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Poets of the past dynasties, such as Tao Yuanming Sheng Ai Lian, praised Lian's "appearance" The noble character of "silt but unstained".
Speaking of lotus, there are many unsolved mysteries about lotus. What is the history of lotus?
Before humans appeared, About 104,500 years ago, most of the earth was covered by oceans, lakes and swamps. At that time, the climate was harsh, disasters were frequent, and there were no animals. Most plants were eliminated, and only a few wild plants with strong vitality grew on this barren earth. Among them, there is an aquatic plant that we call "lotus" today, which has withstood the test of nature and survived tenaciously in the Amur River (now Heilongjiang), Yellow River, Yangtze River basins in my country and swamp lakes in the northern hemisphere. About nine thousand years later, primitive humans began to appear. In order to survive, human beings collected wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. Soon they discovered that the wild fruits and root nodes (i.e. lotus seeds and lotus roots) of this "lotus" were not only edible, but also sweet, fragrant and delicious. Gradually, "lotus", the source of food for human survival, became deeply imprinted in the hearts of our ancestors, primitive humans, and became a symbol of human survival.
The lotus
In Buddhism, it is considered a symbol of the Western Pure Land, the place where the soul is nurtured. The Buddha's body is often placed on a lotus, so the Buddha's seat is also called a lotus seat. Poets of the past dynasties praised the lotus for coming out of the mud but not staining, being clear but not evil, and straight from the inside to the outside. They compared the lotus to a gentleman and gave it a holy image. Lotus is also called lotus. Its double-flowered lotus is a harbinger of longevity and a symbol of pure love. Among all flowers, it is the only one that can coexist with flowers, fruits (lotus roots) and seeds (lotus seeds). The lotus mainly symbolizes beauty, love, longevity and holiness.
Scientific explanation of the broken lotus roots
The inner wall of the plant's ducts will be particularly thickened in certain parts, forming various textures, and some They are ring-shaped, some are trapezoidal, and some are mesh-shaped. The thickened part of the duct wall of lotus root is continuous in a spiral shape, which is especially called a spiral duct. When the lotus root is broken, the thickened spiral part of the inner wall of the conduit breaks away and becomes a spiral filament with a diameter of only 3 to 5 microns. These filaments are like stretched springs and will not be broken within the elastic limit. They can generally be stretched to about 10 centimeters.
The variety of lotus
is a traditional cultivated variety in Beijing. Single petal flower type. The flower buds are peach-shaped, green, with red upper parts and white flowers. The flowers bloom early, starting in early June, and the group flowering period is about one month. Lotus roots form early. In late July, the new lotus roots are repotted for the second time, and the flowering period can last until around early October. There are natural variations of red and pink baby lotus.
Poems related to lotus
1. Nineteen ancient poems (six of them)
Waving the river to pick hibiscus, there are many fragrant grasses in the orchids. Who do you want to leave behind (as a gift)? My thoughts are far away. I still look back at my old hometown, the long road is long and vast. We are of the same mind but separated, and we end up in sorrow.
2. Quatrains of Romance (Part 7) (Du Fu)
Populas are spread on white felt along the grain path, and green coins are stacked on lotus leaves by the stream. No one can see the young children on the bamboo shoots, and the chicks sleep next to their mothers on the sand.
3. An excerpt from "Book Huai Presents to the Liangzai of Jiangxia Wei Prefecture" (Li Bai)
Hibiscus comes out of clear water, and the carvings are naturally removed.
Examples of lotus culture
1? my country’s famous lotus viewing resort
“The lotus leaves touching the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are uniquely red.” Sun is the season for viewing lotus. There are many lotus viewing resorts in China. The famous ones include West Lake in Hangzhou, Daming Lake in Jinan, Weishan Lake in Shandong, Honghu Lake in Hubei, Dongting Lake in Hunan, Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, Baiyangdian in Hebei, and Chengde Summer Resort. , Qixingyan in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, Baihe Town, Tainan County, Taiwan, etc. In these places, you can see the beauty of lotus flowers and enjoy the beautiful scenery of "red clothes and green fans reflecting the clear waves".
Two riddles
A little girl is sitting in the middle of the water, wearing a pink coat, emitting fragrance. (Lotus)
There is a dragon in the mud, with a canopy on its head, its body is segmented, and its belly is full of small holes. (Lotus root)