How many flowers are laid to the eternal. What flowers are customary to give to WWII participants?

Laying flowers on a grave or headstone is a ritual that we perform every time we visit a cemetery. The choice of colors should correctly reflect our attitude towards the deceased, how to do right choice, and is it necessary to do it at all?

Many of us often find it difficult to choose when choosing the right kind colors. This applies to both ordinary gifts and ritual customs. In the latter case, we think about choice less often, although there are simple rules- which flowers are for a grave, and which ones are for a living person.

Is it possible to leave a bright and festive bouquet at the grave? Wouldn’t choosing a restrained and modest composition be too “poor”? Choose fresh or artificial flowers? Bouquet, wreath or composition? How many flowers should there be in a bouquet? We ask ourselves these and other questions every time we make a purchase, and each time we choose what the previous buyer chose.

There is a simple rule: choose what your heart tells you. And yet, we will try to at least roughly understand the meaning of certain varieties of flowers.

Real or artificial flowers?

Here, most people tend to use common sense: if you are a city resident and visiting a grave loved one infrequently, then you should opt for artificial flowers. They will last much longer than a regular bouquet, but eventually the precipitation and sun will do their job. If you visit the cemetery on average once a season, we recommend purchasing one or more artificial bouquets, or combining them with a bouquet of fresh flowers. The main rule here is not to overdo it with colors. From a distance, the bright bouquet will be visible better, but up close it will clearly look tacky. Therefore, it is better to give preference to not too bright, natural colors.

Pay attention to bouquets with plastic bases that can be dug into the soil of the flower garden for greater stability. When buying a bouquet on a wire base, make sure that the depth of the soil in the flower garden will allow you to install the bouquet on the grave.

A small decorative wreath or basket will look original on the grave. Wreaths symbolize the unity of life, death, and immortality human soul. By placing a wreath on the grave, we express the hope that the soul of the deceased has left the body and rushed to the heavenly kingdom.

Both wreaths and baskets are standard or made to order. Don’t forget to check with the seller how the wreath or basket can be attached to the flower garden or monument.

IN Lately Compositions of artificial flowers installed on a monument, usually horizontal, are becoming popular. This decoration option will contrast well with the stone and look beautiful from afar. It is attached to granite using an adhesive base.

The choice of fresh flowers should be made if a visit to the grave is dedicated to important date. By the way, it is not customary to bring a wreath to a grave on a birthday or death anniversary.

What do these or those flowers on the grave mean?

Traditionally, we place carnations, roses, chrysanthemums and, less commonly, lilies on the grave or in the coffin. The choice of rarer colors is not denied, but the following symbolism must be taken into account.

• Red roses mean passionate feelings, and are also a symbol of grief over an untimely or tragic death - due to the similarity with the color of blood.
• Pink roses - symbol of friendship
• Yellow roses symbolize jealousy, their choice as a ritual decoration, in our opinion, is rather doubtful
• White Rose symbolize purity and youth
• Red carnations- attractiveness (in our country these are the flowers placed on military memorials)
• Pink carnations- Gratitude
• White carnations- memories
• Poppy has always been considered a flower of consolation
• Calla lilies- denote marriage bonds and marital fidelity
• Sunflower- Same rare view on the grave, however, is relevant as a sign of admiration and worship
• Peony- symbol of healing
• Zinnia- symbol of friendship
• Daisies- innocence
• Gladioli- strength of character
• Orchid- tenderness and beauty

Of course, in all this there is a certain convention or even light fiction. If in your memories of the person who passed away you imagine a field of daisies, place a bouquet of fresh daisies on the grave. If your emotions require a bouquet Red roses, do just that, because only your heart can tell you the right choice of colors.

Flowers accompany most joyful and sad events in a person’s life and mark not only holidays and fun, but also those sorrowful moments when we say goodbye to last way someone close or dear to us. Flowers serve as an expression of respect and grief for the departed and emphasize the irreparable loss and pain that we experience when saying goodbye to a close relative or good friend. However, when faced with such moments in life, we sometimes get lost and don’t know how many flowers it is customary to bring to a funeral.

Traditions of Christianity and other religions

Everyone knows that people come to funerals with an even number of buds in the composition. Not knowing the history of this custom, we obey generally accepted rules and strictly adhere to them - we carry them to the funeral even number flowers, and we give the living an odd number of plants in a bouquet.

In the Christian religion, even numbers have always been associated with the ending life path, with death. Besides, fallen soldiers They always presented two flowers - one to the deceased, the second to God. All this influenced the formation of traditions that we adhere to today. But an odd number symbolizes the continuation of something, moving on.

