Besides the delicious food of China lotus root culture, it is also the bright pearl of China traditional culture?

Mention? Lotus root? What do you have in mind? Is it a light and delicious lotus root ribs soup, or a bowl of lotus root starch by the West Lake. As a China person who always pays attention to diet, color, fragrance and taste, lotus root has become an indispensable food in the food circle. Moreover, after thousands of years of development of Chinese civilization, lotus root is no longer a purely practical natural image, but a unique cultural image in China culture.

West lake lotus root starch

Since Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, there have been records about lotus root in historical documents; From erya? Its root lotus root? It is the earliest written record related to lotus root. These data show that China has a long history of cultivating lotus roots.

While planting this book dish for a long time, people began to pick, chant and draw lotus roots. Lotus root has become more meaningful from food, and scholars have endowed lotus root with noble and flawless moral sentiments. In order to understand the cultural phenomena and humanistic feelings related to lotus root, we need to understand the connotation of lotus root in the ancient traditional culture of China.

Lotus root decorative painting

First of all, the lotus root culture at the social level is interpreted. Lotus root is a vegetable that grows in water. Its planting area is wide, and its output is much higher than other aquatic vegetables. Moreover, compared with other aquatic vegetables, it contains higher sugar, starch and protein lotus root, which is an essential disaster relief crop in ancient famine years.

For example, it is recorded in Materia Medica Yan Hui that lotus root? Can bad years replace food? ; There is also a saying in Boxing County Records that lotus roots are used to replace food and provide food and clothing for poor and hungry people. During the period of the Reform Movement of 1898, there was a great drought, and some poor farmers living by the stream of the lotus pond lived on lotus roots to solve the problem of food and clothing and resist the famine. Everyone knows the value of food, but they don't know that in the famine years, lotus root made great social contributions as a way to help the victims and maintain social stability.

Lotus bird map

Secondly, the important role of lotus root culture can still be seen at the economic level. Lotus root, as a vegetable, will naturally be sold in the market. According to local chronicles of Ming and Qing Dynasties, lotus root was planted as a vegetable in ancient East China, North China, Northeast China and Southwest China.

For example, the "Changshu County Records" recorded in Jiajing period:? Lotus root, lakeside people take planting as their business, and the best depends on what is produced in Hengtang. ? From the above passage, we can draw two conclusions: the economic value of lotus root as a vegetable has been affirmed, and the quality of lotus root has also been different.

lotus root

Lotus root is not only sold as a vegetable, but also has certain medicinal value, which is also valuable in lotus root culture. Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years in ancient China, and herbal medicine is the main use to treat ancient diseases. Lotus root is also a kind of herbal medicine, which is sweet and flat in nature and has the effect of clearing away heat and removing blood stasis. Whether eaten raw or cooked, lotus root has a good effect.

In Qi Shu, Fang and other books, the properties and effects of lotus root, as well as the methods of eating and cooking lotus root raw are recorded. From these documents, we can see the important position of lotus root in ancient medicine in China.

Lotus root in traditional Chinese medicine

In addition to the above, lotus root also plays an important role in diet, which is also the most noteworthy aspect in the culture related to lotus root. People in China have always been very particular about food, and lotus root, an edible vegetable, has also been made into many special foods.

For example, glutinous rice lotus root is mixed with jujube paste in Fujian cuisine, and fish, shrimp and lotus root are cooked together in southern areas, or ground into lotus root powder for drinking. The food instructions in Yuan Dynasty, the menu with garden in Qing Dynasty, vegetarian brochures and other ancient food books recorded in detail the production methods of ancient lotus root vegetables. Regular consumption of food made of lotus root has the effect of treating yin deficiency and liver hyperactivity and various hemorrhagic diseases.

Zaoni glutinous rice lotus root

Finally, let's talk about the spiritual significance given to lotus root by scholars. People who love Tang poetry and Song poetry will surely find that poems and fu related to lotus root can often be seen in ancient poetry. When Sima Xiangru wrote Zi Xufu? When it is wet, it gives birth to lotus roots. ; Li He's "Shangtang", in a word? Lotus root flowers are cold and wet, and flowers lack lotus root astringency? , vividly embodies the bitter characteristics of lotus root food.

Why can lotus root appear in the works of many literary masters? This is determined by the noble quality represented by lotus root. In order to show their noble character and integrity, literati praise the purity and exquisiteness of lotus root and convey their affection, unwilling to echo the secular quality. Therefore, the lotus root has become the object of expression by literati.

Lotus root ink painting

Not only that, the spiritual culture of lotus root is also reflected in folk customs. In hot summer, people can enjoy the cool in the lotus pond and watch the lotus root. In the ancient calendar, will? June? Call it? Lian Yue? When does summer begin? Xiao he only shows sharp corners? Is shengshi there? Infinite lotus leaf? .

When the lotus is in full bloom, it is the time when the lotus root is born. Lotus roots and lotus flowers in the lotus pond compete to open, inadvertently occupying people all summer. What do ordinary people have in the annual heat? Eat lotus root to get rid of summer heat? Traditional customs; Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, girls also celebrate Jojo Day. Lotus root piercing needle? Show your intelligence.

Lotus root lamp

Besides these customs, what other local customs are there? Lotus root? Related folk customs are also different. For example, in Gan Tang Village, Guangzhou, the custom of making and hanging lotus root lanterns is still preserved. The production of the whole lotus root lamp is also very particular. Four connected lotus roots must be selected to form a lamp, and both sides of the lotus root must be accompanied by lotus leaves. In order to enhance the beautiful shape of lotus root, a white lotus will be held above the lotus root lamp.

Because there is a fixed time period for hanging the lotus root lamp, during this time period, the lotus root lamp should not be put out when it is lit, and once it is put out, it means bad omen. Therefore, the lotus root lamp has always carried people's good wishes for life.

Farmhouse lotus root

In daily life, it is generally difficult for people to know that eating lotus root has so many cultural connotations. In recent years, in order to promote? Lotus root culture? Around, also began to rise? Lotus root culture festival? Let people pick and eat lotus roots, but also let the lotus root culture be endowed with new connotations by the times.