Why send flowers and chocolates on Valentine's Day?

Why send chocolates on Valentine's Day? This goes back to the origin of Valentine's Day. Legend has it that Valentine's Day originated from the faun festival in ancient Rome, and it is said that birds began to mate on this day. It was the custom at that time that every young man drew lots from a box, and there was a note in the box with the name of a young woman written on it. Whoever drew the lot became the young man's sweetheart. Later, the festival was changed to commemorate a Christian saint named Valentine.

Saint Valentine, a young Christian missionary in ancient Rome, ventured to spread Christianity and was arrested and imprisoned. He touched the old jailer and his blind daughter and got their careful care. Before he was executed, Saint Valentine wrote a letter to the girl, expressing his deep affection for her. On the day when he was executed, the blind girl planted an apricot tree with red flowers in front of his grave to express her feelings. This day is 14 February.

Now, on Valentine's Day, many young men also make postcards of courting St. Valentine into exquisite handicrafts and cut them into butterflies and flowers to express their deep affection for their lovers. The way for men and women to express their love is generally that boys send their sweethearts a red rose and girls send their sweethearts a box of heart-shaped chocolates.

In fact, the most popular saying is that chocolate tastes like love. Sweet and bitter are mixed. You can enjoy the pleasure of melting as soon as you eat it, just like lovers' whispers, warm and sweet. In addition, after eating chocolate, it can replenish physical strength and make people excited, which also entrusts the giver with good wishes for his lover. May love be as sweet as this chocolate and his lover be healthy and happy.

What is a white day?

Valentine's Day and white day originated in Rome in the 3rd century. /kloc-in February of 0/4, the Roman emperor saved a pair of lovers who were sentenced to death for violating the prohibition of love and marriage. The Roman emperor established Valentine's Day to commemorate this day. A month later, in March of 14, the rescued lovers vowed that their relationship would last until death, so they were named White Day to commemorate this day. This festival originated in Europe and later spread to other parts of the world.

In Japanese folklore, February 14 was originally a day for girls to plead with boys. Girls give lovers gifts to boys, but in the end it is no longer each other's business. It doesn't matter who gives gifts on Valentine's Day now.

Now, "white day" has become very popular in Japan, Taiwan Province Province and other places. In Japan, if one party receives a lover's gift from the opposite sex in February of 14 to express love and has the same affection or affection for the other party, then the lover's gift will be returned to the other party in March of 14, that is to say, this year, they have been soul mates.