1． Chinese love for lotus
In midsummer, the lotus flowers are in full bloom and the lotus seeds are mature. When you stroll around the lotus pond, you can enjoy the bright fragrant flowers that grow in the lotus pond, you can enjoy the bright fragrant flowers that grow only in shallow waters and have many petals overlapping in a symmetrical pattern, which will surely make you relaxed and joyous.
Ever since the ancient times, people in China have been admiring the lotus. June 24th according to the lunar calendar was set as the Lotus Festival and also the “birthday” of lotus as well. “Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard” in Hangzhou is a good evidence of the fashion of enjoying the sight of the lotus in the water villages. In the Chinese language, lotus has the sane pronunciation as harmony. Lotus also bears the meaning of fertility. As a result, lotus is widely used in arts and crafts, for example, “Picture on Immortals for Union and Harmony.”
2. Emerging unstained from the filth
The lotus root grows in the mud at the bottom of the lakes and the ponds while the exquisite lotus flower rises above the water, which resembles exactly the beautiful ladies or fairies. Because of the beauty, lotus flowers were usually cultivated in the ponds of emperors’ or officials’ home in China long time ago. Scholars also describes lotus as a beauty for its grace and elegance. When the flowers withered, fruits flowers are also called padma for its sounds the same as shower nozzles in Chinese. There are tens of honeycomb holes in each seen pod, with each hole bearng one commonly seen lotus seed. When you study in China, you can go to the Daguan park in Kunming in summer to appreciate the beauty of Chinese lotus.
The lotus blossom is one of the greatest traditional flowers in China, for it has grown from sludge but not been stained; its posture is delicate without being bewitching. The lotus is called nobleness of flowers from the perspective of its cultural meaning. The ancient Chinese revered the scared lotus as a symbol of purity and elegance, so they usually compared lotus to noble gentlemen. The moral of lotus originally came from India and lotus is a kind of very important decorating pattern of Buddhism art in India, with the core of sanctity.
The lotus roots deep but unstained in the mud and blooms gorgeously which are favored by Chinese and reflected in many Chinese poems in ancient times. Besides, lotus is a common theme for traditional Chinese paintings. What’s more, lotus is useful in terms of being admired and practically used in daily life. Each part of lotus can be utilized. For example, lotus seeds can be eaten raw; lotus leaves are an indispensable element of “Steamed Chicken of Pork in Lotus Leaves”; and lotus seeds soup is good for our health.