莲花,亦称荷花。但有一说,只露水面而不离水面的谓之莲,离于水面向上伸展开放的谓之荷。此说到底是否恰当,笔者未有好好研究,留待植物学家去考证吧!但两者都有同样的功能——出淤泥而不染。 Lotus, also known as lotus. However, one said that only dew and not from the surface of the so-called lotus, stretching from the water upwards and opening up the so-called Dutch. Whether this is appropriate in the end, the author did not study well, leave the botanists to research it! But both have the same function - out of the mud without staining.