The summer solstice has arrived, and the lotus flowers in the Yuzhuang Scenic Area of Suzhou Botanical Garden have shown a posture of opening, and it is expected to enter the best viewing period in early July. Citizens may wish to come to this ancient and modern Lotus land to enjoy the most beautiful scenery in summer.
Lotus flowers, also known as lotuses, hibiscus, hibiscus, and so on, are the most elegant and popular things in summer. The "Book of Poetry, Zheng Feng, Shan Youfu Su" records: "The mountain has Fu Su, and the kui has Lotus", and Lotus is the lotus flower. The scene of the fish playing lotus leaves in the Lefu poem "Jiangnan", and the scene where the fish and the lotus pond are interesting, has also been recited to this day. Li Bai's "clear water out of the hibiscus, natural to carve", Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus Sayings" cloud "out of the mud without staining, Mao Qing Lian without demon", the Ming Dynasty "Qunfang Spectrum" praised it as "the gentleman of the flowers", not only the character and brilliance of the lotus, but also revealed the author's preference for the lotus.
Lotus flowers are often reflected in the memories of Suzhou people, and also carry the memories of the water villages. Compared with the well-known Huang Tiandang outside the Gate, the pond of Lotus Flowers in Shihu Lake also has a great deal of success. It is rumored that the history of lotus planting in Shihu Lotus Is longer than that of Huang Tiandang. Lotus Dang is located in the north of Xingchun Bridge, Cha Mo Yu West, every summer, 800 acres of water swing lotus blossoms, lotus fragrance overflowing, come to appreciate the lotus in an endless stream.
Wang Pet, a famous calligrapher and painter of the Ming Dynasty, studied in Shihu for twenty years, during which he left a group of "Lotus Flower Poetry Scrolls". The Qing Dynasty calligrapher Xu Yi described in the "Hundred Songs of Stone Lake Songs": "The lotus flowers reflect the blue waves, and there are many lotus birthday painting boats." "In recent years, large areas of lotus flowers have been replanted in the north of Xingchun Bridge and in the fishing village, mainly for tourists to watch, and the moving scene of lotus flowers blooming and the lotus wind swaying in the middle of summer has been re-presented.
It is understood that the Shihu Fishing Village was built by Yu Jue, a former Qing dynasty scholar and famous calligrapher living in Suzhou, in the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934). The forehead of the Shikumen gate has the inscription "Jue'an", and the back of the door has "Song Tianjing Pavilion Former Site, Deca Unitary Yu Jue Self-Title". Today's fishing village, the shore of the willow Yiyi, the pond lotus leaves gently shake, pink lotus, white lotus light dance fragrance, can be described as "ten miles of lotus fragrance and water, a bank of willow shadow line". (Weng Jianchang)