Lotus (Nelumbo Adans.) plants is one of the earliest origin of angiosperms. According to ancient botanists study of fossils confirmed that one hundred and thirty-five million years ago, in the northern hemisphere, many waters are distributed in the lotus plant. At that time, it was planted in the late stage of the sharp decline of giant reptiles dinosaurs, and it grew on the Earth much earlier than the appearance of human ancestors (2 million years ago). According to A.H. Christopherovich, Paleobotany (1965) of the former Soviet Union, fossils of the genus Lotus were found in the Cretaceous of the Arctic region of North America and the Amur river stream (i.e., the Heilongjiang River) in Asia, and in the Oligocene and Miocene strata of Europe and East Asia (the Kuril Islands), and Japan. In those years, the temperature on earth was warmer than now, and there were about 10~12 species of lotus plants, which were distributed in all five continents. With the onset of the Ice Age, global temperatures dropped, causing many plants to become extinct and others to migrate, completely destroying their original geographic distribution. As a result of this catastrophe, two species of Lotus survived, and their distribution was reduced. Distributed in Asia, northern Oceania for the Chinese lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), drifted to North America for the American lotus (N. lutea) paleobotanists have also pointed out that in Japan, Hokkaido, Kyoto, excavated the Pleistocene to Holocene (2 million years ago) lotus fossils, and the modern Chinese lotus; in the Qaidam Basin of China to excavate 10 million years ago lotus fossils, and modern Chinese lotus. In the 1970s, the Petroleum Exploration and Development Planning Research Institute of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industry of China and the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published a book entitled "Early Tertiary Spore Pollen of Bohai Coastal Areas", which recorded that two kinds of fossilized lotus spore pollen had been found in Panshan of Liaoning Province, Beidaigang of Tianjin, Kengli and Guangrao of Shandong Province, as well as Cangzhou of Hebei Province, and other places. Tertiary tropical phytogeographical region of China's Hainan Island, Qiongshan Changchang Basin strata, also found in the fossils of the lotus plant. Now China's Heilongjiang Province, Fuyuan, Hulin, Tongjiang, Shangzhi and other counties of the lake and marsh, there are still primitive wild lotus distribution. The above shows that the lotus is an ancient plant before the ice age, it and the sequoia (melasequoiagly plostroboides), ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), Chinese tulip tree (Liriodendron chinese), North American redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), etc., belong to the same glaciers were not eaten by the ice age. The plant representatives that survived the glacial ice age were not swallowed by the glaciers.
The mystery of the waterproofing and self-cleaning of the lotus leaf
The surface of the lotus leaf is adhered to numerous micron-sized waxy papillae. With an electron microscope to observe these papillae, can be seen in each micron-sized papillae on the surface and attached to many of its structure is similar to the nanometer particles, scientists will be called the lotus leaf of the micron-nanometer dual structure. It is with these tiny dual structure, so that the surface of the lotus leaf and the water droplets or dust contact area is very limited, so it produces a water droplet rolling on the leaf surface and can take away the phenomenon of dust. And the water does not stay on the surface of the lotus leaf.
Three scientific explanation of lotus root
Talking about lotus, naturally, we should mention lotus root. Lotus belongs to the water lily family, is a perennial herb plant, planted in shallow ponds. Its stem is born in the mud, metamorphosed into rhizome, that is, lotus root, also known as lotus root. The lotus root grows horizontally in the mud and draws nutrients from the fibrous roots at the basal nodes. Because of the lotus root meat thick, crisp and sweet, contains a lot of starch, rich in nutrients, so since ancient times is a favorite food.
When we break the lotus root, we can observe countless long white lotus root threads connecting the broken root. Why is there such a phenomenon of broken lotus root?
It's time to look at the structure of the root. It turns out that plants have to grow and transport water and nutrients in tissues called ducts and tubules. These tissues in the plant body is well connected, in the leaves, stems, flowers, fruits and other organs like blood vessels in the animal body as unimpeded.
Plants in certain parts of the conduit wall will be particularly thickened into a variety of texture, some ring-shaped, some trapezoidal, and some were net-shaped. The thickening part of the root's conduit wall is continuous into a spiral, specially called spiral conduit. When the root is broken, the thickened spiral part of the inner wall of the conduit is detached and becomes spiral filaments with a diameter of only 3-5 microns. These filaments are very much like being stretched after the spring, in the elastic limit will not be pulled off, generally can be stretched to about 10 centimeters.
