The symbolic significance of vanilla beauty and its influence on later poetry
The most typical usage of vanilla beauty is in Qu Yuan's < Li Sao > As a beautiful thing, he eulogized it to express his patriotic feelings of pursuing loyalty. Because of this, the symbolic meaning of vanilla beauty is noble moral character, loyal patriotic spirit. In later poems, this method of comparing herself with plants, trees and beauties or comparing monarch and ministers has been passed down and become a common creative method, just as many poets praise the characteristics of Mei Lan, Zhu Ju as their own.