In addition to this, in terms of love between men and women, there is the saying that it is the lover of the past life; the lotus flower symbolizes the wealth distribution tool, the source of wealth, at the same time, it also implies that only hard work and kind labor can be exchanged for a good and happy life. Also known as Malanthus, chicken intestine, purple chrysanthemum. It is a perennial herb of the genus Malan in the family of Asteraceae. Native to the south and east of Asia, the Yangtze River Basin is widely distributed, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces collect common, Nanjing people prefer to eat. Malan plant height 30 ~ 75 cm, stem erect, leaves alternate, thin, oblanceolate or ovate moment round, edge sparsely serrated or pinnately lobed, upper leaves small, sessile, entire. Headed inflorescences, ligulate flowers in 1 layer, tubular flowers in multiple layers, achenes obovate-square, extremely compressed, brown. Malan like cool and humid climate, seed germination temperature for 20 ~ 25 ℃, growth temperature 15 ~ 20 ℃, temperatures below 15 ℃ slow growth, 30 ℃ above the growth of discomfort, fiber, poor quality, cold hardiness, -5 ~ -7 ℃ is not easy to freeze.