I saw the lotus flowers full of red ponds
Written by Yang Deguang
Yesterday, my daughter called and said that the 100 acres of lotus flowers in Yunlong Lake were in full bloom. Let me go on a tour and take some pictures. I like lotus flowers, and I also like to take pictures, and my daughter knows it.
It just so happens that today is the summer solstice. Taking advantage of the cool morning breeze, I rode an electric car along the winding path on the west bank of Yunlong Lake to Ziwei Island, where 120 acres of lotus flowers bloom.
Walking across the winding wooden bridge, I saw the lotus pavilion of the pond, a thousand postures, the lotus leaves in the breeze breeze, swaying, just like a young woman looking at the lotus, patting, playing people.
There are many tourists here, not to mention more than 100 people. Young couples, aunts dancing in the square, tourists from the surrounding area, elderly couples faltering, young families of 3. I also saw a grandmother in her 90s, supported by her son, who came here to enjoy the lotus flowers. Many photography enthusiasts, with long guns and short cannons, take pictures of the lotus flowers in the lake "click, click". Most people use their mobile phones to take pictures of lotus flowers, and the fragrant lotus leaves and delicate lotus flowers are permeated in the air on the surface of the lake, refreshing and refreshing.
Everyone's faces rippled with happy expressions, as if they had found solace in this lotus pond. Talking, laughing, thanking God for the gift, thanking for peace and tranquility.
Images of the war in the Middle East suddenly popped up in my mind, with the eyes and haggard faces of women and children, and the eager expressions of women and children as they received gruel in bowls. Their homes were bombed to the ground and devastated. Groups and teams of donkey carts, loaded with the hopes of the whole family and daily necessities, hurriedly fled the war zone. These pictures of war lingered, and I was really moved by the helplessness of their lives in the flames of war.
A 3-year-old child happily runs around on a wooden bridge, and the young mother chases after him, afraid that he will fall. The child's father shouted, "Don't run, I'll take a picture of you." The young mother held the child and sat on a chair on the wooden bridge on the lotus pond, and the young father took a picture of the mother. Look at the crowd in front of you, walk on the bridge of the lotus pond, take pictures casually, carefree. Naturally, I have a deep respect for my motherland and pride in the people of my motherland who are living in a peaceful environment.
Today's peace and tranquility are the result of thousands of soldiers who have exchanged their youth and lives for the defense of the motherland's borders and coastal defenses on the snow-capped mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the turbulent waters of the East China Sea, on the borders of the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and on the islands and reefs of the South China Sea. As a veteran, I am sincerely happy in my heart, we have also shed blood and sweat for the peace of the motherland, it is this generation of soldiers with a strong body, the condensed Great Wall of steel, that has today's peace and tranquility.
I was fascinated by the beauty of the lotus pond with its beautiful lakes and mountains. Browse the different red lotus flowers in the sun, and look closely, there are rolling water droplets on the dark green lotus leaves, which are the beautiful tears left by the light rain last night.
I photographed lotus flowers and saw small fish swimming under the lotus leaves, and many waterfowl and wild ducks swimming in the water of the lake not far away. The hexagonal ancient pavilion on the top of Yunlong Mountain in the distance is vaguely visible, and the villas in Quanshan and Zhushan are like the picture of "there are people in the depths of Baiyun". This natural ink painting given to us by God will never tire of looking at it.
The lotus pond is sparkling, the lotus flowers dance to figure out the shadow, and it looks quiet and magical in the lake and mountains.
I walked slowly along the wooden bridge in the middle of the lake, and the scenery on both sides was in full view.
Lotus, lotus leaves, lotus roots, is the ancients like the theme, especially in the Song Dynasty Yang Wanli's "small lotus only shows sharp corners, there are dragonflies standing on the head" and "the lotus leaves are infinitely green, the lotus flowers are different red" poems, which have already entered the homes of ordinary people, and the ancient poems learned by primary school students are available.
Song Zhou Dunyi's "Ai Lian Said", I memorized it when I was in middle school, and I still haven't forgotten: "The flowers of water, land, grass and trees, the lovely ones are very rich." Jin Tao Yuanming loves chrysanthemum alone. Since Li Tanglai, the world loves peonies very much. To love the lotus out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilion net planting, can be seen from a distance and can not be blasphemed. "I especially like lotus flowers, and I prefer the quality of "lotus out of the mud without staining, clear ripples without demons". The lotus root grows in the mud and is not polluted, and it does not look enchanting after washing with water. The stem of the lotus leaf is straight inside and outside, and it stands upright in water. It has tiny thorns on its stem, giving it a sense of beauty.
I love the mountains in my hometown, and I love the water in my hometown. I love the rippling blue waves of Yunlong Lake, and I love the 100-acre lotus pond on the south side of Yunlong Lake. It's like a flowing river of love, speckled and intoxicating. It is like a thousand-year-old painting soaked in time, with ink and blue, and a strong charm.
About author:Yang Deguang (character, Chunhui), male, from Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Born in 1951, he enlisted in the army in 1969 and joined the party in 1971. He studied in the compound of the former Beijing Military Region. In 1973, he served as a staff officer of the headquarters of a division of the former 65th Army, and in 1981, he served as the head of the unit. In 1987, he transferred to Xuzhou and served as the head of the propaganda section and the director of the office, and is now retired. He loves reading and writing, and has published hundreds of papers and manuscripts, and has won many awards.