The music in the background is called "Water Lily", and the sound of erhu is particularly beautiful in the empty and deep night. Beautiful women are unlucky. ..... Most of the legends of water lilies are filled with silent sadness. Perhaps only such a broken heart is worthy of her breathtaking beauty. I once read a story on the Internet:
Once upon a time, there was a girl living in a remote mountain village. There is a river around the village. One day, the river dried up. For the sake of her family, the girl runs around all day just to find some water.
On a foggy morning, she walked along the river alone, filled with sadness. Suddenly, a voice came into her ear clearly: Your eyes are really beautiful. When she turned around, she saw a fish looking at her in the mud in the river. It is a beautiful fish, its scales are as blue as the sky, it has a pair of gentle eyes, and its voice is so clear and transparent.
At that glance, a legend was doomed.
The fish told the girl that if the girl wanted to visit him often and let him see her eyes, he could give her a jar of water. Of course, that's just an excuse. The fish's heart is as spotless as hers. Therefore, the girl will meet the fish every morning, and the fish will fulfill its promise. Every day, my family kept asking about the origin of the water, but the girl just laughed and didn't answer.
Although we face each other across the water, our mood is the same. On the third day, the girl found herself in love with fish. In the morning fog, sweet words are almost untrue. Finally, the fish said to the girl, I hope she will be his wife. The fish came out of the river and hugged the girl on the shore. So they got married.
The story is not over yet.
Finally, one day, people in the village saw their meeting. They think fish use black magic on girls. So they locked the girl up and came to the river with knives, forks and spears. Call out the fish and threaten him with his wife. As soon as he appeared, they began to do it. The fish died in despair. Then, people carried the dead fish and returned home in triumph. They threw the dead fish at the girl's feet, imagining that she would wake up. However, that only brought her heartbreak.
She picked up the cold fish and walked to the river. If time cannot heal the pain, death is always possible. They just died in people's eyes of surprise and doubt. However, their children have been breeding in the water for generations. That is today's water lily.
Just as lovers like to give their beloved countless nicknames, the exciting water lily naturally has many intoxicating names: "Fairy in the Pool", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Meridian Lotus". Water lily, the generic name of water lily, comes from the fairy who is in charge of the mountain Shui Ze in Greek mythology. Because it is shaped like a lily bulb, its English name is also called "water lily". Water lilies also have another name, called "Double Eve", which symbolizes both pure angels and enchanting demons.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, the sun was born from the blooming of lotus flowers, so water lilies were regarded as "sacred flowers" and became totems all over the pillars of ancient Egyptian temples, symbolizing the blessing of "only beginning, no disillusionment". The ancient Egyptians mummified the body and imagined that the deceased was only temporarily closed like a water lily, and life could be "like a water lily". In temples or funerals, there must be water lilies to pray for the early rebirth of the dead. This is the origin of the flower language "belief". It is said that the tomb of King Dankamen in Egypt, which was completed in BC 136 1 year, is like a water lily kingdom: a lotus-shaped temple stigma; The deceased sailed in a model boat in the dark sea, and the paddle was also a half-open water lily; On the wall, a beautiful woman dressed like Cleopatra, holding a shy half-baked water lily in her hand, turned around and sent it to her companion's nose behind her. It is regarded as an Egyptian sculpture with rigid and rigorous lines, because such a movement also seems to convey the feminine fragrance of the "Nile Bride".
Not only in Egyptian and Indian cultures, lotus also represents "the rebirth of life". In Indian Buddhism, water lilies are called "Guanyin lotus". No matter where the Tathagata sits and Guanyin stands, there are thousands of lotus flowers, symbolizing holiness, solemnity and solemnity. According to the Buddhist Biography, Sakyamuni Buddha was born in northern India more than 2000 years ago. When he was born, he took seven steps on each side, giving birth to lotus flowers step by step, and a goddess scattered flowers for him. The basic classic of Tiantai Sect of Mahayana Buddhism is called Lotus Sutra, and lotus is the magic method. For believers, it doesn't matter whether they are water lilies or lotus flowers, because these "lotus flowers in the sky" can bloom as needed and make everyone happy. They all say it's false, but it's true. In fact, they are all United as one, so they are called Miao Lianhua. Lotus represents a way to attract all beings, who slowly drift into the pure land in a lotus bed. Lotus will enjoy the "blessing" and become the flower of bliss.
