{"id":6508,"date":"2024-05-12T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/la-fleur-de-lys-quebecoise\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T08:49:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:49:25","slug":"the-quebec-fleur-de-lys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/the-quebec-fleur-de-lys\/","title":{"rendered":"The quebec &#8221;fleur de lys&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6508\" class=\"elementor elementor-6508 elementor-6498\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30a618b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30a618b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-656b0f3\" data-id=\"656b0f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap--656b0f3 elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5116b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5116b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every Quebecer recognises the importance of the <em>Fleurdelis\u00e9<\/em> (<em>Fleur de Lys<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Quebec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provincial flag<\/a>. The <em>Fleur de Lys<\/em>, literaly translated as : The Lily Flower, became the symbol for Quebec and its population, a sign of belonging to a francophone culture in America. This symboly is, however, slightly misguided. It is not actually a lily flower, but and iris! What poor botanist is to blame for this mistake? Is it even really a mistake?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d7d0d0 gallery-cols--2 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"5d7d0d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6508 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"5d7d0d0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"flag quebec\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Flag of Qu\u00e9bec (Fleurdelis\u00e9)\nImage: CC Wikimedia Commons.en.\n\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjUwMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NreWZsZXVycy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjJcLzA1XC9mbGFnLXF1ZWJlYy5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1ZDdkMGQwIn0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flag-quebec.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flag-quebec.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Flag of Qu\u00e9bec (Fleurdelis\u00e9) Image: CC Wikimedia Commons.en.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flag-quebec.png 600w, https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flag-quebec-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6500'>\n\t\t\t\tFlag of Qu\u00e9bec (Fleurdelis\u00e9)\nImage: CC Wikimedia Commons.en.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"5d7d0d0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"iris-flower\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Flag of Qu\u00e9bec (Fleurdelis\u00e9)\nImage: CC Wikimedia Commons.en.\n\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjUwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NreWZsZXVycy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjJcLzA1XC9pcmlzLWZsb3dlci5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1ZDdkMGQwIn0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iris-flower.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iris-flower.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iris-flower.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iris-flower-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6502'>\n\t\t\t\tIris\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-765aa34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"765aa34\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f1891c\" data-id=\"8f1891c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap--8f1891c elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ccc574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ccc574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The history of the &#8220;Fleur de lys&#8221;<\/h3><p>In 1948, Maurice Duplessis announced the deployment of the first official Quebec flag (not Canadian) at the parlement. Inspired by the Carillon, a popular flag used by patriots a hundred years or so before, the Quebec &#8220;Fleur de Lys&#8221; readjusts the &#8220;lillies&#8221; that pointed towrds the white cross&#8217;s center. every element of this flag has a particular significance which changes with the years to reflect the population, constantly evolving.<\/p><p>First of all, the blue used to make this flag originally symbolised the Virgin Mary, Quebec being an officially catholic and pious nation in those days. Nowadays, the shade of blue darkened to <em>royal blue<\/em>, which holds a more historic symbolism, to represent the coat of arms of the French kings that ruled of <em>La Nouvelle-France<\/em> or New France. The white cross has a similar history, representing christianism at its very beginning, and is now more of a reminder of the flag the Kingdom of France waved as it concquered New France.<\/p><p>Finaly, the <em>lilies<\/em> represent the French royalty, who adopted its symbolism more than a thousand years ago. In fact, one of the first representation of the <em>fleur de lys<\/em> in association with French royalty was on Clovis the First&#8217;s flag, who is considered the first king of France (507 a.c.e). This golden <em>lily<\/em> is an stylised adaptation of the yellow irises that grew on the banks f the Lys River, in Beligum, which used to be a part of the Kingdom of France. This flower comes from Lys, which makes a <em>flower from Lys<\/em>, which, in French also means the Lily flower.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Quebecer recognises the importance of the Fleurdelis\u00e9 (Fleur de Lys), the provincial flag. The Fleur de Lys, literaly translated as : The Lily Flower, became the symbol for Quebec and its population, a sign of belonging to a francophone culture in America. This symboly is, however, slightly misguided. It is not actually a lily flower, but and iris! What poor botanist is to blame for this mistake? Is it even really a mistake?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-symbolism-of-flowers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyfleurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}