It is permissible to bring not only two flowers. The composition can have up to eight buds, but an even number must be present. In this case, it is acceptable to bring a composition containing a larger number of colors, then the symbolism of the numbers will simply be lost. It makes no difference how many buds there are in a bouquet that contains more than twelve flowers.

However, other cultures have distinctive features, which are worth considering. In the West and in Europe, they give each other bouquets with an even number of flowers and do not see any bad connotations in this. And in Georgia, for example, they bring from three to seven flowers to funerals, but it is obligatory odd number.

In addition, we adopt traditions from each other, and this is inevitable. The USSR included republics in which people lived different nationalities and religions. And even now we live in a multinational country in which cultures different nations sometimes intertwined.

It's not surprising that you can sometimes see Muslim grave flowers or wreaths. Neither Muslims nor Jews welcome the decoration of graves. According to the laws of religion, it is necessary to take care of the living, not the dead, and spend money not on decorating graves, but on charity. If, nevertheless, a person unknowingly came to the funeral of a Muslim with flowers, then they can be placed on the edge of the grave.

Flowers for funerals

Experienced florists will tell you what types of flora and how many flowers you can bring to a funeral. The funeral composition has a black or red ribbon with words of condolences and respect for the deceased. The color scheme is not very diverse, the color of the petals is muted and the presence of greenery is mandatory:

• It is customary for men to buy red shades of petals for a funeral if it is a close relative, but for acquaintances and friends white, yellow, purple shades– these can be roses, carnations, callas, gladioli;
• women prefer pink or white tones of roses, lilies, calla lilies, violets and orchids;
• Children are brought to funerals mainly with white flowers as a symbol of purity and innocence; pink petals are acceptable for unmarried girls, flowers are chosen with buds that are not fully open.

How older man, the more saturated the color of the petals can be. Thus, red roses can be replaced with maroon ones as a symbol of blood relationship and tribute oldest person in family. Multi-colored compositions are not used at funerals; all plants must be kept in the same color. For an adult, buds are chosen that are fully blossomed.

Tribute to memory

There are certain rules for presenting flowers and observing traditions at the cemetery:

• Flowers brought to a funeral must be taken to the cemetery; they should not be left at home or on the road on the way to the cemetery.
• Fresh flowers are placed in the coffin when it is open, but before closing, the flowers are taken out and placed on top of the coffin lid, then they are laid on the grave with the buds facing the cross.
• It is not customary to remove flowers from a grave earlier than forty days, so you can ask the florist to treat the plants with a special composition that protects the flowers from quickly withering.

How many flowers are brought to the funeral and what kind of plants they will be can be decided at the flower shop, but it is worth remembering that the arrangement should not have packaging. Flowers for funerals are not decorated, the only exception being a funeral ribbon.

There is a tradition of presenting artificial flowers at funerals. They keep theirs longer appearance and color without requiring special care. Today, a variety of materials are used, using which craftsmen sometimes achieve amazing similarities between real and artificial flowers.

As a rule, such flowers are used to form wreaths. The wreath is a symbol of infinity and life cycle, as it has a round or oval shape. Imitation of greenery is also used to make them. Funeral wreaths intertwine mourning ribbons with words of grief and sadness.

recalculate.

As far as I know, such a tradition exists only in countries former USSR. In other parts of Europe they don’t worry about this... How shocked my sister was when she was given 4 flowers for her birthday in Germany :)

even means completed, odd means unfinished) there are also thoughts that 2 flowers on the grave, this is 1 flower for the deceased, and 1 for God, so that the deceased is received there like a boy) Krch... I don’t believe in anything) it’s just traditions)

The tradition of “giving” even or odd numbers at funerals comes from the understanding of Death in culture. If this is the end, then it's even. If - the beginning, as in China or Japan - then maybe it’s odd or for them it doesn’t matter at all. Although, in principle, this is not necessary for Christians. By the way, the tradition of giving an odd number of flowers appeared only in Soviet time. This is, of course, a conditional division. And it’s only relevant up to a dozen. Florists have a rule - if there are 12 or more flowers in a bouquet, then their number does not matter. Indeed, who, for example, counted the stems in a bouquet of wildflowers?


it's more like a superstition :)
An odd number of flowers gives the bouquet a positive vital energy and harmony. In the language of flowers and numbers, there is a secret meaning. So you have to be careful
1 flower You are all I have!
3 flowers I want to go with you to the ends of the world.
5 flowers I love you!
7 flowers are traditionally given on the day of engagement.
9 flowers I respect you as a friend.
10 flowers I want to do something for you.
11 flowers You are my friend.
12 flowers It’s difficult for us, but I think everything will be fine.
13 flowers I hate and despise you!
14 flowers You are all I have!
15 flowers You deserve my gratitude and respect.

or just
1 flower - a sign of attention
3 flowers - a sign of respect
5 flowers - a sign of recognition
7 flowers - a sign of adoration
9 flowers - means “I am at your feet.”

