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The idea of ??the picture: to show all the beauty and tenderness of incredible flowers - Poppy.
The sea of ??fire, on which the wind draws scarlet waves, is truly a spectacle of incredible beauty, painting the fields of Europe and Asia every year. At different times, among different peoples, this simple and at the same time magnificent flower was a multifaceted symbol, which could be interpreted differently depending on circumstances - but more often it still remained dual, like everything in the universe. Myths and legends were composed about him, he was used in medicine and dedicated to the gods. “Blind punch” and “weak head” are also about a poppy whose concentrated smell causes migraines and the color of the petals (especially in the sun) blinds you. However, the poppy, despite the stereotype of the "scarlet flower", is not necessarily red - there are pink, yellow, orange, white poppies, and the most amazing - blue - grows in the Himalayas.
Today, poppy is most often associated with unlimited freedom, a “fresh” mood and optimism striking over the edge - largely due to various print media, often publishing photos of cheerful people with an armful of red flowers or jumping over a poppy meadow .
Poppy is the Latin name for Pap?ver, a genus of herbaceous plants in the poppy family. Garden poppies are grown as ornamental plants.
Poppy flowers can be of the most varied color from white to dark red, non-double or double. The milky juice of poppies is called opium, which in Greek means poppy juice.
The sedative and analgesic properties of poppy were well known in antiquity. In ancient medical manuscripts, poppy juice is referred to as a drink that immerses a person in sleep during surgery. Homer wrote that Elena the Beautiful eased poppy juice the suffering of soldiers wounded during the Trojan War. Hippocrates said that poppy juice can serve as a nourishing and strengthening agent.
Poppy is also considered a flower of angels, as it is used to decorate churches on the day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit. Little children dressed as angels go that day in a procession in front of a priest carrying the Holy Gifts and showered poppy flowers in front of him.