The root silk is not only found in the lotus root, in the lotus stalk, lotus seedpods are there, but more slender. If you pick a lotus stalk, as far as possible, it folded into a section of a section of the lift is like a long string of small green "lanterns" connected to these small green "lanterns", is this filament. This filament appears to be a, such as under a microscope to observe, will find that in fact, is composed of 3 to 8 finer filaments, such as a cotton yarn is composed of countless cotton fibers.
The fine and tangled lotus root silk, very early attracted the attention of the ancients. Tang Dynasty Meng Jiao's "go to the woman" poem there is "concubine heart lotus root silk, although the break is still linked" line. Later, people used the idiom of "lotus root breaks the threads of silk" to describe the broken relationship, but the threads of love are still attached.
Four thousand-year-old lotus germination mystery
Ms. Shen is a botanist at the University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. Her laboratory cultivates a wide variety of plants, but her most cherished are two ancient lotus - they are about 500 years old.
"Ordinary flowers only survive for a few years." Ms. Shin said, "These two ancient lotuses are quite different; their seeds have endured hundreds of years of time, and now they have actually sprouted and bloomed."
Ancient Lotus Sleeping for Thousands of Years Awakens
A few years ago, Ms. Shin visited the China Botanical Research Institute in Beijing; on her way back to the U.S., a colleague in Beijing gave her seven lotus seeds. "These seeds were said to have been excavated from the bottom of a lake in Northeast China in the mudshrubs, and I knew they were very old, but I didn't know the exact number." Ms. Shin said, "They didn't attract enough attention from me at the time, but it was my lab colleague John Sasson who discovered their value."
John Sassen used a carbon isotope tester to age the ancient lotus seeds and found that they were surprisingly left over from 1,200 years ago! Even more amazingly, when Ms. Sassen sliced off the shells of the seeds with a razor blade and soaked them in a culture solution, it wasn't long before they actually sprouted!
Sadly, the seeds survived for only a short time after germination, but they have been ranked as the world's oldest germinating seeds.
A thousand-year-old seed capable of germinating? This piqued Ms. Shin's interest so much that she decided to return to China once again in search of these mysterious beings. By then, Ms. Shin was already a well-known scholar in the international botanical community, and many scientists were willing to assist her in this research.
The road to science is not smooth
The second batch of ancient lotus seeds that Ms. Shen brought to the United States consisted of 21 seeds, all of which were between 200 and 500 years old. 1997, Ms. Shen was researching lotus cultivation techniques in Germany, and through "minor surgery," the first seed germinated, but it survived for less than three months. But it survived for less than three months.
"Over the next three years, I bred three other seeds at the California Botanical Research Institute, but none of them bloomed - it was clear that I was not using the right methods." Ms. Shin reminisced, saying, "Then as if by luck, both seeds bloomed, the two you see now, one of which is 408 years old and the other 466 years old."
Despite the fact that the ancient lotuses bloomed, they are different in many ways from modern day lotuses and can't be fully adapted to the modern environment. "I'm trying to do everything I can to enable them to thrive."
According to Ms. Shin, there should be a special reason why lotus flowers are able to live so long; if the intrinsic mechanism of their longevity can be discovered, mankind will benefit greatly, for example, by solving the problem of food storage, reducing the number of starving people in the world, and potentially lengthening the lifespan of human beings.
The key question is: what is the secret of lotus longevity? Ms. Shin says it may have something to do with the radiation in the soil.
Gaiman Hubbert is a chemist who is a work colleague of Ms. Shin. Hubbert found that the soil around the ancient lotus seeds was capable of emitting a slight amount of radiation. "Even though the intensity of the radiation is very low, the effect it produces after hundreds of years is quite amazing." Ms. Shin explained, "This may be why the ancient lotus seeds have survived to this day."
It is reported that Ms. Shin has 15 ancient lotus seeds left, which she is ready to offer to other scientists, enabling the scientific project to be carried out worldwide. "The lotus flower comes out of the mud, so it's in Buddhism it represents a special meaning." Ms. Shin said, "Now we want to find out the secret of the lotus flower's longevity for the benefit of all mankind."
How can an ancient lotus that has slept underground for thousands of years still bloom?
It has to do with the structure of the lotus seed. The outer seed coat of the lotus seed is hard and dense, like a small "sealing package", the seed is sealed inside, can prevent the outside of the water and air infiltration, but also can prevent the water and air within the seed dispersion, so the life of the lotus seed is extremely weak, equivalent to the dormant state. This is an important reason why the ancient lotus seed still has vitality.
