Lotus birthday?

Category: Culture/Art >> Folk Tradition

Problem description:

February 15 is Baihua's birthday, so why should Lotus celebrate its birthday on June 24th?

Analysis:

People have birthdays, of course, there are also birthdays that don't take flowers. What an anecdote! On the twelfth day of the second lunar month, folklore is the birthday of Baihua; However, Lotus has its own birthday, which is said to be June 24th in the lunar calendar. In the previous Qing dynasty, on this day, boats were painted, flutes were played and drums were played in the lotus in the second lane outside Fenmen, Suzhou, to celebrate the longevity of the lotus. In order to have more thunderstorms in summer, tourists are often drenched and even walk barefoot, so there is a rumor of "barefoot lotus swinging", which shows their appearance.

In fact, the so-called lotus birthday is unfounded; According to old books, this day is the Lotus Watching Festival, a talented woman in Wu Jun County, south of the Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty. And her husband, each feeding the other with lotus seeds; There used to be a superstitious activity, in which a stick was hung on a shelf, two people held the shelf, and the stick drew words on the sand table as a sign from God. Upon inquiry, the immortal went down from the altar and wrote on it. Fu Shiyun: "The altar is full of flowers and notes, and the fruits and flowers are full of calligraphy and ink; It is said that Fufu has just passed her life. I wonder when she planted the seeds. "Even this ridiculous myth regards Lotus's birthday as ridiculous and satirizes it.

Whether it's the birthday of the lotus or not, it's an old custom in Suzhou. Boys and girls should choose this day to visit the lotus garden, eat, drink and have fun, and then buy some lotus flowers or lotus showers. His poems such as Shao (Shao (1637- 1704)) were very famous in Qing dynasty. "Leaves" says: "In June, the lotus flowers are swaying and the blue pond is bright; The flowers reflect the red jade, and the words are fragrant. " Shu Tieyun (1) [Shu Tieyun] was Shu Wei (1765— 18 15), a poet in Qing Dynasty. Tieyun is his word. On June 24th, "Lotus Boating" said: "Shake gently outside Wumen Bridge, and the flow tube is clear and full of jade; It should be that the flower god avoids birthdays, and thousands of people are like sea flowers. " I went to see the lotus while I was busy, but I didn't see any flowers. This is really a disaster. Then we have to use the flower god to avoid life. Words such as Shen Chaochu [Shen Chaochu] Qing Dynasty poet. "Recalling Jiangnan" says: "Suzhou is good, and the lotus will be rewarded in the 24th. Huangshi Caiqiao stopped painting, and the crystal ice cracked watermelon. Drink the cloud. " Zhang Yuannan's "Pine Nuts" says: "Today will be June, and the lotus is exceptionally clear. Said he would listen to the story with Lang. Tao is Lianhua's birthday, so let's do it. The powder is greasy and soaked in black clouds, and the beads are even and fine. Listen to the piano player Gacy. I bought flowers and went home with a smile. " I remember more than 20 years ago, my late wife Feng Jun and I also went to the Lotus Swing, and a boat hovered among ten thousand lotus leaves, which really tasted like "flowers are a boat with four walls at home". Feng Jun bought some lotus leaves and peeled them for me to taste new ones. I can still remember this scene vividly, but it's a great honor!

Luo Pin (1733— 1799), a great painter in the Qing Dynasty, was one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", and the two peaks were his characters. Ji ren, a famous layman, can paint the plum-bamboo-orchid stone, and the two peaks say that they want to leave the dust. Fang was born on June 24, because of his birthday, he occasionally wrote a poem: "The ice raft is small and the scenery by the pool is the most concerned;" Mud doesn't touch water, I was born with lotus. " Poets do good, and some write lotus birthday poems. For example, they plan to make a unique cloud first: "the pavilion is easy to protect, and the beautiful shadow shines clearly;" The Yuanyang family is in the smoke. I have seen Tian Tian when he was the youngest. " Xu Langzhai's two unique clouds: "Before the wind, the lotus is summer, and the lotus flows in blue waves. Today is the birthday of Lotus, and Lang is sailing with his concubine. " "Jintan Duan Lang Changqing, the breeze chorus is affectionate; Strange Lang looks like a lotus, and Lang is the birthday of the lotus. " Although the lotus birthday is ridiculous, it is much more elegant than any fairy's birthday; As a descendant of Mr. Zhou Lian Crick, the author of Ailian, I have no objection to this birthday.

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Lotus, with its charm and strength, is a noble flower and has been loved by people since ancient times. Therefore, it is not surprising that the birthday of Lotus is unprecedented and celebrated by thousands of people.

Lotus Festival is also a festival for people who love life. Give lotus seeds to each other, shoulder the burden of flowers and wine, peel the lotus and taste the new, harmonize the elegant words and sing in the breeze. What kind of feelings does the author show when he writes about the birthday of the lotus?

Accumulate the following words

Hey, ask questions, ask ridiculous questions, and pursue elegance.

related data

Lotus has appeared on stamps in New China many times. 1980 On August 4th (June 24th of the lunar calendar), the birthday of lotus, China specially issued a set of lotus stamps (T54), which showed "White Lotus" in edible lotus and "Bijiang Snow", "Buddha Lotus" and "Wine Brocade" in ornamental lotus respectively.