Handwritten newspaper with lotus as the theme

Lotus is a perennial aquatic plant. Rootstock (lotus root) is thick and knobby, born in sediment. The leaves are shield-shaped, round, dark green on the surface, gray-green with waxy white powder on the back, and undulate all over. Petiole cylindrical, densely barbed. Flowers are solitary at the top of pedicels and above the water surface, with single petals, compound petals, double petals and double petals. Colors are white, pink, crimson, lavender or intermediate colors; Stamens are numerous; The pistil lotus is free and buried in an inverted conical sponge receptacle. There are many scattered honeycomb holes on the surface of receptacle. After fertilization, it gradually expands into a lotus, and a small nut (lotus seed) is born in each hole. The flowering period is from June to September, and it opens and closes every morning. The fruit ripening period is September-65438+1October. There are many cultivated varieties of lotus, which can be divided into three systems according to different uses: lotus root, lotus seed and Hualien.

[Edit this paragraph] Geographical distribution

Lotus originated in China, from Viet Nam to Afghanistan, and generally distributed in subtropical and temperate regions such as Central Asia, West Asia, North America, India, China and Japan. China was cultivated as early as 3000 years ago. Now carbonized ancient lotus seeds have been found in Liaoning and Zhejiang, which shows its long history. Taiwan Province Province was introduced from Japan only 100 years ago. At present, the cultivated area in Baihe Town and Chiayi in Tainan has reached nearly 350 hectares, which is one of the most important tourist areas in Taiwan Province Province. There are still wild lotus flowers in some remote places in Asia, but most of them are planted artificially for landscape decoration and eating. For example, in China, lotus is cultivated as a cash crop. Many people once mistakenly thought that lotus was produced in Egypt and the Mediterranean. Around 500 BC, lotus was introduced into Egypt, probably brought by Persians. The ancient Egyptians decorated "lotus buds" on the top of the pillars of the temple, imitating water lilies, while Homer's epic "Odyssey" actually drank a drink made of dates (unrelated to lotus flowers) and entered a state of forgetting troubles. Herodotus, a Greek writer, wrote when describing Egyptian plants: "There are some lilies like roses growing in the river, and the fruits grow in pods like yellow honeycombs. There are many fruits the size of olive stones to eat, fresh or dry. " What he said was clearly a lotus flower.

Landscape application

Lotus is one of the top ten famous flowers in China. It is not only colorful and fragrant, but also adaptable. Can be widely planted in lakes, spectacular, potted in bottles, nothing interesting. Since ancient times, precious aquatic flowers in palace gardens and private gardens have been favored by people more and more, and are widely used in modern landscape gardens.

(A) Lotus Waterscape

1, lotus garden, there are three kinds of lotus gardens that have sprung up suddenly in China recently: one is the garden botanical garden in Moshan, East Lake, Wuhan, which opens up a large area of aquatic flowers for viewing and studying lotus flowers; Second, Nanjing Mochou Lake, Hangzhou new "Qu Yuan Feng He" and other large parks, mainly for lotus viewing; The other is the lotus folk tourism resource scenic spot which is mainly based on wild interest and combined with tourism, such as the Lotus World in Sanshui, Guangdong, and the Tuanhu Scenic Spot in Yueyang, Hunan. 2. The theme of landscape garden is waterscape plants: As the saying goes, "A garden without mountains is not strong, and a mountain without water is not beautiful". In China gardens, it is very common to decorate water features with lotus flowers. There are many famous gardens in Jiangnan, and there are terraces to enjoy the lotus. There is a "lianhua bridge" on the bank of the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. The jade pavilions on the bridge are patchwork, simple and elegant in shape, exquisite and unique, which set each other off with the lotus flowers in the lake. It is the best place in Slender West Lake. Lotus Square in Jinxiyuan, Yueyang is built by the water, connected with the winding fence, fragrant cattails and enjoying lotus in the rain, which is deeply loved by the masses. 3. Be a summer flower that can be enjoyed in all seasons: different landscapes in all seasons are the gardening rules that China gardeners abide by. Plum blossoms resist winter, willows welcome spring, green lotus relieves summer heat, and tung leaves surprise autumn. The green viewing period of lotus is as long as 8 months, and the flowering period is about 2~3 months. In summer and autumn, there are few cicadas, peaches and plums are silent, and the graceful lotus flowers exude a refreshing fragrance in a clear water, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. 4. Foreground, middle scene and main scene in multi-level arrangement: China gardens pay great attention to the change of levels when arranging plants, so as to form rich landscapes with different heights and distances. The combination of willow and lotus is a typical technique. Liu E once summed up Daming Lake in Jinan with "lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, and a city with mountains and lakes on half sides". Yuhu Park in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, with catkins flying in the spring and small rivers pointed; In summer and autumn, the flowers and leaves are graceful and the willows are green; In winter, the snow is covered with willow silk, and the residual lotus is audible, which is a beautiful scenic spot. 5. As a "filter" for polluted water by industrial wastes, the underground stems of lotus root can absorb the products of pollutants decomposed by aerobic microorganisms in water, and lotus root can help the polluted water to restore the food chain structure and promote the water ecosystem to gradually realize a virtuous cycle.