In addition, with the ancient lotus seed buried environment is also related. These ancient lotus seed is buried in the depth of about 30-60 centimeters in the peat layer, and the peat of the water-absorbing moisture-proof performance is good; coupled with the peat layer on top of a thick layer of soil cover, so the ancient lotus seed is almost in an airtight environment. In such an environment, the ancient lotus seed does not have the conditions for rooting and germination, and thus has been able to preserve its vitality.
Five reasons why the lotus grows and reproduces especially fast
Sixth, the scientific and technological inventions from the lotus
From the 1970s, Wilhelm Barthelot, director of the Institute of Botany at the University of Bonn, Germany, engaged in the study of plant classification and the group under his leadership, studied the surface structure of more than 10,000 kinds of plants through an electron microscope. This research finally revealed an interesting phenomenon: When a few drops of glue are poured on the leaf surface of a lotus flower, the glue does not stick to the leaf surface, but rolls off and leaves no trace. The leaves, covered with a very thin layer of wax crystals, were clean, which is a characteristic of waterproof foliage. This phenomenon aroused Barthelot's curiosity and led to the hypothesis that there was a causal relationship between waterproofness and stain resistance. As a result of his efforts, he invented a new technology to produce a material with a surface that is completely waterproof and self-cleaning. This is a new and versatile technology that takes the worry out of cleaning the tops and surfaces of buildings, and eliminates the need to clean cars, airplanes, and various means of transportation.
Lotus, also known as lotus, water lily family, is a perennial aquatic rooted herbaceous plants, the underground stem called lotus root, edible, leaves into medicine, lotus seeds for the superior tonic, flowers can be ornamental. It is one of the ten most famous flowers in China, which is called Nymphaea, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea lotus and Nymphaea lotus.
Based on the description of "Atlas of Chinese Lotus Species", bowl lotus is a flowerpot that can bloom normally in a pot with a caliber of 26 centimeters or less, and must have the following three indexes: the average diameter of the flower is no more than 12 centimeters, the average height of the standing leaves is no more than 33 centimeters, and the average diameter of the leaf blades of the standing leaves is no more than 24 centimeters.
Bowl lotus is to root body as seed root cultivation, in a growth cycle to go through the process of sprouting, leaf spreading, flowering, fruiting, long root and dormant. From the seed root sprouting to the beginning of summer, small full of the period for the sprouting stage. After the spring equinox, when the temperature rises to 10 degrees Celsius or more, the seed root buds on the lotus root began to sprout, after the Qingming, when the temperature reaches 15 degrees Celsius or more, began to grow when floating, and draw lotus root whips; when the temperature reaches 20 degrees Celsius or more, the main whip draws standing leaves, and already has a strong root system, the absorption of fertilizer ability to enhance.
From the standing leaves to the emergence of the vigorous growth stage. late June, into the rainy season, more rain, high humidity, high temperature, the most suitable for the growth of lotus root, this time that is into the vigorous growth period. Later, about every 5-7 days to grow a standing leaf, and a higher than one; the main whip, the side of the whip is also very fast growth, while the new side of the whip constantly born, and buds and flowers. At this stage, it is necessary to prevent wind attack, to avoid breaking leaves and injuring roots.
Cultivation container
Now many varieties of bowl of lotus species plant is still too tall, so only a few varieties can be planted in the market for sale in the vegetable bowl, soup bowl. Currently on the market is not specifically for planting the bowl of lotus flower pots, and common vegetarian burn pots (i.e., clay pots, tile pots) easy to seepage, so it is not suitable as a bowl of lotus cultivation containers. Glazed pots, porcelain pots, alabaster pots, not easy to seepage, can be selected as a bowl of lotus cultivation pots. But these pots are generally left with a bottom hole, the choice can be plugged with cement and sand, or plugged with a rubber gasket. The shape and color of the pot should be coordinated with the lotus bowl, so that it blends in. Square and round pots are available. The caliber of the pot is about 20 cm, and the depth is about 15 cm. The first planting of the lotus can be appropriately enlarged, so easy to bloom.
