Lotus lotus, also known as lotus, water hibiscus and so on. Belonging to perennial aquatic herbaceous flowers of Nymphaeaceae. Underground stems are long and thick, with long nodes and round leaves. Flowering from June to September, it is solitary at the top of the pedicel. There are many petals embedded in the receptacle hole, which are red, pink, white, purple and other colors, or have colorful words and borders. Nuts are oval and seeds are oval. There are many kinds of lotus flowers, which are divided into ornamental and edible categories. Native to tropical and temperate Asia, it was cultivated in China as early as the Zhou Dynasty. Lotus is precious all over the body, lotus root and lotus seed are edible, and the germ of lotus seed, rhizome, lotus node, lotus leaf, flower and seed can be used as medicine. Its character of emerging from the mud without staining has always been praised by the world. Chen Zhisui's poem "Chanting Lotus" said: "No one knows in the mud that the white stems are buried in the ground. Life is red, green and clear, don't wait for the wind to fill the pool. "

Chinese name: Lotus

Latin scientific name: lotus

Nicknames: lotus, water hibiscus, June flower god, lotus root flower, etc.

Distribution: Lotus is native to China and generally distributed in subtropical and temperate regions.

Alias: Lotus, Lotus, Pollen Steamed Flower, Shuizhi, Yunshui, Shui Mu, Zezhi, Huashui and Handan. The ancients called the unopened lotus flower Handan, namely bud, hydrangea, hibiscus, Yuhuan, June spring, lotus and Liuhua. Lotus is the regional flower of Macao Special Administrative Region, the city flower of Jining City, the capital of Shandong Province, the hometown of high-definition recent photo album of Confucius and Mencius Lotus (17 photos) and the national flower of Egypt. In addition, Daming Lake in Jinan also has many excellent lotus flowers. Suzhou gardens, such as Humble Administrator's Garden, also have many graceful lotus flowers. Like a fairy, slim.

[1] The surface is dark green, covered with wax white powder, and the back is grayish green, and the whole edge is wavy. 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, yellow or intermediate colors; Stamens are numerous; The pistil is free and buried in an inverted conical sponge receptacle. There are many scattered honeycomb holes on the receptacle surface, which gradually expand after fertilization, and a small nut (lotus seed) is born in each hole. The flowering period is from June to September, and it opens and closes every morning. The fruit ripening period is September-65438+1October. There are many cultivated varieties of lotus, which can be divided into three systems according to different uses: lotus root, lotus seed and Hualien.

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[2] Lotus is an aquatic plant and likes relatively stable and calm shallow water. Lakes, swamps and ponds are its suitable habitats. The water demand of lotus depends on its variety. The water level of large-scale varieties such as Gulian and Chiba is relatively deep, but it cannot exceed 1.7 meters. Small and medium-sized plants are only suitable for water depth of 20 ~ 60 cm. Meanwhile, lotus is very sensitive to water loss. If you don't irrigate for three hours in summer, the lotus leaves planted in the jar will wither. If the water is stopped for one day, the lotus leaves will be burnt and the buds will wither. Lotus is also very fond of light, and it needs full light environment during its growing period.

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Lotus pod

Lotus is generally distributed in subtropical and temperate regions such as Central Asia, West Asia, North America, Indian, China and Japanese. China was cultivated as early as 3000 years ago. Now carbonized ancient lotus seeds have been found in Liaoning and Zhejiang, which shows its long history. Taiwan Province Province was introduced from Japan only 100 years ago. At present, the cultivated area in Baihe Town and Chiayi in Tainan has reached nearly 350 hectares, which is one of the most important tourist areas in Taiwan Province Province. There are still wild lotus flowers in some remote places in Asia, but most of them are planted artificially for landscape decoration and eating. For example, in China, lotus is cultivated as a cash crop. Many people once mistakenly thought that lotus was produced in Egypt and the Mediterranean. Around 500 BC, lotus was introduced into Egypt, probably brought by Persians.

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There are many cultivated varieties of lotus, which can be divided into three systems according to different uses: lotus root, lotus seed and Hualien. According to the classification standard of China Lotus Variety Atlas, it is divided into 3 rows, 50 groups, 23 categories and 28 groups. lotus

Lotus, one of the top ten famous flowers in China, is not only colorful and fragrant, but also has strong adaptability. It can be widely planted in lakes, which is spectacular and can be potted in bottles. Since ancient times, precious aquatic flowers in palace gardens and private gardens have been favored by people more and more, and are widely used in modern landscape gardens.

