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Meet the painting of summer - water lilies

 2023-05-30 13:59:00 | View:

Meet the painting of summer - water lilies


Like a dream
Often remember the twilight of the brook pavilion,
Drunk with no way back.
At the end of the day,
Stray deep into the lotus root.
Crossing, crossing, startled a puddle of gulls.
                                          Li Qingzhao (Song Dynasty)


  In the light summer, the breeze comes and the water lilies begin to bloom. After the silent spring, autumn and winter, the water lilies in Shuiyue Zen Temple also come into full bloom. They are not the most beautiful flowers, but the solitary and elegant ones. With quiet posture, secure corner, alone Fangfei, deep in the hustle and bustle, blooming in silence, do not disturb.

   Into the water Moon Zen Temple, meditation pool of water lilies have opened very good, white, yellow, light pink...... The dreamy petals are all the more attractive against the green leaves. Leaves comfortably spread on the lake, some flowers stick to the water, and some poke their heads out, swaying gently in the breeze.

  White water lilies and elegant, modern Shuiyue Zen Temple in early summer into a full, with a shot is a piece of great beauty.

  As if entering the "garden of Monet", water lilies appear dreamily in the meditation pool of Shuiyue Zen Temple. A pool of clear water, clusters, ripples, like a dream.

  Water lily, named a sleep word, flower day shu night roll, open at night, known as the "sleeping beauty" in flowers. To see the flowers, visitors are advised to go to ~ in the morning

  The meditation pool of Shuiyue Zen Temple covers an area of 12800 square meters. Water lilies are distributed in 6 pools, mainly on the north side of DaxiongBao Hall and the east and west sides of Tianwangdian Hall. It is dominated by Siamese jasmine, yellow Joy and gemstone. There are about 4800 plants in total and they are generally open from May to September each year.

The difference between water lilies and lotus flowers:

1.Lotus leaves: jutting out of the water, are rounded without cracks.

Water lily leaves: Floating on the surface of the water, the pages have V-shaped cracks.

2.Lotus root: form "lotus root".
Water lily rhizomes: Irregular rhizomes will not form "lotus root"

3.The flower of lotus: The receptacle is half conical, and it grows into lotus seed in autumn.
   The flower of water lily: The flower has no lotus seed.

Best viewing time:

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m

  Early summer, while the breeze is not dry, the sun just let us together in the water moon Zen Temple encounter this unique quiet and beautiful!