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1. Nelumbo belongs to Nymphaeaceae, Nelumbo. Nymphaeaceae plants originated in Tertiary (65 million years ago ~ 654.38+6400 years ago). According to the book "Early Tertiary Sporopollen in Coastal Areas of Bohai Sea", it is produced in Panshan, Liaoning Province. Fossils of the genus Nelumbo were also found in the strata of Changchang Basin in Qiongshan, Hainan Island, China, in the Tertiary tropical phytogeographical region. . The above shows that lotus is an ancient plant before the Ice Age, which belongs to the representatives of relict plant, such as Paeonia suffruticosa, Ginkgo biloba, Liriodendron chinense and Sequoia sinensis in China, and survived without being swallowed up by glaciers in the Ice Age.

2. The aliases of lotus are Lotus, Hibiscus, Lotus, Lotus Root, Shuizhi, Yunshui, Zezhi, Yuhuan, Huashui, June Spring and so on, which are inexhaustible. In the Book of Songs, there is a saying that "there are evil sides and flowers bloom and fall". In Lisao, there is a saying that "making lotus is clothing, and picking hibiscus is clothing", which is called hibiscus in Erya, water in Materia Medica, Hua Shui in Compendium of Materia Medica and water hibiscus in Qunfangpu. There are others, such as ancient and modern annotations, essays, exegesis, similar poems, and poems by poets of all ages, which have different reputations and are hard to exhaust.

Lotus flowers bloom from June to September and open and close every morning. The fruit ripens from September to 65438+ 10. The roots of lotus flowers are planted on the mud at the bottom of ponds or rivers, while the lotus leaves are exposed to the water, and the flowers grow on stems that protrude several tens of centimeters from the water.

Lotus root (lotus root) is thick and knobby, born in sediment. The leaves are shield-shaped, round, dark green on the surface, gray-green with waxy white powder on the back, and undulate all over. Petiole cylindrical, densely barbed. Flowers are solitary at the top of pedicels and above the water surface, with single petals, compound petals, double petals and double petals. Colors are white, pink, crimson, lavender or intermediate colors; Stamens are numerous; The pistil is free and buried in the inverted cone sponge receptacle, and there are many scattered honeycomb holes on the receptacle surface. After fertilization, it gradually expands, called lotus, and a small nut (lotus seed) is born in each hole. Lotus generally grows to a height of 150 cm and extends 3 meters horizontally. The maximum diameter of lotus leaf is 60 cm. The striking lotus can reach a maximum diameter of 20 cm.

4. West Lake in Hangzhou, Summer Palace in Beijing, Weishan Lake in Jining, Shandong, Daming Lake in Jinan, Qixingyan in Zhaoqing, Mochou Lake in Nanjing, New "Quyuan Fenghe" in Hangzhou, Lotus World in Sanshui, Guangdong and Tuanhu in Yueyang, Hunan.

5. Anhui Huangshan Lotus Peak is located in the middle of Huangshan Mountain, southwest of Yuping Peak, and east of Tiandu Peak. It is one of the 36 peaks. At an altitude of1864m, it is the highest peak in Huangshan Mountain and the third highest peak in East China. Xu Xiake said in his travel notes: Lotus Peak "lives in the middle of Huangshan Mountain, independent of other peaks" and "even the sky bows".

The Lotus Peak Scenic Spot in Chaoyang City, Guangdong Province is located at the junction of the South China Sea and the mouth of Lianjiang River, with an area of 1. 14 square mile. Lotus Peak, the main peak, is a small peak rising from the South China Sea coast, which is composed of a large number of petal-shaped vertically cracked granite. Looking from a distance on land, it looks like a lotus in bud; Overlooking the sea, it looks like a blooming lotus. In A.D. 1278, Wen Tianxiang dispatched troops, and the diligent king climbed the peak to find the emperor's boat, so he named and carved the stone as "Lotus Peak".

Hengshan Lotus Peak is 40 miles west of Yue Temple and looks like a lotus flower. Fangguang Temple was built in the lotus heart. There is a mended table and a pool for washing lotus flowers in the temple. There is a flying bell hanging on the ginkgo tree in front of the temple. The plaque inscribed by Song Huizong and Evonne in the original temple was moved to Banshan Pavilion.

Huashan West Peak, known as Lotus Peak in ancient times, is 2082 meters above sea level, with stone leaves like lotus petals covering the peak. It is made of a huge stone, with the northwest facing the sky and the cliff cutting like a knife. Under the steep slope in the southeast, the pine and cypress are green and the spring water is like a harp. There is a passage in the south of the peak, which is more than 300 meters long, with a cliff on one side and a slope on the other, and it is also one of the dangerous roads in Huashan. There are many scenic spots in Xifeng, including Cui Yun Palace, Axe Stone, Star Picking, Snake Cliff, Genie Foot and Yanggong Pagoda.

Lotus Peak is one of the 36 peaks in Wuyishan Scenic Area, located in the northwest of the scenic area. Lotus peak is 536 meters above sea level, with a relative height of 3 14 meters. The peaks are abrupt, towering into the sky, with steep cliffs and green peaks. At the end of the stone road at the peak of Shangfeng Mountain, the first two huge round stones, such as two lotus flowers in bud, stand opposite each other and are natural and strange, hence the name of the peak.

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