At the age of the year, the grass and trees | From the pond to the literature, "the lotus" has been dealing with people for thousands of years

Cover reporter Liu Kexin

The ancients wrote that "the lotus leaves are unlimited, and the lotus lotus is red." Today, people sang "After four seasons, the lotus is still fragrant, waiting for you to be in the middle of the water." From Qu Yuan in "Li Sao" wrote "Making Lotus Heads, Ji Hibiscus", to Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus", and now in the group of "love each other love each other", the elders' hand of WeChat avatar Essence Lotus, you say it is elegant or vulgar, it has actually made a deal with the Chinese for thousands of years.

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Lotus is the general name of "lotus" by modern people. In the past, the lotus was also called 菡萏, Fuyu, and water hibiscus. "Water comes out of hibiscus, and naturally goes carved." How can Furong grow in the water? It can be seen that Li Bai wrote probably the lotus.

Before the Song Dynasty, people often called the lotus "hibiscus". In "Furong Fu", Cao Zhi wrote "Fix the root of the root of the soil, and the stems are flowing up." It grows in the dirty, but it can bloom clean and elegant flowers. Praise. This indifferent and clean, may be the elders who use lotus avatars, the most longing for the quality.

The lotus is a perennial aquatic herb. The leaves float on the water surface, the root stems are hidden in the mud, and they are spent on the surface of the water. They are usually opened from June-August. When flowering, flowers of pink, red, white and other colors stand between huge green leaves. The arc of round and shield -like green leaves echoes the buds of water -shaped buds. The lines are soft and elegant, so that the viewing people add a trace of visual light in the irritable summer day.

Lotus (Tuyuan Network)

The Chinese have dealt with the lotus and have a history of thousands of years. The researchers discovered the aquatic plant pollen belt in the "Hemodu Culture" site in Luojiang Village, Zhejiang Province, and the researchers discovered the aquatic plant pollen belt, including lotus pollen fossils. After the measurement, it has a history of nearly seven thousand years. In recent years, there have been media reports one after another that many lotus seeds from ancient times have successfully germinated and blossomed.

For example, the lotus seeds unearthed in Kaifeng, Henan, and flowers from the 7th Shanghai Lotus Sleeping Show in 2019. In 2022, the lotus seeds from the Song Dynasty also used the ancient lotus seeds as the mother. After crossing with other lotus flowers, the lotus was opened at the Zhejiang University Arts and Archaeological Museum. The reason why the lotus seeds that "through thousands of years" can bloom flowers is that there is a hard shell outside the mature lotus seeds to isolate the entry of external air and moisture, thereby forming a closed internal environment, so that the lotus seeds can keep the dormant in sleep for a long time status. Before planting the seeds, you need to open a hole in the hard shell, which is convenient for the weak buds to find out from it. Only the lotus seeds from ancient times were awakened after nearly a thousand years, and blooming flowers that "traveled through thousands of years."

Looking at the lotus, most people think of it is Daming Lake in Jinan, Hangzhou West Lake, Beijing Yuanmingyuan and other places. If you think about it, Chengdu does not seem to have a long history and a prestigious place of view. Although there is a place in Chengdu called the "Lotus Pond", it is one of the top ten wholesale markets in the country. Now it seems that it has nothing to do with the lotus. But in fact, Chengdu Lotus Pond was indeed full of lotus. According to legend, a general named "Chen Guodong" once changed the fields in the "Lotus Pond" to the pool and planted lotus flowers, which made the reputation of the "Lotus Pond". It was just when the train north station was built, and the lotus pond was filled. In Chengdu, there was a saying of "looking at the sweet -scented osmanthus, watching lotus in the northern suburbs", and the "northern suburbs" here refers to the nearby lotus pond.

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In Chengdu, it is easy to find a place to appreciate the lotus. Lotus in Chengdu Cultural Park, Xinglong Lake, Wangcong Temple and other places have been opened one after another. In the city, there are also some small ponds planted with lotus flowers, and it is also possible to "turn a corner to meet the lotus".

The fragrance of the lotus flows from the lotus pond, continuing to literature. In Chinese modern and contemporary literature, there is a literary genre called the "Lotus". The name of the "Lotus" comes from the short story of the writer Sun Li, "Lotus Dian", the style is simple and natural, bright and fresh. Although the story tells the anti -Japanese struggle of the Baiyangdian people in Jizhong, the article did not look at the front battlefield, but cleverly started from the perspective of the wife of the seven soldiers, reflecting the historical moment of different angles. "Lotus" is the work of Sun Li's youth. In the article, the simplicity and optimism of the women in the article are read until now, which makes people like Muhuofeng.

Huang Shenhua's "Lotus Log Picture" is now hidden in the Palace Museum

In his later years, he once said that "Nanba (Jin) Beisun (plow)" was once seen, which shows his position in the literary world. However, in his later years, Sun Li still maintained humility in communication with his younger generation, as simple as the young man who wrote "Lotus" in the early days. On July 11, the 20th anniversary of the death of Sun Li, just to catch up with the season of lotus flowers. Whether it is Bai Yangdian's lotus or the lotus in Chengdu today, I believe that this fresh lotus wind will not disappear in the world.

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