Lotus waterscape

1, lotus garden, there are three kinds of lotus gardens that have sprung up suddenly in China recently: one is the garden botanical garden in Moshan, East Lake, Wuhan, which opens up a large area of aquatic flowers for viewing and studying lotus flowers; Second, Nanjing Mochou Lake, Hangzhou new "Qu Yuan Feng He" and other large parks, mainly for lotus viewing; The other is the lotus folk tourism resource scenic spot which is mainly based on wild interest and combined with tourism, such as the Lotus World in Sanshui, Guangdong, and the Tuanhu Scenic Spot in Yueyang, Hunan. 2. The theme of landscape garden is waterscape plants: As the saying goes, "A garden without mountains is not strong, and a mountain without water is not beautiful". In China gardens, it is very common to decorate water features with lotus flowers. There are many famous gardens in Jiangnan, and there are terraces to enjoy the lotus. There is a "lianhua bridge" on the bank of the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. The jade pavilions on the bridge are patchwork, simple and elegant in shape, exquisite and unique, which set each other off with the lotus flowers in the lake. It is the best place to enjoy lotus flowers in Slender West Lake.

Lotus fragrance workshop in Yang Jinmei Park is built by the water, which is connected with Qu Bar. Cattail is fragrant and enjoys lotus in the rain, which is deeply loved by the masses. 3. Be a summer flower with flowers to enjoy in four seasons: different landscapes in four seasons are the gardening rules that China gardeners abide by. Plum blossoms resist winter, willows greet spring, green lotus relieves summer heat, and tung leaves surprise autumn. The green viewing period of lotus is as long as 8 months, and the flowering period is about 2~3 months. In summer and autumn, there are few cicadas, peaches and plums are silent, and the graceful lotus flowers exude a refreshing fragrance in a clear water, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. 4. Foreground, middle scene and main scene in multi-level arrangement: China gardens pay great attention to the change of levels when arranging plants, so as to form rich landscapes with different heights and distances. The combination of willow and lotus is a typical technique. Liu E once summed up Daming Lake in Jinan with "lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, and a city with mountains and lakes on half sides". Yuhu Park in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, with catkins flying in the spring and small rivers pointed; In summer and autumn, the flowers and leaves are graceful and the willows are green; In winter, the snow is covered with willow silk, and the residual lotus is audible, which is a beautiful scenic spot. 5. As a "filter" for polluted water by industrial wastes, the underground stems of lotus root can absorb the products of pollutants decomposed by aerobic microorganisms in water, and lotus root can help the polluted water to restore the food chain structure and promote the water ecosystem to gradually realize a virtuous cycle.

Lotus potted plants and bonsai

Lotus has a strong adaptability to the growing environment. It can not only spit red and green in lakes and ponds, but also be called water lily.

Even in a small bowl, you can be elegant and decorate the world. In the history of Dutch culture in China, the form of potted lotus was originally used for private courtyard viewing. Nowadays, potted lotus is widely used in gardens all over China. The combination of potted plants and pond planting improves the ornamental value of potted lotus, which often appears in garden waterscape and garden sketches. Lotus waterstone bonsai is a new kind of bonsai in Hangzhou in recent years. It is an organic combination of lotus potted plants and water stone potted plants, which not only reflects the firmness and straightness of rocks, but also shows the delicate and charming lotus flowers. Lotus bonsai can choose coral stone, sand stone, axe stone, English stone and other rocks as materials.

Lotus flower arrangement

Chinese flower arrangement began in the Six Dynasties and originated from offering flowers before the Buddha. As the sacred flower of Buddhism, it can be said that arranging flowers facilitates the lotus to form an indissoluble bond when it rises. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, offering flowers was still the main form of flower arrangement. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the art of flower arrangement developed greatly. At this time, the depth and skill of lotus flower arrangement rose to a new height, which can be called the heyday of ancient flower arrangement art in China. Today, people have a more in-depth study of lotus flower arrangement. Not only the materials such as lotus, lotus leaf, lotus root and lotus fruit are widely used in flower arrangement, but also the ornamental effects of these materials are scientifically compared. Generally speaking, it is appropriate to choose small and medium-sized varieties for lotus flower arrangement, and at the same time, it is also appropriate to match the branches, leaves and fruits of other plants, so as to strive for bright colors and bright composition, and the ornamental effect can last for 3 to 4 days.

