What is the Lotus Festival?

Lotus generally refers to lotus, also known as lotus and water hibiscus. , is a perennial aquatic herb flower of lotus. At the same time, lotus is rated as one of the top ten famous flowers in China, with various colors, including red, pink, white and purple. In the blooming season of lotus, many people will come to watch it. In our country, there is also a festival to watch the lotus-Lotus Watching Festival. So, what is the Lotus Watching Festival?

What festival is the lotus viewing festival?

Lotus Watching Festival, also known as Lotus Watching Festival and Lotus Birthday, is one of the traditional folk festivals in China. Since the lotus will not bloom until summer, people in ancient times designated June 24th of the lunar calendar as the birthday of the lotus.

On this day, men, women and children will go to the lotus pond to enjoy the beautiful scenery of "the lotus leaves are infinitely bright the next day, and the lotus flowers reflect the sun shadows in different colors". It's bustling, lively and spectacular, so it's also called "Lotus Watching Festival". This kind of China folk custom is mainly popular in the area adjacent to the lotus pond in the south of the Yangtze River.

Guanlian Festival has a long history and was very popular in Song Dynasty. Wuyue in the Qing Dynasty was full of lakes, ponds, streams and lotus flowers. On the day of the Lotus Festival, men and women came out in a sea of people, which was spectacular.

According to reports, every year on June 24 of the lunar calendar, boats and drums in the lake gather in the lotus pond to enjoy the lotus, which was called "Lotus Birthday" in ancient times. Tourists play songs and drink wine on the lake, and songs, flutes and laughter come and go day and night.

In ancient China, people not only watched the lotus on the Lotus Festival, but also tasted the lotus on this day. Lotus leaf has a special fragrance, so it is widely used to make food. Lotus, lotus seeds and lotus roots have been raw materials for making food since ancient times. As early as the Tang Dynasty, people had the custom of eating "green boiled rice" on the Lotus Festival.