Easter is an important festival in western countries. It is a special day for Christians. Christians use the resurrection egg as a metaphor for 'the beginning of a new life', symbolizing 'the resurrection of Jesus and his coming out of the stone tomb'. Do you know the meaning of Easter eggs?
In the 12th century, people added eggs to Easter celebrations. The eggs were mostly painted red and colorful. So it is generally called 'Easter egg', also known as the Easter egg.
The original symbolic meaning of the egg is spring, the beginning of a new life. In Christianity, it is used to symbolize the resurrection of Jesus and his coming out of the stone tomb.
The use of eggs to symbolize the resurrection of life was popular before the birth of Jesus Christ. Western Europeans believe that eggs have two lives, the first is' new life ', the second is' rebirth'. Rebirth is a symbol of resurrection.
Since the 15th century, in order to commemorate the precious blood of Jesus Christ, Christians have dyed the eggs red and asked the priests to celebrate Easter. At the same time, they have also given them as gifts to friends. This is the earliest origin of sending colored eggs. After that, it gradually began to be colored and became the most important symbolic food in Easter, which means the beginning and continuation of life. Now, Easter eggs have developed in various forms, especially all kinds of color paintings, including not only biblical stories, but also landscape figures and animals, as well as modern Impressionist paintings.
In many Western Christian countries, on Easter day, children play the game of "looking for eggs". There are often some small gifts hidden in the eggs found, which excites the children who find eggs. Therefore, eggs are the most typical symbol of Easter, representing surprise and another mystery. In addition to eggs, there is bread, which symbolizes that Jesus is the 'living food of eternal life'. The bread has the words of Jesus Christ, or the cross, or the design of the lamb.
There are many different legends about the origin of the resurrection egg. The first one is that the Virgin Mary suddenly saw two people in dazzling clothes standing beside her in tears. After she came home, she painted the scene on many eggs and sent it to the disciples of Jesus. The disciples spread the message with pigeons.
The second legend is that Saint de fan was stoned to death by the enemy. People left him in memory.
The third legend is that the man who carried the cross for Jesus was an egg salesman. One day, he saw that there were many beautiful colored easter eggs in the basket, so he sent them to people with the good news.
The most famous is the Russian Royal Easter egg. The first Russian Royal Easter egg was born in 1885. In order to win the favor of the queen married from Denmark, Alexander III, the tsar, specially ordered an exquisite colored egg from the Faberge craft production company, a jewelry design company. As an Easter gift to the queen, the first Royal Easter egg was born. Since then, the custom-made eggs have become the annual Easter activities of the Russian royal family until the fall of the Romanov Dynasty in 1917. So far, there should be about 56 Royal eggs made by Faberge craft, 11 of which have been lost. At present, Forbes, the authoritative magazine of American finance and economics, which has the most Royal Easter eggs, has 12. In addition, the Kremlin Military Museum has 10 collections.