1, edible

Ancient Chinese folk have spring folding plum gift far, picking lotus in the fall to cherish the tradition. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have regarded the lotus seed as a precious food, and today it is still a high-level tonic nutrients, many places specializing in lotus seed production.

2, medicinal

"Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded that the lotus flower, lotus seed, lotus clothing, lotus room, lotus seed, lotus heart, lotus leaves, lotus stalks, lotus root joints, etc. can be used medicinally. Lotus flower can activate blood circulation, stop bleeding, remove dampness and eliminate wind, clear the heart and cool the blood, relieve heat and detoxification. Lotus seeds can nourish the heart, benefit the kidneys, tonify the spleen and astringe the intestines.

3, ornamental

Hotel specializing in garden, China lotus specializing in three kinds of parks: one is like the Wuhan East Lake Mushan Garden Botanical Garden, the garden to open a to ornamental, the study of the lotus as the main large-scale aquatic flower area; two is like Nanjing Mochou Lake, Hangzhou, Hangzhou, the new "Courtyard Wind Lotus" this kind of is to appreciate the lotus as the main Large parks.

Expanded Information:

The lotus flower with its utility into the people's labor and life, and at the same time , also by virtue of its brilliant colors, elegant style deep into people's spiritual world. China's earliest collection of poems, "The Book of Songs", there is a description of the lotus "mountain Fusu, sermon and lotus", "Pei Ze's Pei, there are bushes and lotus".

The lotus as an ornamental plant planted in the garden, the earliest is in 473 BC, King Wu Fu-chai in his Palace (i.e., Suzhou Lingyan Mountain) for the favorite concubine Xi Shi enjoy the lotus and the construction of the "play flower pool". The Spring and Autumn period bronze artifact "Lotus and Crane Square Pot" (118 cm in height, Palace Museum collection), on the other hand,

reflects the importance of the lotus flower to the spirit of the times from the aspect of art, and this artifact is based on real nature, with the lotus flower pattern summarized in the image of dragons and chi dragons leaping up and down. It can be seen that the lotus is deified as the dragon, chi dragon and cranes, and has become a symbol of the sublime and holy in people's minds.

Reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Lotus