The flower language and legend of Heron

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The flower language of herons

The legend of Heron

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Heron grass is also called heron orchid, and the flowers blooming on heron grass are called egret flowers, so named because they look like flying egrets. It originates from Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, but the most famous one is the Japanese heron, and there is a beautiful legend about the Japanese heron.

The flower language of herons

The flower language of Heron

Mystery, persistence, longing, and belief.

The legend of Heron

According to legend , during the war period in Japanese history, various places were divided into separate states. Yoriyasu Kira was the Lord of Setagaya Castle at that time, and naturally ruled the Tokyo area. As a ruler, Yoriyasu Kira naturally had many wives and concubines, but his favorite was Tokiwa-hime. Tokiwahime is a peerless beauty with the appearance of a wild goose shying away from flowers, so she often dominates Yoriyasu Kira's favor. However, women's jealousy is a terrible thing, and the neglected wives and concubines naturally hate Tokiwa-hime.

Later, Tokiwahime became pregnant, and her disgraced concubines spread rumors that Tokiwahime was having an affair with a man. Yoriyasu Kira didn't take it seriously at first, but as time went by, the rumors gradually grew bigger and bigger in Yoriyasu Kira's heart. In the end, Kira began to neglect Tokiwahime and even relegated her to the cold palace.

From being pampered by thousands of people to falling under the quilt of tiger falling in Pingyang Dog bullying, Tokiwaji's experiences from heaven to earth gradually made her depressed, and she finally chose to die to prove her innocence. Before committing suicide, she wrote a suicide note stating her innocence and tied the letter to the egret's foot, hoping that the egret would bring the letter to her father to inform her of her innocence.

As a result, this egret met Yoriyasu Kira who was hunting, and he shot the egret down with one arrow. Seeing the letter on the egret's feet, he opened it and saw that it was a suicide note written by Tokiwahime who had been thrown into the cold palace by him. Kira hurried back to the rescue, but only saw the long-dead Tokiwahime and a baby. Only then did Kira realize that what he had lost was his favorite concubine and his own son, and he was extremely sad...

The next year, the place where the egret died bloomed like never before. The small white flowers that bloomed resembled a flying egret, so they were named heron grass to commemorate the egret that died to prove Tokiwahime's innocence.

Later, this flower was introduced to our country, and some people also called it the egret flower.

The legend of Heron

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