that if the winter comes, put dry lavender burning in the fireplace, more fragrant.Andy found himself more and more like the girl, her lively kind deeply attracted him.But he found himself was stepping into a trap of love, he feels sweet.At the same time also feel confused, because he knows he can't give this beautiful girl any commitments.In the evening, the silver moon hanging in the deep blue sky, the air is dry, warm, permeates the fragrance of lavender.Is quiet, permeates the fragrance of lavender, and the song of the wind.Andy about his family: "my home is in Paris, with an investment company, parents hope I can inherit their career.When I graduated from college, I will be in the market."Looked at Sofia gentle vision, he couldn't help but to kiss her, he loved her like the quietly elegant and peaceful like lavender, but he could not imagine that one day, when oneself as the business elite, with a double leg disability village in cup raise crisscross the dinner.Smart Sophia saw his hesitation, he deliberately said to him: "I won't go with you a big city, here is my home.Every day sitting in the doorway, looking at the distant hills of lavender, is my most happy things.I avoid my hometown."Andy was silent.Finally by the time of parting.Sofia, fasten a lavender in his coat pocket, smile looked at him: "in fact, love a person need not exist.Like provence must also not and feet for a day off in the lavender flowers.At any time, anywhere, as long as the chance to see a ray of sunshine, the smell of a fragrance, can open a field of purple heart overflow."Andy stab of pain in his heart, so hurt her, but he didn't the slightest resentment, clearance for him instead.He left in a hurry this beautiful field, not back, he was afraid to see her tears.Andy returned to his own world, have been away from provence for ten years.Business's atmosphere makes his heart.But at the same time also feel tired.The purple dress with a lavender scent girl has gradually fade out his life.Her parents began to worry about his life events, he flirts with the noble family, but he doesn't want toTo get married, because every time after the dinner party, he will feel a sense of emptiness, he met the aroma charming young lady, sometimes stop to smell the smell of them.They sprinkled with violet and red rose perfume, but he often because can't find the lavender scent and fidgety.Andy at the age of 34 has become the CEO of a major company in Paris, he wanted to invest in provence, a fragrance production base.At the same time, he still have a wish, is the hope of finding Sophia, no matter whether she will marry and have children, he would tell her, over the years, his favorite only lavender flowers.Time flies like an arrow, man is not enough to make a lot of things things, when he was in a hurry to get there, the roadside inns are long gone, replaced by a modern farm.Andy ask around the whereabouts of Sofia that they had moved away.Back to the factory, he know the manager reporting to him: "we have decided to hire a local vanilla consultant, but need your advice, because she..."Andy impatiently waved a hand:" these things don't report to me, you have to do is solely responsible for."For days, he is a person to the lavender sea, lost to smoke a cigar.Old scenes scenes emerge, he hated their own selfish and weak.Now this piece of lavender fields was bought by him, but he never lost this fragment forecast sea angel vivid rise.Just at that time, he suddenly heard a familiar voice: "native lavender, also called the lavender, quality excellent, the leaf is fine, the flowers is shorter, and the head of lavender, broad leaf, stem and flower ear is longer than the other.But now in the provence huatian lavender are mostly the two hybrid..."A familiar figure appeared in his field of vision, she was still sitting in her wheelchair, than in the past the qing has much a few minutes the mature temperament.At the moment, she was careful to teach Andy's staff to identify the types of lavender.Sofia!Andy's tears involuntarily flow down, he excitedly walk in front of her and murmured: "at any time, any place, I happened to see a ray of sunshine, the smell of a fragrance, will remind of provence has a field of purple.I want to love a person can exist, with her back to her daily walk in lavender flowers, has been to the old.What you said..."After this, the residents of the provence often sees a middle-aged man a the wearing purple linen skirtA woman, slowly walking on the hills full of lavender, they are talking and laughing, combined with the purple flowers, as if never separated.

Fifth legend []

Long, long ago, in a small village, there is a girl she often sat in the street, blank and innocently looked at the comings and goings of pedestrians, silently say: "if there really is an angel, I hope he become my hair is the same as others."The girl with a purple head of long hair, almost only in such a palm-sized village, this is doomed to tragedy.The villagers all thought her is the embodiment of the devil, because the person is not possible to have purple hair.Her mother loves her very much, but a very respected in the village of the prophets, saying, if her parents don't abandon her, the disaster will happen to the whole village soon.Her parents have no way to, had to take her out malicious and cruel.Without relying on the girls have to live on their own.But she was so weak that life is she can't do it, even if she wanted to do, also don't want to ask her to help others.Sometimes hungry, she can only into the forest to pick some fruit to appease hunger.One day, when she found in the place where is far away from the village of white flower, the flower aroma, long miles above can smell;Even more wonderful, is standing in front of a big fragment forecast field edge, smell the fragrance of quietly elegant is moderate, still was not a bit smelly.She had never seen this kind of flower, of course, more do not know this is lavender.The villagers also have never seen before, but they are love flowers.Then she picked a large white lavender, to sell in the village.Flowers attract a lot of villagers, they couldn't help to pay for.Since then, the girl to walk long distances every day go to lavender to sell, has a very poor children in the village, followed close on her all day, he likes the flower, he wanted to send flowers to his mother, but he had no money to buy, every day to give him a bunch of girls.She also often help people who need help, such as help blind grandma washing clothes, help hunchbacked old grandpa picking olives.But people who were her to help position is too low, said no weight, so although she is very hard, very good, the villagers still can't accept her purple hair.When they buy flowers don't pretend to look elsewhere is dropped the money in a hurry, take a bunch of flowers, like to stay with her for a while will be dogged by bad luck.One day, the prophet insulted her granddaughter also robbed her of all her lavender.She went into the forest cried sadly.At this time there is a very handsome boy came to comfort her...