Cultivation site
Receive 7-8 hours of light every day, can promote its buds, blooming constantly. Bowls of lotus are most avoided to be maintained in the shade, not to mention that they should not be cultivated indoors like indoor foliage plants. Insufficient light, the lotus leaves grow in vain and reduce green, and can not produce buds. Cultivate bowl of lotus in the courtyard, the pot must be placed in the light or the outer edge of the south-facing balcony. Flowering season, need to be put into the indoor ornamental, can take early in and late out, or late in and early out, every day should still maintain a certain light. Bowls of lotus need to have more adequate light, but also avoid rainstorms.
The water lily is aquatic flowers, the growth process requires a lot of water, but is afraid of water sinking leaves, so the site should take water, drainage is convenient. Bowls of lotus fear windy, site as far as possible to choose the back of the wind.
Cultivation soil
The water lily requires humus-rich pond mud or rice paddy mud for cultivation soil, do not use industrial pollution soil. Yellow mud viscosity, the amount of use should be appropriate, too viscous will affect the elongation of the root whip and the expansion of the root; sandy soil loose, viscous enough, easy to be damaged by the wind and folded, hindering the growth of the root system, generally to yellow mud, sandy soil at a ratio of 7:3 mixing is appropriate. If there is no sandy soil, you can add yellow sand, but the proportion should be slightly smaller. Suburban areas, you can directly choose the garden soil of the vegetable field; the city can also be used in the spring pots of flowers in the pots of the host soil plus half of the yellow mud for cultivation soil.
Each pot with about 20 grams of rotting dry chicken manure or other fertilizers, and potting soil fully mixed as a base fertilizer, picking out the impurities and gravel, remove the soil in the small insects and earthworms, and then put into the pot. The soil layer generally accounts for about 3/5 of the volume of the pot.
Wuhan Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhao Jiarong test showed that 100 parts of dry pond mud, soybean cake water 2 parts, 6 parts of grass ash water, pig, cow hooves, 2 parts of water, 2 parts of rotting hair water, 1 part of the formula for planting the bowl of water lily can receive good results.
Cultivation temperature
Bowl Lotus is a thermophilic plant, the temperature requirements are more stringent, generally 8-10 degrees Celsius began to sprout, 14 degrees Celsius root whip began to elongate. Early sowing, also requires a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius or more, otherwise slow growth of seedlings caused by seedling rots downstream areas, before mid-April generally do not use open field seeding seedlings, mainly because of the temperature which is less than the seed germination and seedling growth needs. As the temperature rises, sustained high temperatures (more than 40 degrees Celsius), is also not conducive to the growth and development of the lotus bowl. 22-35 degrees Celsius is the optimal temperature for the growth and development of the lotus bowl. 18-21 degrees Celsius, the beginning of the production of leaves, flowering requires more than 22 degrees Celsius, 25 degrees Celsius growth of the new lotus root, this time, you need to be more with the day temperature, the night temperature is slightly lower climate. The night temperature is a little lower climate. Most of the cultivars in the fall around the temperature drop into the long root stage, manifested in the potting soil rose significantly.
The relationship between the lotus and Buddhism is very close, it can be said that "lotus" is "Buddha" symbol.
When we walk into a Buddhist temple, we can see the image of the lotus everywhere. Buddha Shakyamuni in the Mahamudra, sitting on the lotus throne, kind eyebrows, lotus eyes down; known as the "Western Three Saints" the first Amitabha Buddha and the Great Compassionate Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva, are sitting on the lotus. The rest of the bodhisattvas, some holding a lotus flower, some feet on a lotus flower, or make a lotus gesture, or to the earth to throw the lotus flower (such as the heavenly maiden). Temple walls, wells, railings, god account, table, incense bags, worship cushions, also everywhere carved, painted or embroidered various colors of the lotus pattern. See how close the relationship between the lotus and Buddhism.
The close relationship between the lotus and Buddhism, but also in Buddhism will be many beautiful and holy things, to the lotus as a metaphor, to the lotus as a representative. In the Buddhist story, Buddha Shakyamuni's mother, long a pair of lotus-like beautiful clear big eyes. At the time of Buddha's birth, there were eight auspicious signs in the palace garden, the most important of which was the sudden growth of a white lotus flower as big as a wheel in the pool. When the Buddha was born, a thousand golden rays of light radiated from the root of his tongue, each of which transformed into a white lotus with a thousand leaves, and in the midst of each of which sat a small bodhisattva with his feet crossed and turned upwards.
