What are the symbolic meanings of lotus?

Lotus is called "Cuigai beauty" by literati of all ages, not only because of its colorful and graceful natural beauty, but also because of its noble character of "coming out of the mud". The ancient literati like to use lotus to symbolize all kinds of beautiful things. So what is the symbolic meaning of the lotus flower?

Nobleness and holiness

Lotus has always been respected as a sacred and pure flower by Buddhism, and strongly promotes and advocates the innocent and holy spirit of learning lotus. In addition, Zhou Dunyi also clearly expressed his love for the lotus in his famous novel "the theory of lotus": "give the lotus out of the mud but not dye, Zhuo Qinglian but not demon", which has the reputation of "the gentleman in the flower". From here we can see that the poet implies that people learn the noble quality of lotus cleanliness. In addition, Li Bai's poem "clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving", also shows that the lotus has natural beauty.

Incorruptible

The lotus is the green lotus, which is homophonic with "clean and honest", so the lotus is also used as a metaphor for being honest and upright and not complicit with others, which mainly refers to the official career. For example, there is a picture called "all the way Clean", which is composed of green lotus and egret, which is placed by many scholars in their study.

Auspicious, auspicious

Lotus is called lotus, which is homophonic with "harmony". In ancient times, there was a picture of "he (he) Qing Banquet (Yan)" composed of lotus, begonia and flying swallow, which was described as peace in the world. The eight treasures of Buddhism are auspicious, led by lotus flowers. In ancient times, lotus flowers and fish were cut into drawings and posted, which was called "more than one year after year", indicating the prosperity of society. In addition, the folk auspicious painting, "Hehe two Immortals", is a person holding a lotus in his hand and a box in his hand to show harmony. He Xiangu, one of the eight Immortals, is symbolized by holding the lotus in her hand, symbolizing her beauty and surname he, indicating peace and good fortune.

Love

We all know that the silk of lotus root is very long and tied together, and in real life we often hear people say that "someone is connected with someone". In fact, there is still a connection between men and women, that is, what we call love. In fact, the use of lotus to symbolize love was recorded as early as the Tang Dynasty. In the song of picking lotus, Wang Bo, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote that "the pedicel is just on the pedicel, and the lotus root is in love with the lotus root", that is, the lotus and lotus root continuously, indicating the lingering love between men and women. Lotus is the most suitable for the symbol of pure and beautiful love, coupled with the homonym of "lotus root" and "couple", lotus root broken thread connected, "and Tilian bloom", are very suitable to express the lingering love.

Beauty

As early as in the Book of songs, there are records of comparing lotus flowers to beauties. "National style Chen Feng Zepi" said: "the waves of Pize, there are cattail and lotus." If there is a beautiful person, how can it hurt? When I did nothing in my sleep, I burst into tears. " Describe a man who compares the lotus to a beautiful woman whom he has admired for a long time. He is sad when he has not seen him for a long time. Whether awake or asleep, tears and snot can't help dripping like rain.

Friendship

In ancient China, there is a tradition of folding plums and giving away in spring and picking lotus flowers in autumn, from which we can see that the lotus symbolizes the pure friendship between people.