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Lotus is called "living fossil" and is one of the earliest plants in angiosperms. Before humans appeared, about 104500 years ago, most of the earth was covered by oceans, lakes and swamps. At that time, the climate was bad, disasters were frequent, there were no animals, most plants were eliminated, and only a few wild plants with strong vitality grew on this barren land. Among them, there is an aquatic plant that we call "Lotus" today, which has withstood the test of nature and stubbornly survived in amur river (now Heilongjiang), Yellow River and Yangtze River basins in China and swamps and lakes in the northern hemisphere. About 9,000 years later, primitive humans began to appear. In order to survive, human beings collect wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, and soon find that the wild fruits and root nodes of this "lotus" (namely lotus seeds and lotus roots) are not only edible, but also sweet and delicious. Gradually, "Lotus", a food source for human survival, was deeply imprinted in the hearts of our ancestors, primitive humans, and became a symbol of human survival. lotus seed

Until the Neolithic Age in 56000 BC, with the emergence of farming culture, human beings began to learn more about lotus. At that time, in order to meet the water demand of life, human beings generally settled in river banks and lakes or swamps with natural springs, and these areas were the main distribution areas of wild lotus. From the unearthed cultural relics, it is found that there are carbonized wheat grains and two lotus seeds on the indoor table in the site of Yangshao Culture excavated in Beidahe Village, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, which has a history of 5000 years. In the continuous productive labor, human beings have accumulated rich perceptual knowledge about the growth habits and living environment of lotus, which laid a good foundation for the emergence and development of ancient lotus culture in China. There are wild lotus flowers. Professor Ren Xu, a paleobotanist, discovered lotus leaf fossils in Qaidam Basin 40 years ago, at least 654.38 million years ago. 1973, 7,000-year-old lotus pollen fossils were found among the cultural relics unearthed from Hemudu Cultural Site in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. In the same year, two carbonized lotus seeds were found in Yangshao cultural site in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, 5000 years ago. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century), the ancients ate about 40 kinds of vegetables, and lotus root was one of them. There is a phrase "flowers in the cheeks" in Yujing, which means that lotus flowers grow everywhere in the swamp waters of the motherland. China is the country that grows the most lotus flowers in the world.

In China traditional culture, lotus is often regarded as a symbol of peace, harmony, cooperation, resultant force, unity and union because it is homophonic with harmony and harmony. The nobility of lotus symbolizes the cause of peace and the nobility of a harmonious world. Therefore, in a sense, rewarding the lotus is also a promotion of China's "harmony" culture. Lotus varieties are rich and colorful, which means "harmony but difference", but together they form a noble lotus world, which means "harmony but difference is more precious". I sincerely hope that in the process of promoting the culture of peace and harmony, the lotus culture can be understood and familiar by more people. Carrying forward Chinese "harmony" culture is of special significance for us to promote the reunification of the motherland, safeguard world peace and build a harmonious society. Lotus is the symbol and messenger of friendship. In Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, June 24th of the lunar calendar is the Lotus Festival, which is called the Lotus Birthday. At that time, people will happily flock to watch the lotus flowers. Buddhists in particular respect it the most. For example, Guanyin Bodhisattva sits on a lotus flower. 1March 3, 9931day, the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which was deliberated and adopted at the First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress, also adopted lotus as the pattern of Macao's regional flag and emblem, expressing the local people's special worship of lotus as a symbol of purity and nobility. As lotus is a famous family in the flower kingdom, it has been selected by the masses as one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China. China Lotus Association was established in Beijing from 65438 to 0989, which promoted the beauty and fragrance of lotus in China.

