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Narcissus allegory, Narcissus allegory is what

Senior agronomist

Narcissus symbolizes pure love.

In the West, the translation of Narcissus is "Love Shadow Flower", the language of the flower is chaste love, and by extension is the introspection of the sincerity of love.

Daffodils in the living room, can make people feel peaceful, cozy.

In China, it is also listed as one of the "four friends" in the snow with plum blossoms, camellias and spring flowers.

Not only that, in some parts of China, people also use daffodils to celebrate the New Year, as the annual flower of "the year of the clear offerings".

Legend of Narcissus

Legend 1: Greek mythology, there is a boy called Nagasus, born with a prophecy, he can live as long as he does not see his own face, the child grew up handsome and beautiful, many girls fell in love with her, but he was cold to them, the suitors were angry and asked the gods to punish the arrogant people.

On one occasion, Nagasus, returning from hunting, looked into a clear spring and saw himself, and fell in love with his own image, and could not take his eyes off his face until he died at the spring.

In this way a flower ---- daffodil grew in the same place where he died.

Legend 2: Legend has it that there is a beautiful and sex scrupulously strong girl, the Dragon King of the East China Sea to marry her as a concubine, she to death, the Dragon King will be imprisoned in the Lotus Bush, leaving only a stream of clear water, over time, she finally turned into a graceful Narcissus flower.

The legend says that the world called the daffodil the "Fairy of the Waves".