No tradition helps in communicating human feelings in a better manner than gifting flowers or bouquets. Flowers and bouquets are made use of for varied purposes, from congratulating someone on his or her birthday or anniversary to expressing an apology, or even to just cheer up someone.
Archaeological evidence gathered from excavated sites points towards the origin of this tradition to the prehistoric era. Traditional Greek mythology, Chinese folklore and history concerning the Romans and Egyptians all show that flowers had a very important part to play in their culture. In these civilizations, it was thought that feelings could find their most appropriate expression through the giving of flowers. In fact, in ancient Greek mythology, some flowers have even been bestowed with a divine status.
This custom passed on to the Middle Ages, and France and England played important roles in keeping it alive. Today as we have assigned meaning to each flower, we are actually continuing an old Turkish custom imported into Europe by the French and the British.
The Victorian era popularized this tradition of flower gifting even more. Exhibiting feelings in words and publicly was against the tradition during the Victorian period, and thus people used subtle means to express their emotions in the form of gifting flowers or bouquets.
The Victorians came up with many rules for gifting flowers or bouquets and implemented them with great ardour. For example, if you bought a beautiful bouquet of red roses from the florist and presented it to your beloved upside down, she will surely be angry with you. Red roses, that otherwise depict love, can symbolize anger if presented upside down. In fact, a large number of books were written and disseminated on the language of flowers in the'th century.
This custom has come down the ages, and today people across the world participate in the act of giving flowers to communicate their emotions. Through constant changes over the years, we have arrived at a stage where a lot of flowers now have some meaning and giving flowers or bouquets has to be done according to certain rules and regulations. Giving a bouquet of red roses is believed to be an expression of love, on the other hand lilies are seen as representing beauty and purity. A yellow coloured rose is believed to be a sign of friendship, whereas grief is best expressed by a lone marigold.
Any terrain can be made suitable for cultivating any flower, as a result of the progress in modern science and technology. If you are residing in Singapore, and walk into any Singapore flower shop, you will be overwhelmed by the enormous variety of flowers available that can depict almost any human feeling. - 32376
Archaeological evidence gathered from excavated sites points towards the origin of this tradition to the prehistoric era. Traditional Greek mythology, Chinese folklore and history concerning the Romans and Egyptians all show that flowers had a very important part to play in their culture. In these civilizations, it was thought that feelings could find their most appropriate expression through the giving of flowers. In fact, in ancient Greek mythology, some flowers have even been bestowed with a divine status.
This custom passed on to the Middle Ages, and France and England played important roles in keeping it alive. Today as we have assigned meaning to each flower, we are actually continuing an old Turkish custom imported into Europe by the French and the British.
The Victorian era popularized this tradition of flower gifting even more. Exhibiting feelings in words and publicly was against the tradition during the Victorian period, and thus people used subtle means to express their emotions in the form of gifting flowers or bouquets.
The Victorians came up with many rules for gifting flowers or bouquets and implemented them with great ardour. For example, if you bought a beautiful bouquet of red roses from the florist and presented it to your beloved upside down, she will surely be angry with you. Red roses, that otherwise depict love, can symbolize anger if presented upside down. In fact, a large number of books were written and disseminated on the language of flowers in the'th century.
This custom has come down the ages, and today people across the world participate in the act of giving flowers to communicate their emotions. Through constant changes over the years, we have arrived at a stage where a lot of flowers now have some meaning and giving flowers or bouquets has to be done according to certain rules and regulations. Giving a bouquet of red roses is believed to be an expression of love, on the other hand lilies are seen as representing beauty and purity. A yellow coloured rose is believed to be a sign of friendship, whereas grief is best expressed by a lone marigold.
Any terrain can be made suitable for cultivating any flower, as a result of the progress in modern science and technology. If you are residing in Singapore, and walk into any Singapore flower shop, you will be overwhelmed by the enormous variety of flowers available that can depict almost any human feeling. - 32376