How much you bring - everything is fine... ;)
if for veterans, then odd is better. they are still alive. :)
if to the monument - even, in theory...

There is an opinion that odd numbers are characterized by instability and movement, that is, they symbolize life, living matter. And even numbers mean stability and peace, that is, dead matter.
This is, of course, a conditional division. And it’s only relevant up to a dozen. Florists have a rule - if there are 12 or more flowers in a bouquet, then their number does not matter.
The famous “million red roses” is, of course, an even number. But you shouldn’t worry about this, because florists are sure: if there are more than 10 flowers in a bouquet, it doesn’t matter at all whether their number is even or odd.

Para un nepara skaitli.. what the heck..))

• This is an erroneous statement; there are also four-star cognacs.

  There is the following classification of cognacs: - Ordinary. This type of cognac has an aging period of 3-5 years. Cognac with three stars has a strength of 40% of the total volume. The color is light straw with an aroma characteristic of such young cognacs. It has a pleasant taste. Cognac with 4 stars is made from alcohols with an age of at least 4, its strength is 41%. The color is also light straw, the taste and aroma are weakly expressed, but with a pleasant tint. Cognac with 5 stars is created from spirits aged five years, strength 42%. The taste of this category of cognacs is perfectly seasoned, pleasant in tone. Five stars give the most the best brands ordinary cognacs. - Vintage cognacs. Made from alcohols aged for more than six years. These cognacs are divided into groups: aged cognacs with a aging period of 6-7 years and a strength of 42%; aged cognacs highest quality with a period of 8-10 years and a strength of 43-45%; old cognacs with an aging period of 10 years or more, with a strength of 40-57%.

Dear colleagues, a great date for all of us is approaching - May 9, Victory Day. Many schools will hold rallies and lay flowers at monuments. I offer you a scenario for laying flowers at the monument. I really hope that the script created by our activists will help you in holding special events.

Students dressed in the uniforms of different branches of the Red Army (pilot, sailor, tankman, infantryman) from the Great Patriotic War are holding in their hands a Garland of Glory, woven from fir and tied with a St. George ribbon. Along the edges of them, school activists lined up like a living “corridor”, dressed in modern military uniforms. The guys making up the “corridor” stretched from both sides St. George Ribbon meter wide (can be sewn from black and orange fabric).

Music sounds (Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 3)

1 presenter: The chronicle of the national feat accomplished in the name of protecting our Fatherland is great.

2 presenter: Having said goodbye to the past century, we will never say goodbye to it. tragic events, which became for future centuries lessons of grief and memory, courage and love of humanity, the triumph of peace and justice over cruelty.

1 presenter: 70 years ago the last shots of a difficult, tragic war rang out, but the wounds in human hearts do not heal...

2 presenter: Our long-suffering land was washed with streams of blood and fire for four endless years.

1 presenter: Rally dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory Soviet people in Great Patriotic War and the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Krasnodar from the fascist invaders, let us consider it open.

The Russian anthem plays.

2 presenter: Today we celebrate a special date - Victory Day! Our country 1418 days and nights forged Victory. And now this day has come. Tears of grief and joy. VICTORY!

1 presenter: We, Kuban residents, have something to be proud of. Cossacks of the 17th Cavalry Corps.

2 presenter: The sailors under the command of Major W.A. Kunikova.

1 presenter: Partisan units"Nordost", "Thunderstorm", "New", "Hawk"

2 presenter: Pilots A.I. Pokryshkin, brothers D.B. And B.B. Glinka, F.I. Fadeev.

1 presenter: 46th Guards Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree night bomber aviation regiment "Night Witches".

2 presenter: Lay wreaths on the sea.

There is such a human custom -

In memory of the soldiers who died in the sea,

They lay wreaths on the sea.

Ten thousand standing skeletons

Without telling names or reasons,

Throwing back their heads towards the light,

They reach out to us, they are deep.

Lay wreaths on the sea.

2 presenter: Their vertebrae sway a little,

Shackled to the cemetery,

Nameless scary lilies of the valley.

Lay wreaths on the sea.

1 presenter: Lay wreaths on the sea

To the accompaniment of pipes, drums and sirens.

