What are the legends about the origin of lotus?

Legend:

It is said that the lotus flower is the incarnation of Yu Ji, a beautiful maid beside the Queen Mother. When Yu Ji saw the two couples in the world, men farming and women weaving, she was very envious, so she was moved by her mortal heart. Accompanied by the daughter of the river god, she stole out of the heavenly palace and came to the bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake made Yu Ji linger and play in the lake so much that she couldn't bear to leave until dawn.

When the Queen Mother found out, she used the lotus throne to throw Yu Ji into the lake, and told her to "throw her into the mud and never go to the south again forever." From then on, a beautiful maid disappeared from the heavenly palace, and a kind of jade-skinned and watery flower appeared in the human world. ?

In the classic literary masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions", it is said that Qingwen turned into the Fairy Furong after her death. Jia Baoyu said in his death poem "Elegy of Furong's Daughter" to Qingwen: "It is quality, then Gold and jade are not enough to describe its nobleness; it is nature, and ice and snow are not enough to describe its purity; it is god, and the stars and sun are not enough to describe its essence; and it is appearance, and the flowers and moon are not enough to describe its color."

Although later generations of experts in red science cannot describe it. Everyone thinks that this is just the author using the name of Yong Qingwen to praise the purity of Daiyu, but in any case, lotus is always associated with the daughter-like purity of ice and jade. ?

Because "Lotus" and "Lian" have the same sound, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poems to express love. For example, in "Xizhou Song" by Yuefu in the Southern Dynasty: "In autumn, lotus flowers are collected in Nantang, and the lotus flowers exceed people's heads; I lower my head to pick up lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds are as green as water." "Lotus seeds" means "pitying children", and "green" means "qing".

This is both real and fictitious writing, with semantic puns and homophonic pun rhetoric, expressing a woman's deep longing for the man she loves and the purity of her love. Jin's "Forty-Two Midnight Songs" No. 35: "The mist and dew hide the hibiscus, and the lotus is not clearly visible."

The mist and dew hide the true face of the lotus, and the lotus leaves are visible but not clearly distinguishable. This is also a method of using homophonic puns to describe a woman who vaguely feels that her man is in love with her. ?

Extended information

Flower language:

Innocent, noble and modest (high-spirited and upright), "come out of the mud but not stained, wash the clear ripples without being evil" ( Zhou Dunyi's "Ai Lian Shuo"), represents the character of steadfastness, purity, innocence and purity. Elegance appears in understatement. Lotus is the most noble flower among flowers.

Poetry:

"Jiangnan" Han Yuefu.

"Little Pond" Song Dynasty Yang Wanli.

"Sent Off to Lin Zifang at Dawn from Jingci Temple" by Yang Wanli of the Song Dynasty.

"The Theory of Love and Lotus" by Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty.

"Xizhou Song" (Southern Dynasties Yuefu Folk Song). ?

"Lotus Plucking Song" by Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lotus