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Dou Zhongliang, Buddha incense in full bloom

In the history of artistic painting in China, the fine lotus flowers are even more colorful. The most famous is "Lotus Out of the Water" by Wu Bing of the Southern Song Dynasty Painting Academy, which vividly and delicately depicts the fresh and refined style of lotus. There is also the "Lotus Yuanyang Map" by the painter Zhang Zizheng in the late Ming Dynasty; Chen Qing painted lotus flowers; Lotus and mandarin ducks in Ren Bonian in Qing Dynasty: Lotus and Flowers and Birds by Xie in the Republic of China; Ma Song Xingzu's "Dredging Birds"; Song Fan painted "Late Lotus Fruit Suotu"; Song people painted "Lotus Crab Map"; Song Feng has a picture of Taiyue Lotus Wind; Inheriting the Song people's "Children and grandchildren together". Mr. Zhang Daqian, a master of modern Chinese painting, is even more "crazy about lotus". His lotus works are numerous. He often said, "Appreciating and painting lotus flowers will never get tired of it!" Zhang Daqian lived in Suzhou when he was young. The lotus pond in the yard became a good place for him to sketch. When he was 33 years old, he began to live in the Summer Palace in Beijing for five years. The plump lotus flowers in the Summer Palace pond made him more and more interested in painting lotus flowers. Because of his long-term relationship with lotus, he has a special preference for lotus. Zhang Daqian's love for lotus flowers shows that he never sticks to the mud, graceful Tingting floats from the water, and lotus leaves and elegant lotus roots often come into his picture. He thinks that the most difficult part of lotus is not the flower, but the stem, because once it is written, there is no turning back, and it will not be painted again. Zhang Daqian often sketches the lotus, but there are also many spectacular large-scale lotus works, such as the six-screen giant lotus he exhibited in the United States in 1963. When painting, these six ink lotus flowers have to be completely decided by Datong Studio. When mounting in Japan, the painting shop had to go through the workshop to mount the painting. These six lotus screens, which are 12 feet long and 24 feet wide, are made of

Most of Zhang Daqian's flower paintings are lotus flowers. Among other reasons, he likes painting lotus flowers. He believes that "Chinese painting focuses on pen and ink, and painting lotus is the basic skill of using pen and ink." Others believe that painting lotus is closely related to calligraphy. Therefore, Zhang Daqian's lotus paintings are not only available every year, but also constantly bring forth new ideas. Form a famous "big lotus" at home and abroad. Jin Ping Mei, which he wrote at the age of 35, was bought by the French government. Xu Beihong once said: "Zhang Daqian's lotus flowers add color to the faces of China people." In Zhang Daqian's artistic career for decades, through continuous exploration and efforts, "Daqianhe" has a special position in the history of China fine arts. Especially after splash-ink painting in his later years, the painted lotus not only surpassed the attributes of flowers, but also extended the scope of literati flowers to another situation. He loves not only painting lotus flowers, but also planting them. By living with the lotus flower day and night, he captures the characteristics and instantaneous dynamics of the lotus flower for a long time with keen observation and highly democratic generalization, and then refines and exaggerates it with his own aesthetic sense and artistic interest, making it meaningful and full of vitality!

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Zhao Xinjian's "Qing Tang He Yun"

[4] The painter Mr. Zhao Xinjian was born in the 1970s. As a new generation painter who is experiencing the collision and impact of foreign thoughts and traditional consciousness in the new era, his inner experience and artistic language expression are very different from those of the older generation. As a painter, Zhao Xinjian attaches great importance to the experience and feelings of real life. He keenly grasped the vividness of form and the agility of aesthetic feeling, and formed a unique expression technique and artistic language. The painter's works Moonlight on the Lotus Pond, Memories of the Lotus Pond, Summer on the Lotus Pond and Lotus Rhyme on the Lotus Pond are all works with lotus as the theme. These works capture the beauty of lotus in reality, sublimate it and endow it with brand-new aesthetic charm. The author is rich in humanistic accomplishment and artistic accomplishment, and his lotus paintings have absorbed many artistic elements. His lotus paintings give people a beautiful feeling in a fresh and clear way, which shows the author's ability to grasp and comprehend art.

