What are the characteristics of the lotus flower? What do writers use it to symbolize?
Lotus was one of the common images in Chinese traditional culture. The petals of a lotus flower are usually five petals. The flowers are colorful and varied, including white, pink, yellow, red, etc. They are very beautiful. Lotus flowers usually grow in ponds, lakes, and other waters, symbolizing purity, elegance, and high quality. Lotus flowers were often used in literature to symbolize noble, lofty, pure, and other qualities, or to symbolize love, friendship, and other beautiful emotions. Lotus flowers were also often used together with lotus flowers to symbolize noble and pure personality or pure quality. Writers often used the characteristics and symbolic meaning of lotus flowers to express their feelings and thoughts. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's poem " Farewell to the Ancient Grass " had a line," The grass on the plains withers and thrives every year." The " grass on the plains " here symbolized life in nature, and the poet used it to express his feelings of parting.