In China, there are also Indian contacts. According to folklore, the purpose of sending the empress is to reincarnate golden couple in the lotus. People use lotus as a metaphor for a gentleman. Qian Zhongshu believes that the famous sentences in Zhou Dunyi's "Ailian Shuo" originated from Indian Buddhism. Sakyamuni said in the Sutra of China, "In this way, people will not have evil desires and look at evil. Like violet, red, Bai Lianhua. Aquatic wood is long from water, but there is no water. " Lotus makes the world dirty and produces delicious flowers and leaves, just like Buddhist practice and liberation.
On the contrary, in the eyes of Germans, flower language is glamorous. In the swamp deep in the forest, there are many water monsters hidden. Whenever a traveler approaches, the water monster will turn into a beautiful water lily, tempting the traveler to reach out and pick it. People were confused by the beauty and fragrance of water lilies, and fell into the mire step by step and finally died. Water lily also means "the devil in the water" in French.
No matter what kind of pure fairy, dignified Buddha platform, colorful water demon, the beauty of water lily is beyond doubt. This is also the reason why many literary works and folklore compare water lilies. In Shakespeare's plays, when Prince Hamlet's lover Ophelia accidentally fell into the water, "like a white lotus in the dark, with the stars all over the sky, she fell asleep gently in the gurgling sound of running water …" Shi was also a lotus picker. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, built the first artificial lotus pond in history to please beautiful women. And Cao Zhi's Fu Fei, Luoshen, became a lotus after Luoshui joined. ...
These allusions mentioned above refer to both water lilies and lotus flowers. From a botanical point of view, the two are actually different. The flower shape and leaf size of lotus are much larger than those of water lilies, and they stand high on the water. The leaves of water lilies naturally have gaps, and the leaves and flowers are small and low, so they will not bear a lotus. She is gentler, more reserved and more reserved than Lotus. "The most important thing is the gentleness of that bow, like the shyness of a water lotus that is invincible in the cool breeze." Xu Zhimo compared Lin to a water lily: "She fell asleep, and the starlight dropped a white lotus", just like the ecstasy of falling in love. A generation of talented women Lin wrote in the poem "You are an April day on earth", "After the snow melts, the goose yellow looks like you; Tender as the green of a new bud, you are gentle and happy, and the water floats with the white lotus in your dream. " ……
Listening and writing water lilies can't help but talk about Monet, the French impressionist master. Monet once said, "The only things in the world that interest me are my paintings and my flowers." This "flower" is the water lily that Monet fell in love with all his life.
The breeding ground of water lilies under Monet's brush is a magic garden like a palette, and it is also Monet's "most beautiful work" and his "paradise". 1883 Monet finally moved to a water garden between Paris and Rouen with his family at the age of 43. Here, Monet is far away from all kinds of anxiety in life, and the water lilies in his works sway intoxicating elegance and serenity. The hazy brushstrokes and water lilies in the mist are not so much the scenery of this pond as a colorful and sparkling artistic conception, a shallow sleep dream and a purple blur. ...
1900, Monet exhibited the first batch of 12 sleeping lotus pond works, including Japanese-style bridges. During the period of 1903- 1908, Monet painted 48 water lilies. There is no bridge here. He named them "Water Lily, Waterscape Series", which was exhibited in Du Lang-Lewers Gallery in 1909, and the vertical paintings created in 1907 14 were among them. Light blue and purple water, golden liquid water, unpredictable water reflecting the sky and the shore, or light or thick water lilies are all open. In the last "Water Lily, Night Effect", the water lily is not a specific plant, but a trembling color, like green oil burning in water, contained in the reflection of weeping willows. Everything suddenly became like a dream. People become stupid after watching it for a long time. I hope the afterlife is a melting water lily. At this time, Monet was almost blind. Monet was not so addicted to painting as his last careful and affectionate touch on the water lily full of memories. The day after finishing the last water lily painting, Monet died. These vague and subdivided shadows of water lilies tell the distant or not-so-distant moments and eternity that Monet has been waiting for in his heart.
All kinds of water lilies, Monet uses light and shadow to recall past impressions, and everything is moved by experience. Perhaps only Proust's light stream of consciousness writing is worthy of such a realm. "A little further on the water, pieces of water lilies are clustered together, just like a floating flower bed, as if all the irises in the garden have moved here, and butterflies put their bright blue wings on the inclined plane of this splash bed ... in the evening, it is like a distant harbor, covered with the rosy and dreamy brilliance of the sunset glow, constantly changing colors, so as to keep up with the kind of corolla with a fixed color and hide it in time forever.
Life turned out to be a very simple thing. Just like a lotus in the water, the calm face slowly unfolds into the sky. Don't worry about troubles, don't worry about tomorrow. Quietly, quietly looking up at the only life ...