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During the Qin and Han dynasties, ancestors used lotus as a tonic, and its medicinal use has been in China for more than 2000 years. Lotus is a representative of holiness and a symbol of Buddhism. Lotus leaves the dust, clean and flawless. Therefore, the people of China and most Buddhist believers take the noble quality of lotus as their motto, encouraging themselves to lead a totally clean life. In ancient times, Zhou Dunyi, a writer of the Song Dynasty, wrote "The Theory of Love Lotus", which best reflected this point. At the same time, lotus is the symbol and messenger of friendship. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus, lotus seed, lotus coat, lotus room, lotus whisker, lotus plumule, lotus leaf, lotus stalk and lotus node can all be used as medicine. Lotus can promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, remove dampness and dispel wind, clear heart and cool blood, and relieve fever and detoxify. Lotus seeds can nourish the heart, kidney, spleen and intestine. Lotus beard can clear the heart and benefit the kidney, astringe essence and stop bleeding, relieve summer heat, relieve annoyance, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Lotus leaf can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, promote diuresis, strengthen yang, stop bleeding and lose weight. Among them, the ingredients of Lotus Leaf Zhen have miraculous effects on clearing stomach, reducing fat and removing blood stasis. Lotus root can recharge your batteries, stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Lotus root can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, benefit water, purge fire and clear heart. Lotus is really a treasure! In ancient China, there was a tradition of sending plums in spring and picking lotus in autumn. Since ancient times, Chinese people have regarded lotus seeds as precious food, and they are still high-grade nourishing nutrition. Many places specialize in producing lotus seeds. Lotus root is the best vegetable and preserved fruit. Lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus plums are also popular medicated diets in China. It can be seen that the diet culture of lotus is rich and colorful. Traditional lotus seed porridge, preserved lotus seed, lotus seed powder, lotus root slices with meat, steamed lotus leaf meat, lotus leaf porridge, etc. , too numerous to mention. It is said that the lotus is "out of the mud but not stained", which is a compliment to the lotus personality. In fact, the underground stem of lotus grows in the mud, so how can it not be infected by toxic substances? Because the extremely fine epidermis tissue and tannin-containing lower epidermis of lotus root have a certain ability to block or absorb toxic substances, most toxic substances attach to or penetrate into the epidermis, which is invisible to the naked eye. So remember to peel the lotus root and don't eat toxic substances in your stomach.

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Fried lotus with cream

Ingredients: main ingredients: lotus petals 16 slices, egg white 75g, spinach 75g, flour 40g. Seasoning: walnut sauce 150g, refined salt 3g, monosodium glutamate 1g, salad oil 50g (the dosage is about 100g). Output: 1. Wash spinach, chop it, stir-fry it with a little oil, add salt and monosodium glutamate, and mix well to make stuffing. 2. Wash the lotus petals with clear water, drain the water, lay them flat on the chopping board, apply a layer of spinach stuffing, and then fold them in half along the length to form a sandwich. 3. Put the egg white in a bowl, beat it with bamboo chopsticks until it bubbles, then add flour and stir it evenly into a paste. 4. Put the wok on medium heat, heat it to 60% heat, hang the folded lotus seed buns on the egg paste, put them in the wok, fry for about 1 min, and take them out. When the oil is 70% hot, put it in for the second time, then take it out immediately, drain the oil and put it on the plate, and put the walnut sauce on the edge of the plate. [5]

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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 accompanied by 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 a look, 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. Because "lotus" and "pity" are homonyms, there are many poems about lotus in ancient poetry to express love. For example, "Xizhou Qu" by Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties: "Lotus is picked in autumn in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the lotus is over the head; Bow your head to get lotus seeds, which are as green as water. " "Lotus seed" means "Reiko Kobayakawa" and "green" means "clear". There are both real and imaginary here, which means pun. The rhetorical device of homophonic pun is used to express a woman's deep yearning for the man she loves and the purity of love. Thirty-five songs in Jin's "Forty-two Midnight Songs": "The fog reveals the lotus, but the lotus is unclear." The dew in the fog hides the true face of the lotus, but the lotus leaf is not very clear. This is also a way of homophonic pun, writing about a woman who vaguely feels that the man loves her.

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Innocent, noble and modest (virtuous), "out of the mud without dyeing, clear without demon" (Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus Theory"), shows the quality of firmness, purity, innocence and integrity. Show elegance in the low-key lotus flowers

Lotus is a wonderful flower in flowers. Lotus is a famous traditional flower in China. The flowers and leaves are delicate and fragrant, which makes people feel deeply. There is a fearless and muddy temperament in the face of the scorching sun. Therefore, in people's minds, lotus is the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty, a sign of good fortune and prosperity, a sacred and clean name in Buddhism, and a seed of friendship. In addition, it is also called the flower of friendship representing peace in Egypt.