(2) Lotus potted plants and bonsai

Lotus has a strong adaptability to the growing environment. It can not only spit red and sway green in lakes and ponds, but also be graceful in very small pots and pans. Potted lotus flowers decorate the world. In the history of Dutch culture in China, the form of potted lotus was originally used for private courtyard viewing. Nowadays, potted lotus is widely used in gardens all over China. The combination of potted plants and pond planting improves the ornamental value of potted lotus, which often appears in garden waterscape and garden sketches. Lotus waterstone bonsai is a new kind of bonsai in Hangzhou in recent years. It is an organic combination of lotus potted plants and water stone potted plants, which not only reflects the firmness and straightness of rocks, but also shows the delicate and charming lotus flowers. Lotus bonsai can choose coral stone, sand stone, axe stone, English stone and other rocks as materials. (1) Water management: Lotus is an aquatic plant, and it cannot live without water for the whole growth period. Summer is the peak of lotus growth, and the demand for water is also the greatest. It should be noted that dehydration cannot be carried out in the basin all summer. The rainfall in the rainy season is relatively concentrated, and the water level of lotus planted in the pond can't drown the standing leaves. Pay attention to drainage in time to avoid the extinction of lotus. (2) Fertilizer management: Lotus likes fertilizer, but excessive fertilization can burn seedlings, so it is necessary to apply thin fertilizer frequently. Summer is the flowering period of lotus, and the demand for fertilizer is also greater than that of seedling stage. If the leaves of lotus root buds turn yellow and thin without diseased spots, it means that there is a lack of fertilizer, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be supplemented in time, and then fertilized every 15 ~ 20 days (cake fertilizer or compound fertilizer can be used). According to the size of the basin, the fertilizer is stuffed into the mud in the center of the basin and released slowly. (3) Light management: Lotus is a long-day plant, and the cultivation site should have sufficient light. The row spacing of potted lotus should be appropriate, and the overcrowded plants should be thinner and taller with fewer standing leaves. When cultivating lotus flowers in tanks, pots, bowls and other containers at home, put the lotus flowers in sunny places or move them outdoors and receive light every day. After the lotus buds appear, the daily light should be no less than 6 hours, otherwise the plants will have yellow leaves and withered buds.

