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Write a folk tradition about lotus in ancient China.

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 Heshan 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.