Some people don't understand why they use lotus flowers and hibiscus to make clothes. Let me explain:
As can be seen from Qu Yuan's poems, Qu Yuan's beauty lies in nature, and beauty lies in natural things such as clothes and food.
And when I put on the clothes of the flower of nature, I am also beautiful, which is opposite to the secular. Therefore, lotus is considered as clothes and hibiscus is considered as petticoat. It is used as a metaphor for good character.
The creative background of Li Sao;
Regarding the creation date of Li Sao, Sima Qian said in the preface to Historical Records Taishi Gong: "Qu Yuan was demoted and wrote Li Sao." Accordingly, it is regarded as after Qu Yuan's exile. Nowadays, people have different opinions about this. Some say that Qu Yuan did it after he was demoted, or that Qu Yuan did it after he was demoted to the king of Chu. Some say that it was done at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and some say that it originated from it, sometimes at the beginning. So far, there is no conclusion.
"Li Sao" adopted a romantic approach in its performance: it not only used the materials of myths and legends, but also used a lot of figurative techniques, relying on flowers, birds, fish and insects to express feelings, "taking feelings as the inside, taking things as the surface, and being depressed and resentful"