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[Edit this paragraph] Alias source

1. Named for its shape: Lotus: Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica explains: "Lotus stems carry leaves, and leaves carry flowers, hence the name." Hibiscus: Also known as Hibiscus. The Chinese dictionary Erya explains: "Lotus contains Pupu." Another book, Shuo Wen Jie Zi, said, "It's not lotus, it's hibiscus." Li Shizhen also said that the hibiscus flower means "to dress up brilliantly", so it is no wonder that Sima Xiangru, a writer in the Han Dynasty, compared his wife Zhuo Wenjun to the hibiscus flower of water. 2. Named after their growth habits: Shuizhi, Huashui, Yunshui, Shuidan, Shui Mu and Zezhi: Because lotus is a perennial aquatic plant, the ancients classified it as an aquatic plant, and most of them were named after the word "water". Cao Zhi, a litterateur of the Three Kingdoms, praised "a hundred flowers blossom, and there is no flower soul" in the Lotus Fu, and compared the lotus to Ganoderma lucidum in the water. 3. Named after the holy and elegant temperament of lotus: Junzihua, Ling Boxian, Shuigongxian, Yuhuan, etc. According to "The Tale of the North Dream", Su Changyuan lived in Wuzhong (present-day Suzhou) during Tang Chaoyuan and his reign (806~820), and met a pink-faced girl from plain clothes and gave him a jade ring. Soon, he found a lotus flower in the pool of his yard, and a jade ring in the pistil, but it was "absolutely broken" and later generations called it the jade ring. 4. In the ancient Jiangnan custom, June 24th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Lotus, so Lotus is nicknamed "June Flower God". 5. It is called "a gentleman in a flower" because it is "out of the mud but not stained"

[Edit this paragraph] The origin of lotus.

Lotus is called "living fossil" and is one of the earliest plants in angiosperms. Before humans appeared, about 104500 years ago, most of the earth was covered by oceans, lakes and swamps. At that time, the climate was bad, disasters were frequent, there were no animals, most plants were eliminated, and only a few wild plants with strong vitality grew on this barren land. Among them, there is an aquatic plant that we call "Lotus" today, which has withstood the test of nature and stubbornly survived in amur river (now Heilongjiang), the Yellow River, the Yangtze River basin and the swamp lakes in the northern hemisphere. About 9,000 years later, primitive humans began to appear. In order to survive, human beings collect wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, and soon find that the wild fruits and root nodes of this "lotus" (namely lotus seeds and lotus roots) are not only edible, but also sweet and delicious. Gradually, "Lotus", a food source for human survival, was deeply imprinted in the hearts of our ancestors, primitive humans, and became a symbol of human survival. Until the Neolithic Age in 56000 BC, with the emergence of farming culture, human beings began to learn more about lotus. At that time, in order to meet the water demand of life, human beings generally settled in river banks and lakes or swamps with natural springs, and these areas were the main distribution areas of wild lotus. From the unearthed cultural relics, it is found that there are carbonized wheat grains and two lotus seeds on the indoor table in the site of Yangshao Culture excavated in Beidahe Village, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, which has a history of 5000 years. In the continuous productive labor, human beings have accumulated rich perceptual knowledge about the growth habits and living environment of lotus, which laid a good foundation for the emergence and development of ancient lotus culture in China. There are wild lotus flowers. Professor Ren Xu, a paleobotanist, discovered lotus leaf fossils in Qaidam Basin 40 years ago, at least 654.38 million years ago. 1973, 7,000-year-old lotus pollen fossils were found among the cultural relics unearthed from Hemudu Cultural Site in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. In the same year, two carbonized lotus seeds were found in Yangshao cultural site in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, 5000 years ago. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century), the ancients ate about 40 kinds of vegetables, and lotus root was one of them. There is a phrase "flowers in the cheeks" in Yujing, which means that lotus flowers grow everywhere in the swamp waters of the motherland. China is the country that grows the most lotus flowers in the world.

