Why can’t you give gardenias as a gift?

The reason why you cannot give gardenias as a gift is because the language of flowers is separation and farewell.

Gardenia, also known as yellow gardenia, is a common flower commonly used in courtyards, potted plants and flower arrangements.

However, in traditional Chinese culture, giving away gardenias is an unlucky act and is believed to bring bad luck and misfortune.

The flower language of gardenia is farewell, so in traditional Chinese culture, gardenia is regarded as a flower with the meaning of sadness and separation.

If you send gardenias to others, they may be misunderstood as carrying negative emotions, making people feel uncomfortable and frustrated, and even affecting people's mood and mood.

Gardenia is also regarded as an evil spirit in traditional Chinese culture and is believed to bring bad luck and misfortune.

This is because gardenia was widely used in funerals and sacrificial activities in ancient times, and was believed to have the effect of exorcising ghosts and warding off evil spirits.

Therefore, giving away gardenias is considered an ominous and unlucky act, and can easily cause people to panic and doubt.

Taboos on sending flowers 1. Don’t send flowers and plants with special meanings.

If you have a lot of bonsais planted at home, those with special meanings should never be given away to others.

Such as various chrysanthemums. This chrysanthemum has the same pronunciation as Ju, and Ju means bowing. In daily life, people usually bow to the deceased and the departed.

2. Don’t send flowers and plants that are ambiguous and taboo. Some flower names are ambiguous and have ominous meanings and omens. For example, white orchid is a homophonic pronunciation of Bai Di, which is very unlucky.

For example, in rural areas, fusang is homophonic with mourning, so it is a very taboo flower name for people.

The word "Zhong" in an upside-down golden bell is homophonic with the word "end". If you give an upside-down golden bell to someone else, it means farewell, which is taboo.

3. Never send flowers that are toxic and have sharp thorns. There are also many flowers and plants with toxic sap, such as poinsettia, tuberose, hyacinth, mimosa, daffodils, lily of the valley, dripping Guanyin, pothos, and water chestnuts.

Lotus, oleander, etc. are all very toxic.