The girl was both surprised and happy, because no one has ever so kind to her.But she soon found that the boys eyes can't see it made her very sad.So good a person can't see the beauty of the world.Than themselves, she felt the boy more unfortunately, despite rejection from the villagers, but at least you can see the lush forest, see clear streams, see silent distant mountains, and lavender hand it as white as snow.So she send lavender to him every day, accompanied him to speak.Boy always hold every day she gave him the day before flower, standing in the place where they first met her.One day, the girl looked at the boy's hand flowers said: 'the poor flowers are already dead!They are so beautiful last night, and now their leaves were fell down and the withered.Why they do this?'do you know what they did?"The boy said," the flowers last night to find you!They know I can't see, so all volunteered to be for me to protect you.They are going to see you, almost every night for you away hate mosquitoes and bugs.' 'I didn't know?Why don't you let them wake me up?' 'because you sleep too sweet, they are reluctant to wake you.'the girl's eyes red, since then, she was determined to let the boy's eyes back light, even if he saw her will abandon her later.One day at dusk, the girl sold out on the morning of lavender, in order to give the boy a fresh lavender, she again to start the hillside.But she was too tired to slope after sleeping.When she was sleeping, she heard the voice of the ear as if someone is talking.'she is very tired.' 'yes.' 'she came not in the morning?Why now again?' 'don't you know?She took the most beautiful flowers for the boy in the forest...' 'I heard the boy be blind...' 'just because he is blind, just for our little girl is so good......' 'what method can let him see?' 'of course!Have a glimpse of spring in the forest, legend is the tears of love, the spring can make anyone's eyes to restore the light.'I heard that, the girl suddenly woke up, she opened her eyes, but what also didn't see, but she was not a bit afraid, because her heart is very calm, she knew that there must be a good angel to help her in the dark.She said that every word remember the dreams.She picked a large bunch of flowers to the boy, said to him, she will go to a place far away, will be back in a couple of days...

Girl after untold hardships, finally found the pool water, she filled the bottle carefully, driving back excitedly.When she handed the water to the boy, she didn't hesitate.She could tell the boys is excited, his joy let her comfort.Just when he would spring wiping her eyes, she quietly left.Spring restore the boy's eyes to the light.Moonlight shoots between branches around, he saw the colorful world, also saw the lavender hand as white as snow, even saw many lovely hills pure in playing happily.But he did not see his beloved girl.Girls quietly away, she didn't want the boys to see her appearance, saw her purple hair.The boy very sad, but he can't find the girl.The essence of hill in pairs everyday ride the dew on the leaves and grass swaying, but they who also can't tell him, where is the girl.Are wilting, one day, look at the hands of lavender, the boy decided to lavender bloom where they are looking for the girl.He don't know where that place, but the wind brought the lavender aroma, the aroma, like hair, he go follow this step by step, the aroma.Before the sun goes down, he finally came to the full of lavender fields.He saw the girl at the first glance.The girl exclaimed ran away.The boy ran after, a pull her.The girl cried said: 'I'm a monster, we cannot be together...Who is with me, who bad luck will come to the head.'the boy a hugs girl, told her:' I don't care!I love you!'as the boy speak this sentence, suddenly flashing a light in the sky, as if all the stars in the sky falling in to them, time flying, the girl's hair color into a fog creates, permeate all lavender petals, girl's hair turned to gold, guangyao, pure lavender is turned into a purple sea...

Since then, has been the purple lavender, people say, the flower color is the color of love..."

Legend [6]

Folk have a custom is with lavender perfume bridal gowns.

In Ireland, the locals is lavender will be tied to the bridge, in order to pray for good luck.

Put a small bag is said to have killed the lavender in the body, can let you find the person of your dreams.

When your lover and separation, can hide in lover's book was a small branch of lavender, and on the next time you meet, look at the color of lavender, smell the fragrance of lavender, can know how much I love you lover.

On the wedding can spread lavender flower, can bring you happiness of marriage.