The process of picking lotus symbolizes sweet love. It describes the tranquility and beauty of picking lotus in Jiangnan and the elegance and purity of oriental girls.
Two Lotus Picking Songs is a seven character quatrain series composed by Wang Changling, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. These two poems mainly describe the beauty of lotus picking women, both of which are poetic and picturesque. The first one is about the lotus picking activities of the water town girls, which uses flowers, moon, boat and water to set off the women's appearance; The second one expresses the overall impression of the girl picking lotus in freehand brushwork. The poet places the girl picking lotus in the lotus cluster, vaguely visible, vaguely absent, so that the girl is integrated with nature, and the whole poem has a beautiful artistic conception that is fascinating.