An old legend says that on the first day of March , the beautiful spring , coming out of the forest saw the risen one snowdrop under the snow . Impressed as he wanted to help him out of the snow and giving dry and thorny branches they cover. Old Winter was so enraged , that he called toxic substances and storm damage to delicate and feeble flower. Spring flower covered with her hands and so feeble was injured because of thorns , from seeping into her finger a drop of warm blood over snowdrop , bringing it to life so . Spring beat the winter, and red blood on white snow and it is Martisorului cord colors with snowdrop herald spring . Thus Martisor became the symbol of spring .