The tulip is the flower that symbolizes love and its birth is linked to an ancient Persian legend that tells of a sentimental disappointment.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himIl tulip it is the flower that most of all symbolizes the love and its birth is linked to an ancient Persian legend that tells of just one sentimental disappointment.
The name tulip comes from the Turkish 'tullband' which means turban, probably due to its characteristic shape. It is a very present flower in the turkish culture and also in many fairy tales, among the most famous 'One Thousand and One Nights'.
We had already talked about how to grow tulips, which are among the bulbs to be planted in autumn in pots or in the garden, while this spring period is the right one to admire them in all their splendor.
The red tulip, as we said, is associated with love, according to some stories, the sultan dropped one of these flowers at the feet of one of the women of the harem to indicate the chosen one.
During the reign of the sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the tulip reaches its maximum popularity, so much so that from his court they were exported to Vienna, then to Holland and England.
The legend of tulips
A Persian legend tells of the origin of tulips. Once upon a time there was a young man named Shirin in love with the beautiful Ferhad, a love reciprocated but destined to be broken.
According to legend, Shirin had left in search of fortune, leaving behind his beloved.
For a long time, the woman had been waiting for his return, one day as she wandered in search of the boy, she fell on sharp stones and wept with the knowledge that she would die without seeing Shirin again.
Her tears mingled with the blood and falling drop by drop on the ground, they turned into beautiful red flowers: tulips.
Since then all the springs these flowers come back to bloom in memory of this unhappy love.
Other beautiful legends about flowers:
- THE LEGEND OF POPPIES
- GLYCINE: THE LEGEND OF BLOOMING (AND THE MEANING)
- THE LEGEND OF THE LAVENDER BLOOMING IN PROVENCE (PHOTO)
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Tulip, the meaning
There are more than a hundred species of tulips, each color according to the language of flowers and plants holds a different meaning.
Give a gift red tulip is like saying "I love you and I will always love you", the violet tulip indicates modesty, a statement yes, but not too demanding. The yellow tulip it is, on the other hand, suitable for a sunny and carefree love.
