Beautiful article about lotus!

Lotus pond moonlight

I'm very upset these days. Sitting in the yard enjoying the cool tonight, I suddenly remembered the lotus pond I walked through every day. It should look different under the light of this full moon. The moon rises gradually, and the children's laughter on the road outside the wall can no longer be heard; My wife is patting and skipping in the room, humming a sleeping song in a daze. I slipped on a big shirt and ran out the door.

Along the lotus pond, there is a winding little cinder road. This is a secluded road; Few people walk during the day, and it is lonely at night. Around the lotus pond, there are many trees and lush. On one side of the road, there are some willows and some trees with unknown names. On a moonless night, the road is gloomy and a little scary. It's fine tonight, although the moonlight is still very weak.

I was the only one on the road, walking around with my hands behind my back. This world seems to be mine; I also like to go beyond my usual self and go to another world. I love excitement and peace; Like to live in groups, like to be alone. Just like tonight, under this boundless moon, a person thinks about everything and thinks nothing, and feels like a free person. What must be done and said during the day can be ignored now. This is the beauty of being alone, and I will enjoy the boundless moonlight with lotus fragrance.

On the winding lotus pond, I look forward to the leaves of Tian Tian. The leaves are high out of the water, like an elegant dancer's skirt. Layers of leaves are dotted with some white flowers, some of which bloom gracefully and some are in bud shyly; Like a pearl, like a star in the blue sky, like a beauty who just took a bath. The breeze blew, sending wisps of fragrance, like a faint song on a tall building in the distance. At this time, the leaves and flowers also trembled slightly, like lightning, passing through the lotus pond in an instant. The leaves are close side by side, so there are clear wave marks. Below the leaves is flowing water, which is covered and can't see some colors; Leaves are more exposed to the wind.

Moonlight, like running water, falls quietly on this leaf and flower. A thin layer of blue mist floats in the lotus pond. Leaves and flowers seem to have been washed in milk; Like a dream in a sarong. Although it is a full moon, there are faint clouds in the sky, so it can't shine; But I think this is just a benefit-deep sleep is indispensable, and nap is unique. Moonlight shines through the trees, and the bushes at the height cast uneven and mottled shadows, which are as steep as ghosts; The sparse shadows of curved willows seem to be painted on lotus leaves. The moonlight in the pond is uneven; But light and shadow have a harmonious melody, such as a famous song played in the Vatican.

Around the lotus pond, there are trees far and near, and willows are the most. These trees surround a lotus pond; Only on one side of the path, there are some gaps, which seem to be reserved for moonlight. An example of the color of trees is cloudy, which at first glance looks like a cloud of smoke; But the abundance of willows can be recognized in the smoke. There are distant mountains on the treetops, just a little careless. There are still one or two lamps leaking through the cracks in the tree. What is listless is the eyes of those who are sleepy. At this time, the most lively are cicadas in the tree and frogs in the water; But the excitement is theirs. I have nothing.

I suddenly remembered the matter of picking lotus. Lotus picking is an ancient custom in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems to have a long history, but it flourished in the Six Dynasties. You can get a rough idea from this poem. Lotus pickers are teenage girls, swinging boats and singing bright songs. Needless to say, there are many lotus pickers. It was a lively season and a romantic season. Emperor Liang Yuan put it well in "Lotus Picking Fu":

So the demon is a virgin, and she wants to boat; The snipe makes a first promise and passes the feather cup; I can move, algae can hang, boats can move and sail. Erqi slim waist bundle element, Yan Gubu; After long summer, in late spring, leaves are tender and flowers are early. I'm afraid of touching the petticoats and laughing, and I'm afraid of leaning over the boat and getting together.

It can be seen that there were wandering scenes at that time. This is really interesting, but unfortunately we are not happy now.

Then I remembered the words in Song of Xizhou:

Lotus is picked in autumn in Nantang, and the lotus is over the head; With his head down, he fiddled with the lotus seeds in the water, which were as green as the lake. If there are lotus pickers tonight, the lotus here will be considered "over the top"; You can't just see some shadows of running water. This makes me really miss Jiangnan. -think like this, suddenly look up and feel that it is already your own door; Gently pushed the door in, there was no sound, and my wife had slept for a long time.

July 1927, Beijing Tsinghua Campus.

Lotus, also known as lotus, hibiscus and lotus, is the most common perennial herb flower in Jiangnan water town. Lotus occupies an important position in the minds of China literati, and is called "the gentleman in the flower" because of its elegance. In the history of China literature, there are many literary forms and works related to lotus, and lotus can be found in poetry, prose, novels and other literary fields.

There is a poem in Li Sao, the masterpiece of Qu Yuan, the first poet in the ages: "Make lotus flowers as clothes, and pick hibiscus as clothes." In order to express his determination not to do as the Romans do, poets should wear clothes with rich fragrance made of lotus flowers. Here, the image of lotus not only symbolizes the poet's noble quality and graceful accomplishment, but also shows the poet's strong passion and fantastic imagination and the romantic characteristics of the immortal masterpiece Li Sao.

"Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaf Tian Tian. Fish are frolicking among the lotus leaves. Fish plays lotus leaf east, fish plays lotus leaf west, fish plays lotus leaf south and fish plays lotus leaf north. " This is a very fresh and beautiful poem in Yuefu folk songs in Han Dynasty. In this poem, "lotus" refers to both the real Hualien and the sympathetic homophonic word "pity". The love between men and women is vividly compared with a fish hitting a lotus leaf. With the beautiful water town in the south of the Yangtze River as the background, the hero and heroine who picked lotus rocked the boat and sang pure and beautiful love freely. What a fresh picture!

Xizhou Song, which represents the highest achievement of Yuefu folk songs in the Southern Dynasties, has a detailed description of lotus flowers and lotus picking: "Don't open the door, go out and pick red lotus flowers. Autumn, autumn Nantang, she is holding a lotus seed, and the lotus grows taller. With his head down, he fiddled with the lotus seeds in the water, which were as green as the lake. Hide lotus seeds in your sleeve. Lotus seeds are red and transparent. Recalling Mandy, I looked up at Hong Fei ... "The scene of picking lotus in this poem not only vividly shows the life of Jiangnan people, but also writes the heroine's deep yearning for her long-distance lover, with fresh and lively language, long artistic conception and lingering feelings.

"Lotus leaf skirt cut one color, hibiscus open two sides. I can't see it when I enter the pool. I feel someone coming when I hear the song. " In the poem "Lotus Picking Song" written by Wang Changling, the Seven Wonders of the Tang Dynasty, although the beauty of lotus picking girls is not a word, they are all romantic, because their figures have been integrated with picturesque lotus ponds and lotus flowers. From this natural and intriguing artistic conception, we can easily feel the charm of China's classical literature.

Yang Wanli, a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty who is famous for his sincerity, once wrote the poem "Seeing Lin Zifang at Jingci Temple": "After all, the scenery of the West Lake is different from that at four o'clock in June. The next day, the lotus leaf is infinitely blue, and the lotus color is different. " In this poem, the poet captured two typical scenes, "Lotus leaves touch the sky" and "Lotus flowers reflect the sun", and wrote the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in June in a popular and lively style, which changed the shortcomings of thin, blunt and astringent Song poetry and was very natural and spiritual.

Zhou Dunyi, the founder and philosopher of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, wrote such a sentence in "The Theory of Love Lotus": "Love Lotus says that it is far from touching, clear without evil, straight without creeping, fragrant far and clear, graceful and quiet, far without lewdness ... Lotus is also a gentleman of flowers." In this essay, the author describes the noble quality, elegant temperament, graceful figure and solemn appearance of lotus from different angles and different sides, and expresses the noble sentiments and interests of feudal literati. Since then, lotus has become spiritual and stepped into the ranks of gentlemen in flowers.

In the Ming Dynasty, Xu created the image of a young hero, Nezha, in his famous ghost story. He became a lotus flower. He is pure, brave and powerful, dares to despise theocracy, and is extremely upright and rebellious. He is one of the people's favorite figures in China's classical literature. Through the mythical figure Nezha, we can see that Lotus has become the embodiment of justice and courage.

The beautiful essay "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond" by Zhu Ziqing, a master of prose, depicts the quaint and hazy beauty of the lotus pond under the moon through superb artistic techniques and artistic conception of scene blending: "On the curved lotus pond, I look at the leaves of Tian Tian ... and among the leaves, some white flowers are scattered, some are graceful and some are shy, just like pearls.

The same lotus flower has different styles and symbolic meanings because people who appreciate and taste it are different.

Lotus, dip in some water, and write the magnificence of life.

Looking from a distance, as blind as snow; At close range, it is picturesque and poetic. Heroic and verve make people linger; Colors and pink flies make you think.

Lotus is delicate, its leaves are flexible, and it penetrates through heavy silt and deep water, showing the nobility and freshness of life.

The environment of lotus is bitter and cold; Sludge is deposited around the lotus. Above the lotus, the cold water is dignified; At the foot of the lotus, the mud is unpredictable. The sludge is jealous and even defiled the holiness; And cold water, squeezing or even freezing, is noble.

However, Lotus has been silent, trying its best to drive away filth, struggling to support a heavy burden, sticking to a holy heart and a noble head.

Sludge can't swallow the firm belief of lotus; Deep water can't break the lotus's upward will. Lotus, once it jumps out of the water, will be radiant and hold high the character of mud-free.

Lotus, instead of regretting the loss of spring, shed tears, just plunged into the burning summer with a smile, sending people fresh fragrance and decorating the world with the strength and beauty of life.

How beautiful that lotus is! From a distance, it looks like a sunset and snow; Close up, picturesque and poetic; No matter from a distance or from a distance, it is a noble banner in world life!