Why do the people of Bulgaria celebrate Rose Day?

June 2, in Kazanlek, Bulgaria, the newly elected "Rose Queen" (front row, center) and local flower farmers *** to celebrate the Rose Festival. Bulgaria's prestigious Rose Festival on the 2nd in the "Rose Capital" Kazanlek into the climax. Kazanlek is about 200 kilometers from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is located in the southern foothills of the Balkan Mountains in the center of a long and narrow valley, the valley is famous for planting roses. Bulgaria has a history of over 300 years of rose oil production. In order to preserve the tradition of rose oil production, Bulgaria has designated the first Sunday of June as "Rose Day" since the late 1960s. Every rose harvest season, located in the southern foothills of the Balkan Mountains, Kazanlak region will celebrate the "Rose Festival".

The "Valley of Roses" is Bulgaria's main rose production area, accounting for a quarter of the country's production of rose oil and enjoying an international reputation. Bulgaria has a 300-year history of refining rose oil. Two and a half tons of rose petals can be refined one kilogram of rose oil. Rose oil is not only used in cosmetics, food and spice industry, but also has high medicinal value. Bulgaria, known as the "State of Roses", is often referred to as the "King of Flowers" and honored as the national flower. The first Sunday in June every year, planting rose farmers are to hold a grand celebration with national characteristics, *** wish rose harvest. Bulgaria to this annual traditional celebration as "Rose Festival".

The day of the festival coincided with the early summer season, people from all directions to the majestic southern foothills of the Balkan Mountains, more than 100 kilometers of the narrow strip (commonly known as the "Rose Valley"), performing national songs and dances and masquerade dances. A helicopter hovers over the square where people gather, throwing flower petals and spraying perfume in a mesmerizing manner. After the plane landed, there is a dress up rose merchant out of the cabin, shoulder bag, constantly waving to the people, expressed congratulations on the holiday, indicating that he will be Bulgaria's specialty rose oil transported to all parts of the world. Hospitable rose farmers invited guests to dance with the "Holo Dance", the beautiful and handsome "rose girl" to the guests to offer a garland of flowers, said welcome, a group of head masks, wearing strange costumes, waist tie many copper bells of the "old man" also jumped up and down the dance,

The crisp and pleasant sound of copper bells coupled with the peculiar magic of the dance, a symbol of the flower growers to chase away the evil and pray to God to bless the rose harvest of the wish. The dance symbolizes the farmers' desire to drive away evil and pray for God's blessing on the rose harvest. It is said that such Rose Festival celebrations take place in all the villages and towns of the Rose Valley in turn, and last for about a week before and after.