Stories about lotus

1. The legend of lotus and willow

A long time ago, there was a young man and woman by the lake who fell in love with each other. The man was called Yangliu and the woman was named Hehua. The young man is handsome and the girl is as beautiful as a flower. Willows are honest and hard-working, while lotus flowers are beautiful and intelligent. They have been playing games together since they were children. They are childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts. When they grew up, they fell in love with each other so deeply that they once swore to each other by the water of the lake: If you are not your prince, you will not marry, and if you are not your prince, you will not marry.

After the preparations were made, the parents of the two families also chose a day to get married for them. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened. There was a bad boy from an official family by the lake. He coveted the beauty of lotus flowers and had evil intentions. One day, when there was no one in Hehua's home, he led someone to steal Hehua, intending to do something wrong. Yang Liu heard the news and came to rescue him. The evil master instigated his servants to use force against Yang Liu and killed Yang Liu. He fell down by the Ming Lake with hatred. When Lotus saw this, he was heartbroken. After breaking away from the crowd, he jumped into the lake and committed suicide.

After their death, a strong willow forest grew up where the willow trees were killed by the lake; where the lotus flowers died in the lake, a gorgeous red lotus grew. The willow branches brush the water and nod towards the lotus. The red lotus stands tall and expresses its affection towards the willow branches. The people of the lake said: This is the incarnation of willow and lotus. They cannot be together while alive, but they must stay together every day after death.

2. The legend of Yu Ji’s incarnation

It is said that the lotus flower is a beautiful maid beside the Queen Mother - Yu Ji. When I first saw the two couples in the world, men farming and women weaving, I was very envious, so I was moved by my mortal heart. Accompanied by the daughter of the river god, I stole out of the heavenly palace and came to the bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake made Yu Ji linger and play in the lake so much that she couldn't bear to leave until dawn.

When the Queen Mother found out, she used the lotus throne to throw Yu Ji into the lake, and told her to "throw her into the mud and never go to the south again forever." From then on, a beautiful maid disappeared from the heavenly palace, and a kind of jade-skinned and watery flower appeared in the world. Legend has it that she became the God of Lotus and lived on a small island. Every year during the Lotus Picking Festival, she can be seen among the girls picking lotus by the lake.

3. Lotus flowers repay the kindness of raising children

A long time ago, there was an old man named Zhang who made a living by fishing. I don’t have a wife, I just raised a son who is one year old. That day, the old man came to fish again. Suddenly, he saw flowers rising straight up the river. Soon a bamboo tube appeared, and the cry of a child came from inside. Old man Zhang hurriedly threw down the fishing net and fished out the bamboo tube. He carefully opened the bamboo tube and saw a very cute baby girl inside. He picked up a son and a daughter, and he couldn't be happier.

From then on, the eldest sister-in-law of the East family gave me hugs and the second aunt of the West family nursed them, and the two children grew up before they knew it. When they were seventeen or eighteen years old, the brother and sister looked so good! Especially the younger sister, her face was like a lotus flower emerging from the water, and her sweet voice could sing songs even a lark could not compare with. It turns out that the baby girl is the Lotus Fairy. Because she did something wrong, the Jade Emperor punished her to be reborn in the human world. One day, the Lotus Fairy suddenly said to Old Man Zhang: "Dad, I am leaving you. Brother, you have to take good care of our dad." The two men didn't know why she said this.

At midnight, heavenly soldiers and generals came down to urge them, all holding gleaming swords and guns in their hands. Hehua couldn't bear to disturb her father and brother, so she quietly left the house. I came to the clear pool in front of the door, washed my face and left. She thought of Old Man Zhang's kindness in raising her, and burst into tears. The tears dripped into the water, and a lotus flower grew immediately. She bit her finger, wrote a few words on the handkerchief, threw it away and left with the heavenly soldiers and generals.

At dawn, Old Man Zhang got up and could not find his daughter. This made the two men very anxious. They hurried to look outside the door and saw that the clear pond was full of lotus flowers and a handkerchief was placed by the water. After looking for someone to think about it, I realized that it was the Lotus Fairy who came down to earth to express her kindness to old man Zhang in the future. If old man Zhang misses him, he can go to the door and see the lotus.

4. The Lotus Fairy’s Necklace

It is said that the annual peach feast was held, and all the fairies came to congratulate it. It was very lively. At this moment, the Queen Mother suddenly discovered that the Lotus Fairy’s pearl When the necklace disappeared, he asked why. It turned out that the Lotus Fairy met a place on the way to a banquet. She found that the local floods were flooding and the people were in dire straits. She couldn't help but shed tears and scattered the pearl necklace into the world, hoping to relieve the suffering of the people.

The Queen Mother was very moved after hearing this, so she sent the Lotus Fairy down to earth to save thousands of people. After the Lotus Fairy came down to earth, she turned the flood water into a lotus pond. From then on, the lotus flowers bloomed and the fish jumped around. After that, the lotus fairy would come down to earth to benefit the people every once in a while, and the people lived a happy life.

5. The Polite Lotus Girl

There is a clear pond in the grove. In the small pond lived the lotus girl. Look! She was wearing red rouge, wearing a green skirt, standing in the middle of the water, how beautiful she was. When the wind blew, she shook her head, pulled the hem of her skirt, and swayed gently.

"What a beautiful lotus girl!" Taiyang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Sun." The lotus girl nodded towards the sun. "I like your warm sunshine so much."

"What a beautiful lotus girl!" the little frog jumped onto a lotus leaf and said.

"Thank you, little frog." The lotus girl smiled at the frog. "I like your moving singing so much."

"What a beautiful lotus girl!" the little fish said, puffing bubbles.

“Thank you, Xiaoyu.

"The lotus girl bent over the little fish. "I really like playing hide and seek with you. "

"What a beautiful lotus girl! "A voice came from a distance. "Who is it? "The lotus girl looked at it.

Ah! It turned out to be the little sister. She was wearing a snow-white skirt and came skipping over.

"Thank you, little sister. "The lotus girl danced to her little sister.

"I like you so much, and you are so beautiful!"