Excellent qualities associated with the lotus flower

Besides its practical value, the lotus is a plant commonly used as a religious and philosophical symbol, having represented the sacred, feminine beauty and purity, resurrection, elegance and the sun. As a gentleman among flowers, the lotus flower often symbolizes an ideal personality that people aspire to in traditional Chinese culture: "out of the silt and mud without staining, the Maundy League without demon" (Song Zhou Dunyi, "I Love Lotus"); "in the sludge is not stained with mud, the white stems buried in the ground no one knows. The white stem is buried in the ground and no one knows it. It is alive in the red and green, and does not wait for the wind to come to fill the pool with fragrance." (Chen Zhiyu "lotus") lotus, that is, lotus. In the poet's writing, the lotus not only represents chastity, purity, or humility, serenity, self-defense Yanqing image portrayal. Symbol of integrity cover "green lotus" the harmonic "clean" also. Symbol of love cover lotus flower alias hibiscus flower or cloud water hibiscus. Hibiscus is also known as "hibiscus" and "hibiscus" is also known as "hibiscus". Bai Juyi "long hate song" cloud "hibiscus like face willow like eyebrows." Therefore, the lotus flower is often used to symbolize love, especially the lotus. The picture of two lotus flowers giving birth to a lotus root is called "Lotus and Lotus Heart". The word "hibiscus" in "water hibiscus" harmonizes with the word "glory". Lotus and peony together is called "glory and wealth", and lotus and a heron is called "all the way to glory". Peony, lotus flower and white head are called "wealth, honor and glory to the white head". Lotus flower can also be harmonized with "Lian". The lotus seed and the lotus seed are called "Lian Sheng Gui Zi". It symbolizes purity and innocence. In China, the lotus flower is revered as a gentleman, "the spectrum of the group of flowers" said "all things first after the real and real and only this real and real QiSheng. Hundreds of knots dredge through all the knobs exquisite Pavilion Pavilion thing Hua out of the mud but not stained in the flower of the gentleman also." Later, Zhou Dunyi's "love lotus" has far-reaching influence. [3] In Buddhism, there are lotus seats and lotus platforms. Many Bodhisattvas in Buddhism are born from the lotus flower. But some countries and regions have different folk culture can not be ignored, such as the Japanese folklore of the lotus does not think "out of the mud and not stained" so chaste and regard the lotus as "lowly" flowers.