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Nanjing Lotus Pond Landscape Photography Works

In our daily life, we should all have heard of the ice lotus, but many people have never seen the real ice lotus. It is worth mentioning that on the morning of August 23, Mr. Xu and photographers from Nanjing took the subway to Gaochun and finally got a glimpse of Dilian's true face. Get off the subway and take a taxi to the lotus pond of Chundong Lake in Laojie Scenic Area. The petals of this Bindilian have withered, leaving only two lotus leaves standing among the lotus flowers, attracting many people's attention. According to the staff of the scenic spot, it is guarded every day and changed every two hours. Meeting the ice lotus indicates "good luck again and again", and gaochun old street hopes to bring this good luck to every citizen and tourist. In fact, the ice lotus, also known as Lotus Head Lotus, Tongxin Lotus, Albizia Albizia Lotus and Ruilian Lotus, is a treasure in lotus, and its generation probability is only one in 100,000. It forms two pedicels on a stalk, and two flowers form a pair of lotus flowers, which is a "twin" in plants. In fact, the genetic mechanism of ice-land love is still under study, and it can't be copied at present, but it can only be generated naturally, which is very rare.

So, what are the morphological characteristics of love between C and D? According to the explanation of Baidu Encyclopedia, ice lotus is a perennial aquatic herb. The rhizome of the ice lotus is horizontal, with many longitudinal pores inside, constricted joints, black scales at the top and hairy adventitious roots at the bottom. The leaves of Lilium longiflorum are round, with a diameter of 25-90 cm, the whole edge is slightly wavy, the upper surface is smooth and powdery, and the lower veins extend outward from the center with 1-2 bifurcations. The petiole of lotus is thicker than that of common lotus, and it is cylindrical, with a length of 1 to 2 meters, hollow inside and scattered spines outside. It is worth mentioning that the pedicel and petiole of Bingdilian are the same length or slightly longer, and there are also scattered thorns; Flower diameter 10-20cm, beautiful and fragrant; Petals are red, pink or white, oblong and oval to obovate, 5 5- 10/0cm long and 3-5cm wide, tapering from outside to inside, sometimes becoming stamens, and the apex is blunt or slightly pointed; Anthers are long, filaments are slender and inserted under receptacle; The style is very short and the top of the column is natural.

In a word, the ice lotus is a very rare kind of lotus. So, what is the flower language of ice love?

Ice lotus also has the reputation of "a gentleman in a flower" and is the best among lotus flowers. Since ancient times, Bing Xu's love has symbolized a hundred years of harmony and eternal unity. It is worth mentioning that in many literary works, ice lotus is often regarded as a symbol of love, such as the poem "Green lotus covers green water, hibiscus is red and fresh. There are lotus roots on the bottom and lotus roots on the top, which have been passed down to this day. Feng Xiaoqing, a poetess in the Ming Dynasty, also worshipped the ice lotus very much. She once wrote: "Before kowtowing to Master Lan Yun, nothing grows in the West. I would like to sprinkle a drop of water from the poplar branches as a lotus flower on earth. " Expressed her infinite yearning and blessing for the symbolic meaning of the ice lotus.

In short, the flower language of ice love is beautiful, and ice love itself is extremely precious.