There are countless other Buddhist words that use the lotus as a metaphor. The Buddha's seat is called the "Lotus Seat" or the "Lotus Platform"; the cross-legged posture, that is, legs crossed, feet on opposite thighs, feet upward posture, known as the Lotus sitting posture; Buddhism propaganda of the Western Bliss, compared to the pure and uncontaminated Lotus realm, so called "Lotus State"; "Amitabha Sutra" describes the scene of the Western World of Ultimate Bliss is: "The Land of Ultimate Bliss has seven precious pools, eight merits and virtues of the water ...... in the pool of the Lotus is as big as a wheel." Therefore, the Buddha's country is called "Lotus Land"; Buddhist temples are called "Lotus Shakra". "Shakra" for the Sanskrit language, that is, the Western Pure Land, to the lotus for the trust of the past life, so called "Lotus Shakra"; chanting the Buddha's people called "Lotus tire", a metaphor for living within the lotus, such as in the mother's womb; Buddha eye The eye of the Buddha is called "Lotus Eye", which is a metaphor for the goodness and beauty of the Buddha's eye; the eight leaves of the heart of the lotus flower in the chest is called "Lotus Palace", which is the lotus-like realm in the heart; Sakyamuni's hand is called "Lotus Hand"; the monks and nuns who take the precepts are called "Lotus Hand"; and the monks and nuns who take the precepts are called "Lotus Temple". The monk's and nun's precepts are called "Lotus Precepts"; the monk's and nun's robes are called "Lotus Clothes", meaning that they are pure and unadulterated; the Wonderful Observation Wisdom of the Five Wisdoms is called "Lotus Wisdom"; and the one who is good at speaking is called "The Lotus on the Tongue". The Lotus Sutra is called "Lotus Flower Wisdom"; it is said that those who are good at speaking are "Lotus Flower on the tongue"; it is said that those who are good at austerity and happiness are "Lotus Flower on the house"; the sutra "Lotus Flower Sutra" is shortened to "Dharma Flower Sutra", which is a metaphor of the lotus flower and symbolizes the purity and elegance of the teachings; the earliest Buddhist association founded by Master Hui-Yuan of the Dong-Lin Temple of Eastern Jin Dynasty in China was called the "Lotus Society"; Buddhist Pure Land Sect advocates the practice to achieve the Western Lotus Pure Land, so also known as "Lotus Sect". In short, the lotus and Buddhism have an unbreakable bond, Buddhism in many places are represented by the lotus, it can be said that the lotus is the Buddha, the Buddha is the lotus.
Why does Buddhism hold the lotus in such high esteem? This is mainly for two reasons: First, Buddhism arose in India, India place climate hot. Lotus blooms in summer, bringing people cool and beauty. People for this summer heat when the blooming of the beauty of the flower, nature is very favorite, so in India's literature, especially in folklore circulated in folk literature, the lotus is beautiful, kind, holy, tolerant and generous symbol. This kind of story is very much, the impact is very deep, such as "the story of the Lotus Prince", will be morally noble, kind, upright, practicing for the king of the ten laws (giving, precepts, generosity, integrity, amiability, self-control, avoiding anger, avoiding killing, tolerance and generosity) of the good state flower is compared to the lotus flower. The Tale of the Lotus King says that in order to save the people from famine, the Lotus King jumped into the Ganges River, turned into a big red fish, and told the people to cut his flesh and eat it, and that after cutting his flesh, it would grow again, and that this was done for twelve years, and that he fed the whole nation with his flesh and survived the twelve-year-long famine. The story of "Lady Lotus of the Deer Mother" says that every time Lady Lotus of the Deer Mother took a step, a beautiful lotus flower immediately appeared behind her feet, and she gave birth to 500 boys in one birth, all of them were handsome Hercules, and all of them were heroes defending the country, therefore, the Lady Lotus of the Deer Mother became a symbol of being able to give birth to many beautiful boys.
Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism, advocating the abolition of the hierarchical system of ancient India, the implementation of the equality of castes, to compassion, universalizing all sentient beings. In order to promote Buddhism, so that the general public can understand and accept the teachings of Buddhism, it will be preached in layman's terms. It also catered to the people's love of the lotus psychology, the lotus as a metaphor for the Buddha, so that Buddhism can spread rapidly, a wide range of believers.
