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Why do you say that Xiaoshulian stands for flowers?

Light summer is the season to enjoy the lotus, so the solar flowers and trees in light summer are lotus flowers.

Lotus, also known as lotus and hibiscus, is one of the top ten famous flowers in China. China is one of the origins of lotus. As early as 5000 years ago, carbonized lotus seed fossils were found in Yangshao cultural site. But compared with using it as food, when the lotus is in full bloom, its graceful expression, pure, youthful and comfortable temperament are the reasons why China people praise it and fall for it.

Plant legend

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The Lotus God in June is a famous beauty stone in ancient China. This year, Shi's country, Yue State, was defeated by the State of Wu. With his hard-earned salary, Yue King sent people everywhere to look for beautiful women, and prepared to give them to the King of Wu to distract his fighting spirit. Shi is one in a million. Three years later, she was cultivated into a very excellent beauty.

The king of Yue gave the stone to the king of Wu, who was shocked by the beauty of the stone and ate, drank and had fun with it all day. Regardless of state affairs, Wu became weaker and weaker, and was finally defeated by Yue. The captured prince of Wu regretted it very much and drew his sword and committed suicide. The King of Yue returned to Yue with the stone, but the queen was jealous of the beauty of the stone, so she caught him by the river, tied him to a huge stone and sank to the bottom of the river.

Most people don't believe in dying. It is said that she became a lotus god and lived on an island. Every year at the Lotus Festival, you can see her among the girls picking lotus flowers by the lake.