Tulip - Eternal Love

Florid: love, charity, fame, beauty, blessed, and eternal love.

Dutch believe that tulip is the most beautiful flower, so they choose it as the national flower. Women in Western Europe also love tulip particularly. In the Netherlands, there is a romantic story about tulip. It is said that there is a beautiful girl who is just like fairy, and the girl is loved by three warriors at the same time. The three warriors present their crown, sword, and gold to marry her. The girl can not bear to hurt the heart of any one warrior, thus turning to god to change her into a tulip. Because of that, in Europe, the flower of tulip symbolizes the crown; the blade symbolizes the sword; and the bulb symbolizes the gold. Therefore, in each yea’s Valentine’s Day, to express their love, boys and girls also choose tulips except roses.

Meaning

By color
Red tulip – represents that I love you
Purple tulip - represents undying love
Yellow tulip- represents love without hope.
White tulip- represents the failure in love;
Black tulip – represents chivalry (or the melancholy of love )

In Europe’s novels and poetries, tulip is also considered as a symbol of victory and goodness; Moreover, it represents beauty and elegancy.

By Number

1 - ONLY YOU!
9 - ALWAYS!
11 – the greatest love; only caring about you
13 - You are my unrequited love
99 - FOREVER!
100 - 100% LOVE!
101 – the greatest love
365 – miss you every day
999 - forever
1001 – forever and ever

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