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Since the 1980s, in order to meet the needs of the construction of two civilizations, many cities in China have successively launched the city flower selection activities. Seven cities have recommended lotus as the city flower, including Jinan, Jining, Xiaogan, honghu city, Xuchang, Henan, Zhaoqing, Guangdong and Jiujiang, Jiangxi. In the 1990s, before Macao returned to China, the regional flag and emblem of the SAR were formulated, and lotus flowers were also selected as patterns. This is because the historical origins, folk customs and sentiments of these cities and special zones are all related to the habits of lotus flowers. Although separated from Wan Li, the development path is different, but people's love mentality for lotus is the same strain, but their feelings are different. Jinan City, Shandong Province: 1987 August 18 (Lunar calendar: June 24th) Lotus is known as the "city flower" of Jinan City, and the Lotus Festival will be held every year thereafter. Daming Lake is full of vitality: weeping willows, lotus flowers, a vibrant scene. Jining City, Shandong Province: Lotus planting in Jining City has a history of about 2000 years. Today, there are more than 60 new lotus varieties in Jining. Xuchang City, Henan Province: In the 1980s, lotus was known as the "city flower" of Xuchang City, which promoted the prosperity and development of lotus culture. Xiaogan City, Hubei Province: Since ancient times, Xiaogan City has been full of wild lotus flowers, especially the Lotus Lake in the west of the city. Today, Xiaogan City is a corner of the lotus pond. There are "Lotus Pier" and lotus pond by the lake in the city, and "Panbog Lotus Fragrance" has become one of the eight scenic spots in Xiaogan. Honghu city, Hubei Province: honghu city, Hubei Province, which is famous for its Honghu Lake, has a water area of 758 square kilometers. Lotus flowers bloom everywhere and become a sea of lotus flowers. 1987, Honghu withdrew from the county and set up a city. 199 1 year, the municipal people's congress passed the decision to take lotus as the "city flower". Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province: Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, which planted lotus flowers for nearly a thousand years, is most famous for the lotus flowers in Lihu Qixing Lake. It has become one of Zhaoqing people's favorite flowers. Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province: The city flower is designated as "Lotus". Lotus has become a symbol of holiness, friendship and emissary because of its noble quality of "facing the sun without fear and emerging from the mud without dyeing". Lotus, also known as lotus, has a deep origin with Jiujiang. There is a lotus peak in the mountain, a lotus cave in the cave, and the masterpiece is Love Lotus. There is a lotus temple in the temple and a lotus pond in the pool.

The use of light

In the morning, the hue effect of light is clear, the light ratio is large, the direction is strong, and the light-receiving surface of the object is golden yellow. At that time, the lotus was moist with rain and dew, shining with endless color implications in the sun, which was particularly vibrant and full of vitality. It can be said that it is the prime time to shoot lotus flowers. The light after nine o'clock depicts the state of things close to people's usual visual habits. At noon, the light, color temperature and heat of the light increased, and the lotus and green leaves began to shrink, unable to present a vibrant lotus posture. The color of the lotus under the oblique setting sun is more intense and profound, and the lotus in bud is charming, gentle and demure, especially poetic. Shooting lotus flowers, whether realistic or freehand, should pay attention to the three-dimensional effect, texture, sense of space and other screen effects. Because the separation between the subject and the background is not obvious in the sun, the light is dull and monotonous, which is not suitable for use. Instead, it is necessary to use front light, side light, side backlight and even backlight to effectively show that the lotus is back to normal, with rich image levels and strong light and shadow effects.

image processing

The creative feature of lotus photography is to express different contents and forms of works on the same material, that is to say, to express the same theme and create different artistic images through different angles, different colors and different aesthetic feelings. Therefore, to avoid similarity in lotus photography creation, we should first have differences in the performance of the main image, and reflect that "ten thousand flowers are dazzling and oblique, and only two or three are pleasing to the eye." "Looking horizontally, the ridge edge becomes a peak, and the distance is different." This is also the embodiment of the aesthetic consciousness and artistic skills of lotus photography creation. When shooting lotus flowers, we should try our best to take the natural environment as the background, such as blue sky, water reflection or lotus leaf as the background, which can show its natural charm. However, if you encounter a messy background, and it is unavoidable, you can choose to darken the background from the perspective of backlight, or use depth of field to control the background blur, or add artificial background, or even process the background through darkroom processing, so as to achieve the desired effect. [6]