The other reason for Buddhism to use the lotus as a metaphor for Buddha is also the main reason, because the character and characteristics of the lotus flower match the teachings of Buddhism. Buddhism is a religion that focuses on seeking relief from life's suffering, viewing life as a sea of suffering and hoping that people can get rid of it, and its pathway to liberation is: this shore (the sea of life's suffering) - Jidu (studying and practicing Buddhism) - the other shore (the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss). That is to say, from the earthly world to the pure world, from all evils to all goodness, from the mundane to Buddhahood. This is the same as the lotus flower that grows in muddy water but is transcendent and untainted by the sludge and finally blooms with incomparably beautiful flowers.
One of the important tenets of Buddhism is love and charity. To bestow compassion on all sentient beings. By compassion, I mean wishing and helping others to be free from suffering and to be happy. To be compassionate is to wish for others to be happy, and to act compassionately is to help others to be happy; to be compassionate is to wish for others to be relieved of suffering, and to act compassionately is to help others to be relieved of suffering. Buddhism requires that compassion be shown to all living beings, regardless of good or evil, human or animal. For all kinds of evil deeds, we should tolerate and forgive, and use compassion to help them, to sensitize them, so that they will turn to the good, become good people, and bear good fruits. But strictly abstain from being a part of the same stream, to be in the filthy earthly world without being contaminated by it, and to keep oneself clean and fragrant. The best thing to use to express this ideology is the lotus flower.
The lotus is born in the sludge, just as life in the world of dust, which naturally has to get along with the dirt, by the many evil and dirty things of the intrusion of the evil forces that Buddhism called "devil". Buddhism calls these evil forces "devils". Buddhism asks people not to be disturbed and influenced by the evil filth (i.e. devils) in the world. The lotus flower is the best symbol of this, and the Buddhist scriptures often compare the lotus nature to the Buddha's nature. The Dhammapada - Interpretation of the First Class under Toloporamita says: "The lotus flower, for example, comes out of the mud, and although its color is bright and good, its origin is impure." From the Sutra of the Forty-two Chapters it says, "I am a Shaman, in a turbid world, when I am like a lotus flower, not polluted." That is why King Brahma, who saves the world, was born sitting on a thousand-leaf, golden, wonderful lotus flower. Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, and Guanyin Bodhisattva are all sitting on top of a lotus flower or holding a lotus flower in their hands, signifying that the Buddha is from the realm of the earthly world and is clean and untainted.
Love lotus said enough classic it
Water and land, grass and tree flowers, lovely people are very tomato. Jin Tao Yuanming only loves chrysanthemum; since Li Tang, the world loves peony; I only love the lotus, which is untainted by mud and mud, not demonic in the Cup, straight and straight outside, not sprawling, the fragrance is far from clear, and the pavilion is still planted, which can be viewed from afar but not played with profanely. I said that chrysanthemum, the flower of the hidden also; peony, the flower of the rich and noble also; lotus, the flower of the gentleman also. I think that the chrysanthemums are the hidden flowers! The love of chrysanthemum is rarely heard of after Tao; the love of lotus is not the same as that of Yu; the love of peony is appropriate for all.
All other poems related to the lotus
1. Nineteen Poems (Sixth)
Wading through the river to pick hibiscus, the orchid is full of fragrant grasses. Who do I want to give it to? I am thinking of the faraway road. I am still looking at my old hometown, but the road is long. I'll leave my home with the same heart, and I'll grow old with sadness.
2, the West Island ① song (the southern dynasty music folk song)
memory of the plum under the ② West Island, folding plums to send the north of the river. The single shirt is red with apricots, and the temples are the color of crows ③. Where is the West Island? Two oars on the bridge. The wind blows the Sapium sebiferum tree. The wind blows the Sapium sebiferum tree. The tree is in front of the door, and the green tin is exposed in the door. I went out to pick red lotus. Picking lotus in Nantang in the fall, the lotus flower passes over one's head. The lotus seed is as green as water. The lotus seed is as green as water. When I put it in my sleeve, the heart of the lotus is completely red⑦. Remembering that Lang Lang did not come, I looked up and saw the flying Hong (8). The Hong flying all over the western continent, looking at Lang on the green building. I can't see the building, I can't see it, I can't see the head of the railing. Twelve curves of the balustrade, hanging hands as bright as jade. Curtains from the sky high, sea water shaking the sky green ⑨. The seawater is a long dream, and I am also sad about you. The south wind knows what I want, and it blows my dreams to the Western Continent.
