The meaning of lotus symbol

The symbolic meaning of lotus: noble, holy and clean.

Lotus has always been regarded as a sacred and clean flower by Buddhism, and vigorously promotes the innocent and holy spirit of learning lotus. In addition, Zhou Dunyi also clearly expressed his love for lotus in his masterpiece "Love Lotus": "Love lotus alone, never touch mud, ripple is clear but not demon", and he is known as "a gentleman in flowers".

In addition, Li Bai's poem "Clear water produces hibiscus, and carving is natural" also shows that lotus has natural beauty.

Lotus is a violet, which is homophonic with "incorruptibility", so lotus is also used as a metaphor for being honest and upright, not colluding with others, mainly in official career.

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According to legend, Lotus is the incarnation of the beautiful maid Yuji around the Queen Mother. At the beginning, Yu Ji saw couples of people, men plowing and women weaving, and was very envious, so she moved her heart and stole out of the Heavenly Palace with the daughter of the river god and came to Hangzhou West Lake. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake made Yuji linger and play in the lake until dawn.

When the Queen Mother knew this, she used the Lotus Throne to drive Yusi into the lake and told her to "drive into the mire and never go south again". Since then, a beautiful maid has been lost in the Heavenly Palace, and a beautiful flower has been added to the world.

In the classic literary masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions, it is said that Qingwen became a lotus fairy after her death. Jia Baoyu said to Qingwen in the obituary "Daughter of Lotus": "If you talk about quality, it is not worth mentioning; If it is sex, no ice and snow means clean; If it is a god, neither the stars nor the sun can describe its essence; If it is like this, then flowers and months are not enough to describe its color. "

Although later redology experts thought that this was only the author's praise of Daiyu's purity in the name of chanting Qingwen, in any case, lotus flowers were always associated with her daughter's purity.

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