Lavender is a kind of fragrant purple-blue floret, also known as "quiet perfume plant" and "after fragrant vanilla". Lavender in Labiatae is a perennial semi-shrub. Leaves, flowers and stems are covered with oil glands, and the top of flowers is the extraction site. The refined essential oil has excellent quality and elegant and fragrant smell. After drying, the plant has a strong aroma and is known as the "king of spices". The most famous story of lavender essential oil is that Gattefosse, a chemist in French perfume city, accidentally burned his hand in an experiment and found that the wound healed quickly. This magical effect aroused his interest in studying the function of lavender and published his first book, Aromatherapy. During World War I, some European military doctors treated soldiers' wounds with lavender. Earlier 16 * * * Europeans used lavender as an aphrodisiac formula, which was the best enjoyment of European nobles. Alpine girls like to put lavender under their lover's pillow. According to legend, this custom is to expect her lover to be full of romantic feelings. In addition, newlyweds always put dried lavender bouquets under the mattress, which is said to be the expectation of sweet marriage and eternal love. Another famous folklore is that in medieval Europe, a beautiful girl accidentally saved a handsome knight, and they gradually became lovers and eloped together. However, on the eve of elopement, an elderly aunt of the girl gave her a bunch of lavender. The next day, her knight lover was forced to reveal his true colors by lavender bundles. It turned out that he was a human figure transformed by the devil and disappeared after seeing lavender, so lavender is also considered to have the function of eliminating disasters and exorcising evil spirits. The legendary lavender always gives people more feelings of love and romance. Therefore, the common romantic flower language in lavender world is-waiting for love. The earliest understanding and utilization of lavender is almost as long as the history of human civilization, and it has been used for 2500 years. * * * * period has been widely planted in Europe. At that time, lavender was regarded as a medicinal material, aromatherapy agent and an important raw material for making perfume, and it was considered to have a magical effect on treating migraine. 17 * * * When the Black Death prevailed in Europe, everyone wore a bunch of lavender on their wrists to avoid this deadly disease; There is a small town in Britain-Burklesborough, which was the lavender trade center at that time. Because the air in the town has been filled with the fragrance of lavender, the town miraculously avoided the infection and prevalence of the Black Death. Now in Australia, it is very common for hospitals to replace chemical disinfection water with essential oils extracted from aromatic plants. Lavender is officially recognized as the first choice for treating insomnia and headache in Germany. In recent years, people began to attach great importance to the bactericidal and bacteriostatic effects of lavender and other aromatic plants and their extracts, and began to conduct in-depth research. Lavender originated in the southern foothills of the Alps in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe and is mainly cultivated in France, Italy, Britain, Bulgaria and other countries. Yili Valley in Xinjiang is 43 49'-43 63' north latitude and 865 438+0 25'-865 438+0 365 438+0' east longitude. 640-7 10 meters above sea level. Because of its climatic conditions and soil environment similar to the origin of lavender, wild lavender has been in Yili River Valley for thousands of years. At present, it has become the largest lavender planting base in China, accounting for 95% of the total output in China. It is also one of the main lavender producing areas in the world, and is known as "the hometown of lavender in China". The abundant rain, pure air, closed original ecology and plant growth environment in the biosphere in Yili River Valley make lavender have excellent quality and elegant smell. It plays an increasingly important role in the international lavender market. In China, the most popular story is the story of Princess You Jie and Lavender who married Wusunguo in the western regions ... As early as the Han Dynasty (about the beginning of the first century BC), the Ili grassland in vast expanse was filled with distant Leng Xiang, and purple lavender blossomed everywhere. It is said that Princess You Jie was not suitable for nomadic life when she first arrived in the grassland. She was unhappy and sad all day long. Later, the fragrance and beauty of wild lavender made Princess Han gradually open, on both sides of her tent. Soldiers walked to the horse's head, hoping for peace and victory. People put them in tents to ward off evil spirits and avoid bad luck ... Since then, lavender has accompanied Princess You Jie to stay in the western regions for more than half a year, which has achieved the prosperity and long-term stability of Wusun country and brought long-term harmony to the western regions and the Han Dynasty. Princess You Jie is regarded as the "mother of the country" in the Western Regions. She emerged from the cocoon, and her gorgeous and legendary life had a profound influence on the history of China, and she was selected as one of the 100 women who influenced the history of China. The indissoluble bond between Princess You Jie and lavender has made the world worry-free for a hundred years. In order to commemorate the indissoluble bond between Princess You Jie and lavender, later generations called lavender "the grass to relieve worries". Now, in Yili, Xinjiang, the hometown where Princess You Jie married Wusun, a group of "Princess You Jie" with purple dreams are engaged in this romantic, beautiful and fragrant cause. After Chairman Wang Li founded the famous brand "Osman" in Xinjiang, they are making the lavender brand "Princess You Jie" that can be remembered by the world. In Provence, France, it is one of the hometown of lavender (the other is Furano in Hokkaido, Japan), and there is a love story about lavender ... It is said that there is a girl in the village of Provence, picking flowers in bud on a cold mountain alone, but she meets an injured traveler from afar. As soon as the girl saw this young man, her whole heart was captured by his elegant smile! So the girl invited him home, regardless of family opposition, and insisted on taking care of him until he recovered. After a few days, the traveler's injury has healed, but their love affair has spread rapidly and has reached the point of inseparable. One day soon, the young traveler said goodbye to the girl, but the girl who was in love insisted on leaving with the youth. Although her relatives tried their best to keep her, she still insisted on going to her hometown full of roses with her youth! Just before the girl left, the old lady in the village gave her a bunch of lavender to test the sincerity of the young traveler, because ... it is said that the fragrance of lavender can make unclean things appear ... Just as the traveler was holding her hand and preparing for a long trip, the girl threw the lavender hidden in her coat on the young man. Unexpectedly, the young man gave off a purple smoke and disappeared with the wind! In the valley, the girl seems to vaguely hear the young people's hearty laughter. In this way, the girl was left alone ... before long, the girl disappeared. Some people think that she turned into a light smoke and disappeared into the valley like that young man. Others say that she followed the scent of roses to find youth ... Anyway, the legend of lavender has been handed down. So until now, lavender is still regarded as one of the important tools to drive away unclean things and incense.