The olive branch symbolizes peace.

Why did the olive branch and the dove become symbols of world peace?

This originates from an ancient myth: In ancient times, God, who controls the destiny of mankind, thought that the morality of the world was corrupt and was very angry. He decided to send a flood to destroy them all. However, after examination, it was proved that he was the only The good Noah couple can be saved. To this end, God sent a messenger to inform Noah and his wife to prepare a large square wooden boat, and select a pair from various birds and beasts to bring on board to avoid disaster. This is the well-known story of the flood and Noah's Ark. Later, when the flood that devoured everything gradually subsided, Noah sent a dove out of the ship to find out whether the flood had receded. The dove flew back to the Ark with a green olive branch in its mouth to announce the good news: the floods have receded, days of peace are coming, and life in the world has begun a new turn!

This legend is recorded in the "Bible", but from the publication of this book before the Christian era until the birth of the dove pattern with an olive branch in its mouth in the 17th century, it has gone through a continuous process of improvement. In the European religious reform movement that arose in Germany in the 16th century, the dove became the incarnation of the Holy Spirit. The Protestant Lucas said: "While Jesus was praying, suddenly the door of heaven opened, and the Holy Spirit turned into a dove and flew down towards him." In a work by Dürer, the most important German oil painter and printmaker during the Renaissance, , there is also a white dove as the incarnation of the Holy Spirit on the head of the Virgin Mary, which is a close connection between Dürer and those around Martin Luther, the leader of the Reformation. In his paintings of the same period, the dove symbolizing destiny often appeared on Martin Luther's head. In the 1720s, an international war broke out in Europe with Germany as the main battlefield. The 30-year war caused unprecedented serious damage to Germany's social economy. The disaster-stricken people yearned for a peaceful life and discovered that the so-called Protestantism, The old religious war was just an excuse for the rulers to launch war. Thus, the dove, the carrier of the Holy Spirit, began to act as a messenger of peace. At that time, various free cities in the German Empire issued a set of commemorative coins. The pattern is a dove with an olive branch in its mouth, and the inscription "Holy Dove Blesses Peace" is engraved underneath. Since then, the olive branch and the dove have become a world-recognized symbol of peace. Of course, this is only in a religious sense. In the late 18th century, the famous German playwright and poet Schiller further introduced this symbol from religion to politics. In the prologue of his masterpiece "Les d'Orléans", he asked France's national heroine Joan of Arc to solemnly declare: "A miracle will occur - the white dove will take off, and she will go to hundreds of hundreds of people to ravage our motherland with the courage of an eagle. "The vulture!" This is a dove that adds a new meaning that peace needs to be fought for and maintained, and is no longer a holy dove without resistance