Why lotus is called hibiscus-introduction

Because the alias of lotus is lotus, water hibiscus, lotus, lotus and so on. Because the lotus is very beautiful and has a delicate and beautiful feeling, many people will use the metaphor of "clear water produces hibiscus" to describe the lotus, so it will be directly called water hibiscus or hibiscus. The alias "Lotus" is more of a metaphor in ancient poetry, and it is also a figurative name. Lotus is different from lotus. They are two completely different plants.

Lotus, belonging to Nymphaeaceae, is the general name of two plants of Nelumbo, and it is a perennial aquatic herb flower of Nelumbo. Underground stems are long and thick, with long nodes and round leaf shields.

From ancient poems, we can trace back to the origin of various nicknames of lotus. For example, Li Shizhen explained in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Lotus stems carry leaves and leaves carry flowers, hence the name." Among them, "hibiscus is also called hibiscus". There is also an explanation of "Hibiscus contains Pupu" in the Chinese dictionary Erya. Sima Xiangru, a writer in Han Dynasty, compared his wife to a hibiscus.