Notes ① [West Island] place name, not known where. It is the place where men and women in this article **** together to commemorate. ② [down] fall. The season of falling plums is the season that men and women *** together commemorate in this poem. ③ [Crow's Fledgling Color] describes hair that is black and shiny. The crow's nestling is a small crow. ④ [Burao] is a songbird that begins to sing in midsummer. ⑤ Cui-Tian] Jewelry made of or inlaid with jade. (6) The heart of the lotus is related to the heart of compassion, which is the heart of love. (7) [thoroughly red] is red through the bottom. (8) [look forward to flying] is expected to the meaning of the letter, the ancients have the legend of the wild geese to pass the book. ⑨ [Curtains from the sky high, sea water shaking the sky green] These two sentences seem to be inverted. Meaning that the autumn night of a blue sky like the sea, the wind blowing the curtain, see the sky through the curtain will feel like sea water rippling. It is said that the river is called the sea here, and "seawater" refers to the river water. The sky and the sea are boundless. The sky and the sea are boundless, so it is said that it is "long", the sky and the sea of "long" as the dream of "long". The name [Jun] refers to the lover who lives in the north of the river.
3. Excerpts from "A Gift to Jiangxia Wei Taishou Liangzai" (Li Bai)
The hibiscus comes out of the clear water, and it is naturally undecorated.
4, the absolute line diffuse Xing (its seven) (Du Fu)
Grits of the path poplar flowers spread white felt, point of the stream lotus leaves stacked green money. The first time I saw this was when I was in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of the night.
5. Lotus Picking Song (Christina Zhu)
The boat floats gently, the willows sway in the wind; the lotus leaves are covered with green leaves, and the lotus flowers are enchanting. / Sunset, / microwave, / golden threads flashing across the river. /Left row, /Right support, /Singing on the lotus boat.
The Nymphaea blossomed, the bees and butterflies were not allowed to come, the water was green, and the water was clean. /Picking lotus flowers in the stream, / the water droplets slip through the lotus money. /The sound of the paddles answered the song.
The heart of the lotus root is long, / shyly hidden under the water; / not see the cocoon, / silk more chrysalis wrapped in the center? /The woman is trying to pick up the lotus root, and she is hesitant to do so. /The waves are sinking,/the waves are rising,/the waves are singing.
There are many lotus seeds, durian trees on both sides of the river, magpies are noisy, durian flowers are falling on the river. /The waterfalls of the streams are so bright that the ears and temples are reddened. /The wind is blowing, the wind is blowing, and the wind is singing.
The moon hook has risen, / the weaving maiden and the cow are bright; / the mist is brushing the water, / the cool wind is drifting away from the lotus boat. /The flowers, the scent of the clothes, / dissolved into a vast expanse; / sometimes quiet, / sometimes heard, / in the void curls the sound of song.
Respondent: w6152609 - Apprentice Wizard Level 2 10-14 21:42
1. What does the lotus flower symbolize in ancient folklore
Purity and elegance, purity and transcendence ` Eloquence, eloquence, silent love, faith
2. Raised my dream
My dream turned into a goldfish swimming in the pool for many years,
I laid my life's eggs on the water plants,
So I became a mother for a time.
Dusk crept over the pool's edge,
and in a decade, scales accumulated into pretty wrinkles.
A fish, old.
The lotus flower in June offers me the realm of this life and the next,
With the lotus flower as my companion, my cheeks are stained with compassion,
To hold suffering out of the water, the lotus flower is my bodhisattva.
In June, the lotus sits on its birthday,
Poetry is lifted up by the duckweed out of the silt,
I am a poor fish that can only take poetry as a tribute,
Swimming in the water, I listen to the lotus recite poems in my ear,
Under the romance, I stuffed my tears into the silt.
How many June's the water of the Lotus Pond nurtured poetry,
Poetry grew up, and I was really old.
My years have been washed away by the water of the pond and I am no longer old,
Lotus Pond, like my grandmother, soothes my wounded back,
Lotus Pond, a place I often miss,
I am going away,
My dreams are going to land,
I am going to go back to the bathtub of life for my offspring,
I am going to take the purity with me and the sludge with me,
I am going to take the purity with me and the sludge with me,
I am going to take the purity with me, and the sludge with me.
I'm going to take the purity with me and the silt with me,
I'm also going to take the tolerance of the Lotus Pond
<Song of the Lotus>
Lotus, for many years, you, as always, beautifully open in the pond of my heart. Even when the winds of autumn are bleak, you are still so tender and fragrant.
The pink petals, a young girl's handsome face. That above the rolling crystal dewdrops, is not your eyes of love? The wind slightly swaying branches of the flower, full of tenderness and honey.
