What is the flower language of the lotus? A detailed explanation of the lotus's symbolism and meaning

1. Flower language

The flower language of the lotus is innocence, steadfastness, purity, faith, loyalty and love; it also has many symbolic meanings, such as a metaphor for a beautiful woman, a symbol of love, or an expression of the noble sentiment of "rising unsullied from the mud."

Different species have different flower languages: the anemone's flower language is lost hope and gradually fading love; the purple anemone is secret admiration; the white anemone is the joy of romance; the snowdrop is a pure heart; the ranunculus is reproach.

2. Legend

Legend has it that a beautiful maidservant named "Yuji" beside the Queen Mother of the West envied the love between men and women in the mortal world, secretly ran off to play joyfully by the West Lake, and was unwilling to leave even when it grew dark. When the Queen Mother of the West noticed, she used a lotus throne to strike her into the lake, condemning her to "be cast into the mud, never again to ascend to the southern heavens." From then on, the mortal world gained one more kind of pure and spotless flower.