The Symbol and Significance of Jasmine Language Jasmine

Jasmine's flower language is loyalty, respect, purity, chastity, simplicity, exquisiteness and charm. Different colors of jasmine flowers have different language. White jasmine's flower language is kind and loves sensory feelings. The flower language of Mirabilis jalapa is doubt, mature beauty, timidity and speculation.

Many countries regard it as the flower of love, and young men and women give jasmine flowers to each other to express their undying love. It is also passed on from person to person as a flower of friendship. It has become a hospitality etiquette to wear a jasmine ring around a guest's neck and let it hang down to his chest to show respect and friendship. Jasmine is also a good decorative flower in solemn occasions such as weddings, and is often used in the bride's bouquet. Because jasmine has a charming fragrance, many people will pin it on their bodies as an ornament.

The history of jasmine

Jasmine is not native to China, but its appearance was recorded as early as the Han Dynasty. According to records, Jasmine originated in the Roman Empire and was later transported to ancient Persia and Tianzhu through the Maritime Silk Road. Jasmine was introduced into India, and soon it was called the sacred flower of Buddhism, and then it was introduced into China and China with Indian Buddhism.

Jasmine in Tang Dynasty only stayed in the viewing stage, and captured a large number of literati with its unique fragrance. It has become a symbol of jade bone's ice muscle, indifferent to fame and fortune, and even represents the literati's solar terms. Together with Bodhi, it is called the two sacred objects of Buddhism.

In the Song Dynasty, even though there was a practice of adding spices to tea to increase its fragrance, Jasmine escaped because it would destroy the charm of tea itself rather than the mainstream. It is rare to add jasmine to tea to enhance its fragrance.

Until the Ming Dynasty, jasmine tea began to be commercialized, and a large number of cultural relics recorded the scented tea of the Ming Dynasty. From the choice of raw materials to the practice of scented tea, the steps are meticulous and mature.