Lotus, you did not age with the passage of years, and did not with the change of seasons and withering. Your beauty, your charm, still evoke my love and affection.
In June, I happened to come to the lotus pond, look at you in the evening sunshine standing silhouette, caressing you in the water of the green leaves, shy old dreams and entangled my mind. The indifference of the memory is that you curl up and wake up.
How, Lotus, the flow of warmth in your veins, so that my painful thoughts, resurrected into the youthful happiness. How is it possible to forget, your tearful eyes and fragrant promises. When you look up at the vault of heaven that we **** have, you will definitely see the gift of my heart.
Facing the remnants of the lotus
Bald remnants of the lotus stems stand on the pond, there are red dragonflies standing on. The lotus is still in the cold blue water, is there still a light fragrance that you shed?
October in the wilderness, we met as expected, but your beautiful petals have been lonely faded. I feel that winter has come early. However, I can't forget that the summer winds of cicadas, accompanied by the fragrance of the pink lotus and the dark green shadows of the lotus, had poetically swayed my heart.
Who ever thought that one of my far away, leaving a cup of remorseful bitter wine, drink out of season outside the loss. But I believe that next year's pond will be a thriving world.
The lotus pond in June
Who can do this, sitting alone by the lotus pond in June, gazing at the lotus bloom a beautiful season?
A dark fragrance floating, the setting sun spread into the golden cover of the pond, written in my reverie of how many memories. Countless twilight, I read the style of lotus, read countless thoughts of pain.
Every lotus leaf is a green umbrella, ferrying me out of the red-hot summer; every lotus flower is your holy smile, giving me sweet dreams at night.
I really don't want to step out of the summer atmosphere, don't want to say goodbye to the soul-stirring beautiful lotus pond.
Even if you leave with the yellowing leaves of autumn, even if you leave with the flying snowflakes, the rippling lotus pond is my eternal scenery, is my memory of the fire red.
Attachment to you, approaching the lotus pond, watching the lotus flower open the wind. I, a love ......
Meet with the lotus
Came to the lotus pond by chance, and met with the lotus.
No matter how the seasons change, your charm remains in my heart, so holy, charming.
Remaining petals, still flashing pink smile; green lotus leaves, still vibrant. The lotus seeds have gradually matured, standing upright in the center of the water, swaying in the wind.
Meeting with the lotus is a kind of fate. The red dragonflies that flew around you? The first thing you need to do is to get rid of the old ones, and then you can get rid of the new ones. The wind is blowing, you gently sway in the wind, a few smiles, a few miserable. In the late fall, do you look lonely, cold?
Silently gazing at you, we are separated by a deep pool of water. It is the wind that transmits my blessings to you; it is the light that transmits my veins of love for you. No matter when, I can't forget you, the exuberance of summer, the grace of the sun.
I can't be like the ripples of a pond, always surrounding you, always embracing you, with a sincere heart, caring for you, heartbreaking you. Nor can I be like a small fish swimming around you, playing with you. I can only rely on the bright moon, send a piece of my deep love and blessings, may you be happy and happy.
Oh Lotus, please accept my deep blessings.
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3. Quotations about Lotus(3)
Jun loves Lotus with flower, I love Lotus with reality. (Chen Kijun, living in Yixi South)
The fairy has taken the long wind and gone, leaving a jasper disk over the water.
I love the lotus for its ability to emerge from the silt and mud without being stained, and for its ability to keep the sea clean without being demonized. （
Don't be afraid of a little bitterness, then I want to abandon the lotus heart.
4. Riddles about the lotus
Tiny girl, sitting in the middle of the water, wearing a pink coat, bursts of fragrance in the mud, a dragon, a head of a poncho, the body of a section of the body, full of holes.
Songs about Lotus:
<Lotus blooms everywhere>-Qi Yu
<Water Lotus>-Zhang Xiuqing
<Lotus in the snow>-Qi Yu
<Lotus in the water>-Lin Tzu-Cheung
<Yilian>-Angie Leung
<Lotus Beauty>--Tong Chan
<Lotus Picking>--Cai Xingjuan
Scientific and technological inventions about lotus:
Lotus seed contains starch, cotton candy, asparagine, honey trisaccharides and so on, which is a nutritious and nourishing food. In addition, various parts such as lotus flower and lotus whiskers contain lignans, quercetin and isoquercetin; lotus tips contain hordenine and quercetin