I remember it was my turn to introduce my hometown when I was in normal school. I was speechless for a moment, but I didn't know that I had been living in a beautiful and quaint cultural town-Lianhua Town, Cizhou.

Needless to say, the misty furnace peak and the deep Cizhou kiln; The sparkling lake, the magnificent bell and drum tower, and the ten miles of lotus fragrance in the area of Zhonghua Temple Street alone are enough to make people fascinated.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the lotus blooms quietly. Look at a pool of blooming red and white lotus flowers, one next to the other like pearls, dotted among the lotus leaves in the field. Moonlight on the Lotus Pond is quiet, and the joy of Like a Dream is just around the corner. Patches of lotus ponds are connected with the surrounding grass, green trees and wild flowers, endless and colorful, like brocade, glow and rainbow, like a watercolor painting that has passed this life. No wonder Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty visited Beijing and passed by the Dutch scenery in Cizhou, which was full of praise. This is the source of the reputation of "Imperial Road Wind". According to historical records, at this time of the year, Cao Cao, the prime minister of Wei, leads his ministers to visit the lotus, fill the lotus leaves with wine and drink the lotus stalks to celebrate the blooming of the lotus. Ah, the beautiful scenery of my hometown still contains such rich historical and cultural details.

I went to see the lotus twice this year, and it just rained lightly for the first time. Green lotus leaves, some round, some sharp, some only half a foot above the water, and some still floating on the water. Raindrops stay on the lotus money and shine like white pearls. The water in the pool is clear, green and quiet, reflecting the dense shade on the shore. After April's wheatgrass, a calm and indifferent realm came back. A breeze blew through the quiet lotus pond, so clean and comfortable that I don't know how to describe it in words.

The second time I went, it was only half a month. The green lotus leaves have covered the pond, and one person is much taller. Pink-purple flower bones, connected with long straight flower stalks, are inserted between the pool water and lotus leaves like brushes, which is very cute. One or two lotus flowers have been half-opened, white and moist as jade, revealing the stamens of Huang Cancan, which people love to touch with their hands. "Only violet red lotus, rolled up innocently." Oh, when the lotus is in full bloom, the beauty of life seems to leap into my heart, and my heart is as pure and natural as the lotus.

"The pond is cold in the autumn wind all night, and the lotus ruby shadow blows away." In autumn and winter, the lotus withers, and the withered lotus branches and leaves stand upright, tilt, fold or lie down in various ways, which is also full of vitality, reflecting in the water like a faint ink painting, with light and shadow. When the lotus is ripe, the white lotus root is out of the pond. Lotus farmers jumped around in the lotus pond to salvage lotus roots, and the joy of harvest was beyond words.

The lotus is described in China's earliest poetry collection, The Book of Songs. Lotus, also known as lotus and water hibiscus, is one of the earliest species of angiosperms. Lotus is also considered as a symbol of human existence. Lotus root is also homophonic with "Lian", which means that love is like oxygen. The white lotus root in my hometown used to be a palace tribute, but now it is widely planted in Zhanghe Ecological Science and Technology Park, Baitu Town, Zhanghe and other areas, and it is a well-known food specialty. Finally, I understand why hardworking and kind hometown people love lotus flowers so much and plant them so much.

I couldn't help secretly picking a big, round lotus leaf, covering my head with a long green handle, and walking along the stone steps paved by the lotus pond, suddenly I saw the three Chinese characters "Happy City" reflected and flashing in the green water from a nearby high building. Isn't it? Beautiful and happy town, everything looks happy.

With lotus fragrance, all the way to the southwest, along the broad friendship road, came to the "Lotus House"-a poetic restaurant. As soon as I stepped into the "Lotus House", a delicate, elegant and quaint cultural atmosphere came face to face. Colorful and elegant lotus lanterns, colorful and graceful lotus pictures come into view, fresh and elegant "Eight Scenery Pictures of Cizhou", landscape paintings, as well as the unique "Painting Boxing Pictures" and ancient "Sea Culture" of Cizhou are full of beautiful artistic atmosphere, which makes people infiltrate, infect and unconsciously cultivate. The smell of food wafted in through the big transparent glass window. Gentle and friendly waiters and robots brought delicious meals. White and crystal lotus root set meal, delicious mutton soup, unique baked wheat cake ... The owner of the restaurant said, "I left my hometown at the age of 18, and now I come back to build this restaurant to carry forward our unique culture, tourism and food traditions in Cizhou, so that culture, environment, service and price can be perfectly combined ..."

"If you come to a small town, you will gain a lot. It looks like a painting and sounds like a song. The realm of truth, goodness and beauty in life is contained here ... "Teresa Teng's sweet singing voice came, and he suddenly felt that his hometown was more lovely.

I carefully took the lotus leaf home and put it in a long-necked glass bottle filled with clear water. Looking at it, touching it and kissing its fragrance every day, I seem to have become a lotus leaf and a lotus flower.