荷花与荷花邮票《荷花》邮票所以定在8月4日发行,是颇有民情、诗意的。因古时江南风俗,旧历六月二十四日为荷花生日,故有荷花是“六月花神”之说。1980年的8月4日,正好是旧历六月二十四日,确定这天发行《荷花》邮票,使荷花这一凌波仙子,在她的生日里,与国内外集邮爱好者见面,也算得一段佳话。荷花在我国诗人、画家笔下,早已人格化了。宋朝周敦颐爱莲成癖,写过一篇著名的《爱莲说》,赞扬了荷花 Lotus and lotus stamps “lotus” stamps so scheduled to be released on August 4, is quite popular feeling, poetic. Due to the ancient customs of South China, the old calendar on June 24 for the lotus birthday, so the lotus is “June Flower God,” said. On August 4, 1980, exactly on the 24th of the lunar month, it was confirmed that the “Lotus” stamp was issued on that day so that the Lotus Flower Fairy would meet with both domestic and overseas philatelic enthusiasts on her birthday. Calculate a story. Lotus in our country poet, painter pen, has long been personalized. Song Dynasty Zhouyi Yi Lian Lian into a hobby, wrote a famous “love lotus said,” praised the lotus