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Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Lily (orange) Hatred, revenge Orange lily: 鈴蘭/百合: Suzuran/Yuri: Lily of the Valley/Spider lily: Sweet Lily of the Valley: 鬼百合: Oniyuri: Tiger lily: Wealth Tiger lily: 彼岸花/曼珠沙華: Higanbana/Manjushage: Red spider lily: Never to meet again, lost memory, abandonment Red spider lily: 向日葵: Himawari: Sunflower: Respect ...
The combination of a fish and a lotus-blossom (lian 莲) is used to express the wishes of living in affluence (yu) year after year (lian nian). [3]: 124 The combination of a boy with a fish beside a lotus is interpreted as the wish to have "abundance (yu) year in and out (lian)". [3]: 203
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.
Symbolism Images Fish: Single fish Yu (鱼, lit. "fish") Wealth and abundance Carp jumping at the Dragon Gate: Success in the civil service examinations [7]: 63 Double fish Shuangyuwen (双鱼纹)/ Double fish [8] / twin fish: [9] two horizontal fishes, each facing an opposite direction Marital happiness; [8] fertility and abundance [9]
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meaning to the rose, though these are seldom understood in-depth. Examples of deeper meanings lie within the language of flowers, and how a rose may have a different meaning in arrangements. Examples of common meanings of different coloured roses are: true love (red), mystery (blue ...
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Seen as a good luck symbol to find one, similar to a 4-leaf clover in Irish tradition [citation needed] Ashtamangala: Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism Buddhism: Endless knot, Lotus flower, Dhvaja, Dharmachakra, Bumpa, Golden Fish, Parasol, Conch; additional symbols for Hinduism and Jainism [citation needed] Bamboo ...