[Edit this paragraph] Lotus culture

From 1 1 century BC, China entered the feudal era-the Western Zhou Dynasty from a long slave society. Lotus also entered people's field ponds from the wild state of lakes and swamps during this period. "Zhou Shu" contains "Qi Ze has been exhausted, and the lotus root has been dug." It can be seen that the wild lotus at that time had begun to be used as an edible vegetable. During the Spring and Autumn Period, people gave proper nouns to various organs of lotus. The earliest dictionary in China, Erya in the early Han Dynasty, records: "Lotus, lotus, its stem eggplant, its leaves, its original density, its painting lotus, actually lotus, its root lotus, among which lotus seeds are lotus seeds." The understanding of lotus has a certain concept. Lotus has entered people's work and life with its practicality, and at the same time it has penetrated into people's spiritual world with its gorgeous colors and elegant charm. The earliest collection of poems in China, The Book of Songs, describes lotus flowers: "There are Fu Su, Ji and Lotus flowers in the mountains." "Where there is a vicious, there is a lotus." Lotus was introduced as an ornamental plant and planted in the garden pond. It was first built in 473 BC by Fu Cha, King of Wu, in his detached palace (now Lingyan Mountain in Suzhou) to pay tribute to his beloved princess. The bronze craft treasure "Lotus Crane Square Pot" in the Spring and Autumn Period (Gao 1 18 cm in the Palace Museum) reflects the important role played by lotus in the spirit of the times from the artistic aspect. This craft treasure is made of real and natural materials, and the lotus pattern summarizes the image, and the dragon and the fly leap. It can be seen that the lotus flower, like the deified dragon, mantis and crane, has become a symbol of lofty holiness in people's minds. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the feudal regime was divided, wars were frequent, and the working people were in dire straits. Qin Shihuang unified China in 22 1 BC, ending the melee. In this unified empire, lotus culture has been fully developed and gradually penetrated into agriculture, economy, medicine, religion, art and other fields. The Han Dynasty was an unprecedented period of agricultural development in China, which also played an important role in the cultivation and development of lotus. Before the Han Dynasty, all lotus varieties in China were single-petaled red lotus. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the double petal lotus appeared. Since the Western Han Dynasty, China's official and private businesses have developed rapidly, enriching the types of goods in various regions, which is of great significance to the spread and distribution of lotus flowers. Lotus root, a specialty of Jiangling, Hefei, Chengdu and other places, entered the north through these central markets, which fundamentally expanded the distribution area of lotus, made the people in the north know more about lotus, and thus greatly improved the cultivation technology of lotus. In the Book of Qi Yao Min written by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there is a "method of planting lotus roots": "In the early spring, lotus roots are dug and planted in the mud of fish ponds, and then there are lotus flowers." ; There is also a method of "planting lotus seeds": "On August 9th, if the lotus seeds are hard and black, grind the shower heads on the tiles to make the skin thin, and seal them with cooked mud, such as three fingers long and two inches long, so that the shower heads are sharpened, and the mud is dried and thrown under the heavy mud in the pool. The skin is naturally thin and easy to grow, and it will come out soon. If you don't grind, the skin will be hard and thick. It can be seen that the cultivation techniques of lotus on both sides of the Central Plains were quite superb at that time. Since Qin and Han Dynasties, China medicine has started a new development. After tasting all kinds of herbs, Shennong in Han Dynasty summed up a set of good prescriptions for treating diseases, namely "Herbal Classic", also known as Shennong's "Herbal Classic", which described the medicinal and health care functions of lotus root. Hua Tuo, a native of Qiaoxian County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a famous imperial doctor in the medical history of China. Before the operation, he first gave the patient Mafeisan to make him unconscious, cut the abdomen and back to sew up the wound, and finally applied a plaster made of lotus root skin, which could be cured in four or five days. Lotus has become a wonderful flower in China's medical treasure house. During the Western Han Dynasty, Yuefu songs gradually became popular, resulting in many beautiful lotus picking songs. Among them, the Lotus Picking Song (also known as the Lotus Picker and the Lotus Picker by the Lake) is one of the most popular traditional folk songs and dances in China. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were thousands of lotus petals. Zhu Ziqing once wrote Moonlight on the Lotus Pond. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the cultivation techniques of lotus were further improved, and the cultural contents of lotus such as poetry, painting, sculpture and handicrafts were more colorful. In food culture, lotus has further become a valuable tonic for people's health care. At the same time, lotus has entered private gardens with its colorful and elegant appearance. For example, in the southeast corner outside Chang 'an, there was Yichun Garden in Qin and Han Dynasties, and it was renamed Furong Garden after the Sui Dynasty established Chang 'an as its capital. The Wind and Lotus in the Qu Yuan of Lin 'an (now Hangzhou), the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Especially after the rule of Zhenguan, the application of lotus became more and more extensive and became the source of inspiration for arts and crafts artists. For example, porcelain and bronze mirrors in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were decorated with lotus patterns. Gold and silver vessels, especially the rim, are decorated with rich lotus petals, and the overall style is gorgeous and true. The dyeing and weaving industry in Song Dynasty has a higher development than that in Tang Dynasty. The lotus silk pattern "quaint" created by Kerou Zhu, a famous female painter and silk worker, is a masterpiece. Woodblock New Year pictures in the Ming and Qing Dynasties often use auspicious lotus patterns such as "Lotus (your son)" and "Lotus (fish) over many years old" to express people's thoughts and wishes. In China's flower culture, lotus is the most interesting object of flower-chanting poems and the subject of flower-and-bird painting. It is the most beautiful and colorful dance material; It is also the most commonly used and beautiful pattern and shape in various architectural decoration, sculpture techniques and daily necessities. Lotus is a famous traditional flower in China. Since Zhou Dunyi wrote the famous sentence "The lotus flower has become a" gentleman's flower ". According to historical records, more than 2,500 years ago, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, left his palace in Lingyan Mountain (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province) on the coast of Taihu Lake to enjoy the lotus flowers for his beloved concubine, so he specially built a "flower pond" and transplanted wild red lotus. It can be said that it is the earliest record of artificial pond planting. Today, lotus ponds abound in the north and south. Hunan is the largest lotus production base in China. Every midsummer, men and women who pick lotus swim among the lotus plants in canoes. What a wonderful scene "no one is seen in the pool until you hear the song". There are more places to visit and enjoy the lotus. For example, Daming Lake in Jinan, West Lake in Hangzhou and Qixingyan in Zhaoqing can all see the beautiful scenery of contiguous lotus flowers. Weishan Lake in Jining, Shandong Province, once the hometown of Flying Tigers, has a magnificent landscape of 65,438+10,000 mu of wild lotus, which is flourishing every year and attracts countless tourists. It can be said that "the affectionate month invites you to * * *, and the unowned lotus blossoms everywhere". Since the Opium War, especially after the founding of New China, the working people have been masters of their own affairs. Lotus has also become a precious flower to beautify people's lives and cultivate their sentiments, and is known as one of the top ten famous flowers. Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Premier Zhou Enlai have repeatedly advocated vigorously developing Dutch culture and spreading the seeds of friendship to friendly neighbors. 19 18, Dr. Sun Yat-sen traveled to Japan and brought nine lotus seeds unearthed in Pulaidian, Liaodong Peninsula. After careful cultivation, the ancient lotus seeds were planted successfully. 1963, Yamato presented one hundred seeds of Yamato lotus to Guo Moruo, president of China Academy of Sciences. 1In April, 979, when Vice Chairman Deng visited the Nara Tang Temple, which he presided over, Elder Morimoto gave Vice Chairman Deng the lotus roots of Tang Temple Lotus, Sun Wenlian and Sino-Japanese Friendship Lotus cultivated by experts from China and Japan. 1980 In April, to celebrate the exhibition in China, a Japanese monk sent the lotus roots of Tang Si Lian, Sun Wen Lian and Sino-Japanese Friendship Lotus to daming temple in daming temple, Yangzhou, and placed them in front of the Pingyuan building next to the memorial hall. With the development of science and technology, the cultivation technology of lotus is becoming more and more advanced and perfect. There are more than 200 varieties of lotus, which are distributed all over the country. With the popularization and development of lotus culture in major cities across the country, more and more cities take lotus as the city flower. China's excellent traditional culture has always attached importance to advocating peace and harmony. The most representative words in this respect are Confucius' two sentences. One is "harmony but difference"; One is "harmony is precious". The "harmony" in China culture is by no means a reconciliation that does not emphasize differences and contradictions. It refers to the integration of differences and diversity. This kind of integration is the most valuable. There are 56 ethnic groups and 34 administrative regions in China, and there are differences and contradictions among ethnic groups. In the face of such differences and contradictions, it is most valuable to always adhere to national unity and the reunification of the motherland and adhere to this "harmony" stance. Abandoning this position of "harmony" means abandoning the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Because "lotus" is homophonic with "harmony" and "lotus" is homophonic with "Lian" and "Lian", in the traditional culture of China, lotus is often regarded as a symbol of peace, harmony, cooperation, resultant force, unity and union. The nobility of lotus symbolizes the cause of peace and the nobility of a harmonious world. Therefore, in a sense, rewarding the lotus is also a promotion of China's "harmony" culture. Lotus varieties are rich and colorful, which means "harmony but difference", but together they form a noble lotus world, which means "harmony but difference is more precious". I sincerely hope that in the process of promoting the culture of peace and harmony, the lotus culture can be understood and familiar by more people. Carrying forward Chinese "harmony" culture is of special significance for us to promote the reunification of the motherland, safeguard world peace and build a harmonious society. Lotus leaves the dust, clean and flawless. Therefore, the people of China and most Buddhist believers take the noble quality of lotus as their motto, encouraging themselves to lead a totally clean life. Lotus is the symbol and messenger of friendship. In Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, June 24th of the lunar calendar is the Lotus Festival, which is called the Lotus Birthday. At that time, people will happily flock to watch the lotus flowers. Buddhists in particular respect it the most. For example, Guanyin Bodhisattva sits on a lotus flower. 1990 Indian prime minister Rajiv, who was assassinated, was named by his grandfather Nehru when he was in prison, which means "immaculate Bai Lianhua" in Hindi. 1March 3, 9931day, the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which was deliberated and adopted at the First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress, also used lotus as the pattern of Macao's regional flag and emblem, expressing the local people's special worship of lotus as a symbol of purity and nobility. As lotus is a famous family in the flower kingdom, it has been selected by the masses as one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China. China Lotus Association was established in Beijing from 65438 to 0989, which promoted the beauty and fragrance of lotus in China.

