What doves symbolize

The dove is a symbol of peace, friendship, unity and holiness, and people use doves and olive branches to symbolize peace. "The logo of the International Year of Peace is an olive branch surrounded by hands flying a dove, which symbolizes peace and friendship.

Far back in ancient times, people saw the dove as a messenger of love, not peace. In ancient Babylon, for example, the dove was the bird of the goddess Ishtar, the goddess of love and fertility, and at the time, the maiden was known as the "dove of love".

The Biblical account of the dove is that Noah released a dove from the ark to find out if the flood waters had receded. God sent the dove back with an olive branch to show that there was still hope on earth.

Expanded Information

In November 1950, to commemorate the World Peace Conference held in Warsaw, Picasso was pleased to paint another dove with an olive branch. The famous Chilean poet Neruda called it the "dove of peace", and thus the dove was officially recognized as a symbol of peace.

The dove, as a messenger of peace, is also one of the essential characters in the world's major events. Like the Asian Games held in China in 1990 and the opening ceremony of the 25th Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and so on, there are tens of thousands of beautiful doves flying in the sky, symbolizing the people of our country and the world to aspire to peace, friendship and unity of the good wishes.

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