From jasmine, from roses, from lilac

Lay wreaths on the sea.

2 presenter: Place wreaths on the ground.

There are young men lying in it.

From lilac, from roses, from jasmine

Lay living wreaths.

1 presenter: Braid earthly flowers

Above the ground to the burnt out pilots.

You drank with them before the flight.

Place wreaths on the sky.

2 presenter: Let them stand in the sky, visible,

Despising the law of attraction,

Speaking to the coming generations:

1 presenter: The war spared neither children nor adults. Grief bent and twisted them. But they didn't give up. We survived. Both people and cities survived and rose from the ashes. Monument cities, Hero Cities.

The presenters call them Hero Cities. At the same time, 1 student comes out, in the left hand there is a lit lamp, and in the right hand there is a carnation, to which a red ribbon with the name of the Hero City is tied, and one by one they insert the carnations into the Garland of Glory, so that the ribbons with the name hang down. Having inserted their carnation, students stand in front of the guys holding a large St. George ribbon (corridor). The lamps are transferred to right hand, arm slightly bent at the elbow.

2 presenter: Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kyiv.

1 presenter: Minsk, Odessa, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk.

2 presenter: Kerch, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, Brest

1 presenter: Lay wreaths on Time,

In that eternal fire we burned out.

From jasmine, from white lilac

Place wreaths on the fire.

P. Makarov plays, Khotira (music for laying flowers). The presenters step aside. Students holding the Garland of Glory slowly bring the Garland to the monument, walking along a “corridor” of ribbon and lamps. Near the monument they kneel on their left knee and place the Garland of Glory. They turn left and leave. Next come veterans and students. The veterans have a basket with yellow roses and a black ribbon attached. On the ribbon there is the inscription “We remember!” Students have a basket with yellow roses and a black ribbon attached. The ribbon reads “We Appreciate!” Veterans and students place their baskets on either side of the Garland and stop. Students with lamps in formation approach the monument and, under the first beat of the metronome, place the lamps in one row in front of the garland at the same distance. They stop. All ceremony participants turn to face the monument.

Many people wonder: why do they put an even number of flowers on the grave and where did this tradition come from? There are several opinions on this matter:

1. Also in Ancient Rus' For fallen soldiers who defended their homeland from enemy invasion, two flowers were placed on the grave.
2. According to pagan belief, an even number is a symbol of evil and death. It’s not for nothing that they say “trouble does not come alone.” Perhaps this was the reason for the emergence of the custom of giving an odd number of flowers to the living, and an even number to the dead.
3. Many ancient cultures associated even numbers with completeness and completeness. In the case of a funeral, this may indicate the end of life. All odd numbers except 13 symbolized happiness, joy, movement and life.
4. The ancient Pythogoreans considered odd numbers to personify goodness, light and life, and unpaired numbers - death, grief, disappointment.
5. Two flowers are placed on the grave: one is intended for the deceased, and the second is for God or the guardian angel.
6. Some believe that an odd number of flowers is given to the living “up to a couple,” and since the person has died and thus becomes “married” to death, he is presented with an odd number.

Not in all countries is it customary to give people an unpaired number of flowers for their birthday or any other holiday. For example, in the USA, Europe and some eastern countries the birthday boy or hero of the day is presented with a bouquet with an odd number of flowers in the bouquet, without considering this something strange and frightening.

If there are more than ten flowers in the bouquet, then no attention is paid to their number (even or not).

Many people, going to a funeral, do not know which flowers are better to buy: fresh or artificial. Different ones are also placed on the grave. It all depends on a person's personal preferences. Of the fresh flowers, the following are considered mourning:

1. White chrysanthemums, which are often brought to deceased friends. This flower symbolizes openness, sincerity and friendship.
2. White lilies symbolizing purity. They are often placed on the graves of girls and young women.
3. Red carnations are appropriate on the grave of a person who was highly respected among his circle. These could be mentors, teachers and managers. These flowers express their respect. They are also placed at monuments dedicated to military actions.
4. Dark red roses are a symbol of sorrow and living blood. They are placed on the graves of tragically dead people.

There must be an even number of flowers in the bouquet. They need to be placed with the buds towards the head of the deceased.

Artificial flowers, rather than real ones, are much more popular. All because they for a long time retain their original appearance, but the living ones already wither and dry out on the second day, after which they look very untidy on the grave.

And in general, artificial flowers are traditionally considered mourning. You can decorate your grave with them at any time of the year. Today you can buy both a wreath and just a bouquet. It is worth remembering that wreaths are usually laid on the day of the funeral; it is not customary to bring them on the anniversary and birthday of the deceased.

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