Hello! Do you know the Japanese animation "Inuyasha," a nostalgic animation that was also popular in Korea? The Japanese name for Kikyo, the shaman who was Kagome's past life and the first love of the protagonist Inuyasha, is "Kikyō," which means "bellflower." The flower language of the bellflower is said to be **"unchanging love, eternal love."** It's a meaning that suits the character Kikyo well.

So, are you interested in bellflowers? Let's learn more about them.

Bellflowers belong to the Campanulaceae family and are distributed in Korea, Japan, China, and other countries. It is a flower that can be easily found in mountains and fields across the country. The flowers are purple and white. Do you know that the flowers are beautiful but the roots are very bitter? Because bellflower is one of the foods that often appears in school meals, ordinary restaurants, and households.

From ancient times, bellflower roots have been used as food and medicine. Just like drinking bellflower juice when you have a cold, bellflower has a good effect on sore throats.

Do you remember the folk song, "Bellflower, bellflower, white bellflower, in the deep mountains, even if you dig up one or two white bellflowers, the big basket will be overflowing"? Actually, white bellflowers are quite rare. White bellflowers are called "white bellflowers," double bellflowers are called "double bellflowers," and double bellflowers with white flowers are called "white double bellflowers."

According to the bellflower legend, there is a story that a girl named Bellflower waited for a young man for a long time and her spirit turned into a bellflower. There is also a story that a brother and sister went to the mountains and both fell to their deaths and turned into bellflowers. Perhaps because of the first legend, the flower language of eternal love, unchanging love was created.

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