[Edit this paragraph] Lotus paintings of past dynasties

Dou Zhongliang in the history of fine arts painting in China, the fine works of lotus flowers are even more colorful. The most famous is "Lotus Out of the Water" by Wu Bing of the Southern Song Dynasty Painting Academy, which vividly and delicately depicts the fresh and refined style of lotus. There is also the "Lotus Yuanyang Map" by the painter Zhang Zizheng in the late Ming Dynasty; Chen Qing painted lotus flowers; Lotus and mandarin ducks in Ren Bonian in Qing Dynasty: Lotus and Flowers and Birds by Xie in the Republic of China; Ma Song Xingzu's "Dredging Birds"; Song Fan painted "Late Lotus Fruit Suotu"; Song people painted "Lotus Crab Map"; Song Feng has a picture of Taiyue Lotus Wind; Inheriting the Song people's "Children and grandchildren together". Mr. Zhang Daqian, a master of modern Chinese painting, is even more "crazy about lotus". His lotus works are numerous. He often said, "Appreciating and painting lotus flowers will never get tired of it!" Zhang Daqian lived in Suzhou when he was young. The lotus pond in the yard became a good place for him to sketch. When he was 33 years old, he began to live in the Summer Palace in Beijing for five years. The plump lotus flowers in the Summer Palace pond made him more and more interested in painting lotus flowers. Because of his long-term relationship with lotus, he has a special preference for lotus. Zhang Daqian's love for lotus flowers shows that he never sticks to the mud, graceful Tingting floats from the water, and lotus leaves and elegant lotus roots often come into his picture. He thinks that the most difficult part of lotus is not the flower, but the stem, because once it is written, there is no turning back, and it will not be painted again. Zhang Daqian often sketches the lotus, but there are also many spectacular large-scale lotus works, such as the six-screen giant lotus he exhibited in the United States in 1963. When painting, these six ink lotus flowers have to be completely decided by Datong Studio. When mounting in Japan, the painting shop had to go through the workshop to mount the painting. These six lotus screens, usually 12 feet long and 24 feet wide, are made of

