Our country is one of the important origins of lotus in the world. The lotus culture is as bright as a galaxy and has a long history. For thousands of years, countless poets and poets have been connected with it and their dreams have lingered, so they either splashed ink or sang songs, leaving behind a vast sea of ??poems, calligraphy and paintings, many of which are priceless calligraphy treasures and eternal masterpieces.
The earliest poetry collection in my country, "The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng", writes: "There are lotus flowers in the sky."
In the "Xizhou Song" of the Southern Dynasty, it is written: "When I pick lotus in Nantang in autumn, the lotus flowers exceed people's heads; I lower my head to pick the lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds are as clear as water."
Li Li, the famous poet and central figure in the Southern Tang Dynasty Jing wrote in "Huanxi Sand": "The fragrance of the lotus leaves is gone, and the west wind is worried about the green waves."
Yang Wanli, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in a poem: "After all, the scenery of the West Lake in June is so beautiful It is different from the four seasons; the lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are uniquely red in the sun. "The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and dragonflies have already stood on it."
A great scholar and Neo-Confucian scholar in the Song Dynasty. The founder Zhou Dunyi wrote in "The Theory of Love for the Lotus": "I love the lotus when it comes out of the mud, its surface is not stained, its ripples are clear but not demonic, its middle is straight to the outside, it has no vines or branches, its fragrance is far away and clear, and the pavilion is pure and clear. You can watch it from a distance but don’t play with it!” "The lotus is the gentleman of flowers. ... Who can share the love of the lotus?"
The famous female poet Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty wrote in "A Cut of Plum": "The fragrance of red lotus root lingers in the jade mat of autumn, He took off his shirt lightly and boarded the orchid boat alone.
Lotus is a perennial aquatic herb of the family Lotus, also known as lotus, hibiscus, hibiscus, lotus, etc. In China, lotus flowers have rich meanings. First of all, lotus has always been regarded as a symbol of holiness. Lotus has an inextricable relationship with Buddhism. For example, in Xishuangbanna, all the Dai people believe in Theravada Buddhism, and almost every village has a Buddhist temple. The lotus is designated by the Buddhist temple as the "Five Trees and Six Flowers" (that is, in the Buddhist scriptures) It is one of the five kinds of trees and six kinds of flowers that must be planted in temples. Secondly, lotus is also regarded as the incarnation of beauty. Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once used "the hibiscus is like a face and willows are like eyebrows, how can you not shed tears about this." to describe the appearance of Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties in ancient China. The term "water lotus" is still used to this day to describe a peerless beauty who is beautiful and fragrant and captivates the country. Finally, the lotus flower is also used to compare to a noble, upright and humble gentleman, so the lotus flower is also known as the "gentleman among flowers".
The lotus flower is full of treasures. The rhizome is white and is called lotus root. It is rich in starch and grows horizontally in the mud. It is long and thick and has a porous cross-section. The seeds are oval and as big as peanuts and are called lotus seeds. Both lotus root and lotus seeds are edible and both are nutritional supplements. The leaves are round and wide, with green leaves and light green backs. They can be consumed as tea and are excellent packaging materials. In Xishuangbanna, people often use lotus leaves to wrap grilled fish, roast meat, glutinous rice and other foods during the Dragon Boat Festival. Sometimes it is used to wrap glutinous rice and steam into square rice dumplings, which are called lotus leaf rice dumplings or pillow rice dumplings. The lotus flowers are huge and come in a variety of patterns. There are common single lotuses with only one flower blooming, two-headed lotus that blooms side by side, three-headed lotus that blooms side by side, and four-sided lotus that has a flower center on all sides. etc.; there are various flower colors, including dark red, light red, pink, light yellow, pure white and other colors, which are very ornamental. Lotus root, lotus joints, leaves, petioles, lotus stamens and lotus cells are used as medicine to clear away heat and stop bleeding; lotus heart is used as medicine to clear away heart fire, strengthen the heart and lower blood pressure; lotus seeds are used as medicine to nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, nourish the heart and kidneys, etc.
The cross-section of the lotus root often has many slender threads connected to each other, so the Chinese have an idiom called: "The lotus root is broken and the threads are connected", which is used to describe love. On the surface, it seems like lotus flowers are produced in the northern and southern provinces of my country. It grows spontaneously or is cultivated in ponds or paddy fields. It is distributed in the Soviet Union, North Korea, Japan, India, Vietnam, southern Asia and Oceania.
The earliest poetry collection in my country, "The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng", writes: "There are lotus flowers in the sky."
In the "Xizhou Song" of the Southern Dynasty, it is written: "In the autumn of picking lotus in Nantang, the lotus flowers are over people's heads; I lower my head to pick the lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds are as clear as water."
Li Li, the famous poet and central leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty Jing wrote in "Huanxi Sand": "The fragrance of lotus leaves sells the green leaves, and the west wind stirs up the green waves."
Yang Wanli, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in a poem: "After all, in June, the scenery of the West Lake is beautiful. It is different from the four seasons; the lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are uniquely red in the sun." "The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and dragonflies have already stood on it."
A scholar of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty. The founder Zhou Dunyi wrote in "The Theory of Loving the Lotus": "I love the lotus when it comes out of the mud, its surface is not stained, its surface is clear and ripples are clear, but it is not demonic, its middle is straight to the outside, it has no vines or branches, its fragrance is far away and clear, and the pavilion is pure and clear. You can watch it from a distance but don’t play with it!” "The lotus is the gentleman of flowers. ...Who can share the love of the lotus?" The whole body of the lotus is full of treasures. The rhizome is white and is called lotus root. It is rich in starch and grows horizontally in the mud. It is long and thick and has a porous cross-section. The seeds are oval and about the size of peanuts and are called lotus seeds. Both lotus root and lotus seeds are edible and both are nutritional supplements. The leaves are round and wide, with green leaves and light green backs. They can be consumed as tea and are excellent packaging materials. In Xishuangbanna, people often use lotus leaves to wrap grilled fish, roast meat, glutinous rice and other foods during the Dragon Boat Festival. Sometimes it is used to wrap glutinous rice and steam into square rice dumplings, which are called lotus leaf rice dumplings or pillow rice dumplings. Lotus flowers are huge and come in a variety of patterns. There are common single lotuses with only one flower blooming, two-headed lotus that blooms side by side, three-headed lotus that blooms side by side, and four-sided lotus that has a flower center on all sides. etc.; there are various flower colors, including deep red, light red, pink, light yellow, pure white and other colors, which are very ornamental.
Lotus root, lotus joints, leaves, petioles, lotus stamens and lotus cells are used as medicine to clear away heat and stop bleeding; lotus heart is used as medicine to clear away heart fire, strengthen the heart and lower blood pressure; lotus seeds are used as medicine to nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, nourish the heart and kidneys.