Symbolism of the Lotus Religion Philosophy Culture

1, the real honesty

The chrysanthemum has the symbolism of real honesty. White in people's eyes is a more pure color, people often use white paper or snow to describe a person's pure heart, so white chrysanthemums have the symbolism of real honesty, but white chrysanthemums are not suitable to give friends, usually only in the sacrifice will be used.

2, the yellow Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum also has the symbolism of the yellow Chrysanthemum. Yellow in ancient times is only the color of the powerful can wear, so yellow symbolizes power, while yellow and gold color is more similar, so yellow also symbolizes wealth, thus, yellow chrysanthemums have the symbolism of flying yellow, generally can be given to friends.

3. Divination for love

Chrysanthemums also have the symbolism of divination for love. Generally, chrysanthemums can be divided into spring chrysanthemums, autumn chrysanthemums and winter chrysanthemums according to the season of opening, and divination for love is the symbolism of spring chrysanthemums. In daily life, when a person has a favorite person or starts to fall in love, his friends will tease him that spring has arrived, so the spring chrysanthemum has the symbolism of divining for love.

4. Farewell

The chrysanthemum also has the symbolism of farewell, but only the chrysanthemum that opens in winter has this symbolism. Because of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, winter is the end of a season, generally after the arrival of winter, the year is almost over, so the chrysanthemums open in winter have the symbolism of farewell farewell, generally said farewell friends.

Symbolism of chrysanthemums:

1, the symbol of the hermit

Since Mr. Tao Qian, chrysanthemums have become the "flower of the hermit". Tao Yuanming "and Guo book": "Chrysanthemums open forests, green pine crowns rock columns. I'm so proud of you, I'm so proud of you, I'm so proud of you, I'm so proud of you," he said.

It is the embodiment of his envy of the quiet and comfortable life yearning. He picked chrysanthemums leisurely under the east fence, with the posture of an idyllic poet and a recluse, giving chrysanthemums a unique extraordinary recluse style, chrysanthemums from then on will have the spirit of a hermit.

2, the symbol of the fighter

A change in the image of the chrysanthemum recluse, of course, to count the end of the Tang Dynasty peasant uprising leader Huang Chao. "The soughing west wind is planted all over the yard, the stamens are cold, the fragrance is cold, the butterflies are hard to come. If I am the Green Emperor in other years, I will report to the peach blossoms in one place."

"To the fall to September 8, I flower after the hundred flowers killed. The fragrance of the sky through the Chang'an, the city is full of gold armor." In its poems with obvious symbolism and tendency, chrysanthemum became a brave and strong fighter who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, pleading for the people and acting on behalf of heaven.

At the same time, in Tang Cen Sen's "Nine Days on the March, Thinking of the Old Garden in Chang'an", he said: "I want to climb up to the top of the mountain, but no one will send me wine, so I pity the chrysanthemums in the old garden, which should be opened on the battlefield. The chrysanthemum has also become a representative of the warrior.

3, a symbol of sadness

Song - Li Qingzhao "drunken flower yin": mist and clouds worry about the eternal day, Rui Brain eliminated the golden beast. The festival and the sun, jade pillow yarn kitchen, midnight cool through the first. After the dusk, there is a dark scent that fills the sleeves.

The story is that the people are more thin than the yellow flowers, and the curtain is rolled in the west wind. Li Qingzhao is a Song Dynasty female lyricist, chrysanthemum, in her writing became the object of expression of feelings. "After dusk, when I drink wine in the East Ledge, there is a dark fragrance filling my sleeves. I don't know what to say, the curtain rolls in the west wind, people are thinner than the yellow flowers." The word "thin" is used to express the feelings of the heart for the long parted husband.

4, a symbol of noble character

Chrysanthemums generally do not wither petals, not like peach blossoms, a piece of a piece of down, fall Ying colorful. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and you'll be able to do that. Therefore, poets generally appreciate the character of the cold, for example: Tang Bai Juyi "Wing Chrysanthemum": a night of new frost on the tile light, banana new folded defeat lotus pouring.

The only cold-resistant chrysanthemum is the Dongli Chrysanthemum, which is more clear at the beginning of the Golden Corn. (There are also scattered due to the relationship between wind and rain. In the Song Dynasty, there is a story of "Wang Su change poetry", which is contained in Feng Menglong's "The Alarm", said Su Dongpo once went to the Minister's residence to meet Wang Anshi, just Wang is not there, only to see the case on the chrysanthemum poem, only to write down the first two lines: "The west wind passed through the garden last night, blowing down the yellow flowers all over the ground gold. " .

Su Dongpo looked secretly amused, he thought that even if the chrysanthemum dried up, will not fall petals, so he step original rhyme, continued to write two lines: "Autumn flowers are not more than the spring flowers fall, said with the poet carefully chant."

Wang Anshi, after reading Su Dongpo's sequel, felt that Su Dongpo's observation was not comprehensive enough. Later, the two had political disagreements, and Su Dongpo was deported to Huangzhou. Su to Huangzhou, one day when the wind and rain, Su and friends in the chrysanthemum garden chrysanthemum, saw the colorful, "full of gold" scene. This is the first time to understand the wrong criticism of Wang Anshi, or their own knowledge is not broad.)