[Edit this paragraph] Edible medicinal value

During the Qin and Han dynasties, ancestors used lotus as a tonic, and its medicinal use has been in China for more than 2000 years. Lotus is a representative of holiness and a symbol of Buddhism. Lotus leaves the dust, clean and flawless. Therefore, the people of China and most Buddhist believers take the noble quality of lotus as their motto, encouraging themselves to lead a totally clean life. In ancient times, Zhou Dunyi, a writer of the Song Dynasty, wrote "The Theory of Love Lotus", which best reflected this point. At the same time, lotus is the symbol and messenger of friendship. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus, lotus seed, lotus coat, lotus room, lotus whisker, lotus plumule, lotus leaf, lotus stalk and lotus node can all be used as medicine. Lotus can promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, remove dampness and dispel wind, clear heart and cool blood, and relieve fever and detoxify. Lotus seeds can nourish the heart, kidney, spleen and intestine. Lotus beard can clear the heart and benefit the kidney, astringe essence and stop bleeding, relieve summer heat, relieve annoyance, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Lotus leaf can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, promote diuresis, strengthen yang, stop bleeding and lose weight. Among them, the ingredients of Lotus Leaf Zhen have miraculous effects on clearing stomach, reducing fat and removing blood stasis. Lotus root can recharge your batteries, stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Lotus root can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, benefit water, purge fire and clear heart. Lotus is really a treasure! In ancient China, there was a tradition of sending plums in spring and picking lotus in autumn. Since ancient times, Chinese people have regarded lotus seeds as precious food, and they are still high-grade nourishing nutrition. Many places specialize in producing lotus seeds. Lotus root is the best vegetable and preserved fruit. Lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus plums are also popular medicated diets in China. It can be seen that the diet culture of lotus is rich and colorful. Traditional lotus seed porridge, preserved lotus seed, lotus seed powder, lotus root slices with meat, steamed lotus leaf meat, lotus leaf porridge, etc. , too numerous to mention. It is said that the lotus is "out of the mud but not stained", which is a compliment to the lotus personality. In fact, the underground stem of lotus grows in the mud, so how can it not be infected by toxic substances? Because the extremely fine epidermis tissue and tannin-containing lower epidermis of lotus root have a certain ability to block or absorb toxic substances, most toxic substances attach to or penetrate into the epidermis, which is invisible to the naked eye. So remember to peel the lotus root and don't eat toxic substances in your stomach.

[Edit this paragraph] Legends and allusions

According to legend, Lotus is the incarnation of the beautiful maid Yuji around the Queen Mother. At the beginning, Yu Ji saw couples of people, men plowing and women weaving, and was very envious, so she moved her heart and stole out of the Heavenly Palace with the daughter of the river god and came to Hangzhou West Lake. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake made Yuji linger and play in the lake until dawn. When the Queen Mother knew this, she used the Lotus Throne to drive Yusi into the lake and told her to "drive into the mire and never go south again". Since then, a beautiful maid has been lost in the Heavenly Palace, and a beautiful flower has been added to the world. In the classic literary masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions, it is said that Qingwen became a lotus fairy after her death. Jia Baoyu said to Qingwen in the obituary "Daughter of Lotus": "If you talk about quality, it is not worth mentioning; If it is sex, no ice and snow means clean; If it is a god, neither the stars nor the sun can describe its essence; If it is a look, then flowers and months are not enough to describe its color. " Although later redology experts thought that this was not the author's praise of Daiyu's purity in the name of chanting Qingwen, lotus flowers were always associated with the purity of a daughter. Because "lotus" and "pity" are homonyms, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poetry to express love. For example, "Xizhou Qu" by Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties: "Lotus is picked in autumn in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the lotus is over the head; Bow your head to get lotus seeds, which are as green as water. " "Lotus seed" means "Reiko Kobayakawa" and "green" means "clear". There are both real and imaginary here, which means pun. The rhetorical device of homophonic pun is used to express a woman's deep yearning for the man she loves and the purity of love. Thirty-five songs in Jin's "Forty-two Midnight Songs": "The fog reveals the lotus, but the lotus is unclear." The dew in the fog hides the true face of the lotus, but the lotus leaf is not very clear. This is also a way of homophonic pun, writing about a woman who vaguely feels that the man loves her.

