The Lotus Flowers Chinese culture

lotus flowers as a precious flower native to china, one of the top ten, contains a wealth of lotus culture, chinese culture became a bright pearl in the treasure, enjoy the “hometown of Chinese young man had,” said Xiangtan County, has extensive experience in lotus cultivation and mining, processing lotus skilled, the young man had a profound cultural roots.

Lin and cultural origins



With lotus cultivation and application in China, with the basic necessities of life, culture, music, dance, art, religion and other aspects are closely related, and give special deep cultural connotations.



Pre-Qin period, the cultivation of wild plant use to the application, “system that clothing bearing water chestnut Come, set hibiscus that skirt”, was given a beautiful, noble, aromatic meaning, has become a beautiful, yet clean symbol. Han Dynasty, lotus cultivation techniques improved varieties increased, relatives, friends thoughts, deep cultural connotation and extension. Northern and Southern Dynasties period, the lotus varieties increased, there lotus pots, cultivated area expanded, much improved technology, customs and popular Lotus flowers, a Buddhist lotus main decorative patterns, in architecture, sculpture area shine.



Sui and Tang dynasties, Lin Ting by the court spread to the private sector, as a devoted married couple perianth Ruizhao. Song and Yuan Dynasties, Zhou due to a “Reminiscence”, the Lotus culture elevated to a gentleman of character height to be fully aware of its medicinal value and recognition. Ming and Qing Dynasties, Lotus became a symbol of three religions have been given the “harmony,” meaning lotus of the noble, beautiful, Ruixiang meaning are perfected in this period. Contemporary, lotus unprecedented development of science and technology research, a substantial increase in variety, processing increasingly sophisticated, more profound meaning, become selfless, spotless revolutionary symbol of peace and tirelessly to become, as one symbol of dedication.



In short, the lotus has a huge impact on culture and strong vitality, is a good personality, a symbol of good things, but also of human life and national prosperity of the content reproduction, has become the Chinese People’s vitality and national cohesion is an important form of expression. Culture by the simple exploration of lotus, lotus I found penetrated into the literary culture, music, dance, art, medicine, religion, political, economic and other aspects of social life; it as time progresses, the expansion of cultivated area, the increase in species use of extensions to enrich and improve with, and given a specific connotation.