并蒂莲是发生在植物莲(Nelumbo uncifera,又名荷)上的开花并蒂、并头或一柄多花的自然现象。莲和睡莲同为睡莲科植物,分别隶属莲属和睡莲属。我国古代一直把并蒂莲视为吉祥、盛世和丰庆的征兆。尊称其为瑞莲或嘉莲。史籍里早期对并蒂莲记载见于《三国典略》中“徐州产莲花,一茎两蒂”。《元嘉经居注》中“西晋泰始二年(公元266年),嘉莲一双骈花、并实、合附、同茎。生豫鲤湖”。《全芳备祖》中“(南朝)宋元嘉十八年(公元441年),扬州刺史王浚州后池有两莲、骈生、双房。”《梁书武帝本记》中“天监十年(公元511年)五月乙酉,嘉莲一茎三花,生乐游菀。”文人学士有幸见并帮莲者,皆赋诗题记,颂扬德政、吉祥和丰庆。如唐代王贞白赞:“雨露及万物,喜祥有瑞莲,圣日临双丽,恩波照并妍,愿同指佞草,生向帝尧前。”宋代萧锐时期,并蒂莲已成为人们心目中崇 Bilidian is a natural phenomenon that occurs on the plant lotus (Nelumbo uncifera, aka Dutch) with its peduncles, heads and flowers. Lotus and water lilies with the same Nymphaeaceae, respectively, under the genus and genus Nymphaea. In ancient China, the pedicle has been regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness, prosperity and abundance. It is known as Rilian or Kerry. Historical records in the early Tibidate recorded in the “Three Kingdoms Code” in “Xuzhou produce lotus, a stem two pedicle.” “Yuanjia Jingju Note” in “West Jintai two years (AD 266), a pair of Jialian flowers, and real, co-attached, the same stem. Health carp Lake.” “All Fang ancestors” (Southern Dynasties) Song Yuanjia eighteen years (AD 441), Yangzhou Cishi Wang Jun state after the pool has two Lin, 骈 students, double room. (AD 511) May B You, Jialin a stem of three flowers, students travel. “Scholar bachelor fortunate enough to see and help Lin, are poems inscriptions, praised the German government, auspicious and Feng Qing. Such as the Tang Dynasty Wang Zan white like: ”rain and everything, like the auspicious have Rachel, holy day Lin Shuangli, Ebo according and Yan, is willing to refer to the grass, born to Emperor Yao ago." Song Xiao Rui period, and Titian has become People in the eyes of Chong