[Edit this paragraph] Related flower language

Naive, noble, modest (virtuous), "out of the mud but not stained, clear and not demon", indicating the quality of firmness, purity, innocence and integrity. Show elegance in a low-key way. Lotus is a flower among flowers. Lotus is a famous traditional flower in China. The flowers and leaves are delicate and fragrant, which makes people feel deeply. There is a fearless and muddy temperament in the face of the scorching sun. Therefore, in people's minds, lotus is the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty, a sign of good fortune and prosperity, a sacred and clean name in Buddhism, and a seed of friendship.

[Edit this paragraph] Charm of City Flower

Since the 1980s, in order to meet the needs of the construction of two civilizations, many cities in China have successively launched the city flower selection activities. Seven cities have recommended lotus as the city flower, including Jinan, Jining, Xiaogan, honghu city, Xuchang, Henan, Zhaoqing, Guangdong and Jiujiang, Jiangxi. In the 1990s, before Macao returned to China, the regional flag and emblem of the SAR were formulated, and lotus flowers were also selected as patterns. This is because the historical origins, folk customs and sentiments of these cities and special zones are all related to the habits of lotus flowers. Although separated from Wan Li, the development path is different, but people's love mentality for lotus is the same strain, but their feelings are different. Jinan City, Shandong Province: In the 1980s, after the lotus flower was hailed as the "city flower" of Jinan City, Daming Lake was even more vibrant: weeping willows and lotus flowers covered it, giving a vibrant scene. Jining City, Shandong Province: Lotus planting in Jining City has a history of about 2000 years. Today, there are more than 60 new lotus varieties in Jining. Xuchang City, Henan Province: In the 1980s, lotus was known as the "city flower" of Xuchang City, which promoted the prosperity and development of lotus culture. Xiaogan City, Hubei Province: Since ancient times, Xiaogan City has been full of wild lotus flowers, especially the Lotus Lake in the west of the city. Today, Xiaogan City is a corner of the lotus pond. There are "Lotus Pier" and lotus pond by the lake in the city, and "Panbog Lotus Fragrance" has become one of the eight scenic spots in Xiaogan. Honghu city, Hubei Province: honghu city, Hubei Province, which is famous for its Honghu Lake, has a water area of 758 square kilometers. Lotus flowers bloom everywhere and become a sea of lotus flowers. 1987, Honghu withdrew from the county and set up a city. 199 1 year, the municipal people's congress passed the decision to take lotus as the "city flower". Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province: Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, which planted lotus flowers for nearly a thousand years, is most famous for the lotus flowers in Lihu Qixing Lake. It has become one of Zhaoqing people's favorite flowers. Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province: The city flower is designated as "Lotus". Lotus has become a symbol of holiness, friendship and emissary because of its noble quality of "facing the sun without fear and emerging from the mud without dyeing". Lotus, also known as lotus, has a deep origin with Jiujiang. There is a lotus peak in the mountain, a lotus cave in the cave, and the masterpiece is Love Lotus. There is a lotus temple in the temple and a lotus pond in the pool.