Nile was the lotus hometown

Korean central news agency on February 11, offer this picture shows, people in Pyongyang international cultural hall visit north Korea central art exhibition.

North Korea's state television 14 published north Korea's senior officials in the lashihai before celebrating north Korea's leader Kim jong il's birth 69 anniversary of pictures, lashihai has been regarded as Mr Kim's birthplace. North Korea labor party, army, state institutions and other organizations of leaders attended the event.

Egypt unrest by some western media is called a "lotus revolution", because the mational flowers of Egypt is lotus. In Egyptian life long, global times reporter discovery locals to the lotus is have a special liking.

Lotus is regarded as the symbol of decorous, holiness. Some scholars textual research, of the border of Egypt the . Early in the pyramid, before the Banks of the Nile rich land is covered with the graceful lotus. The ancient egyptians believed that the lotus symbol samsara and resurrection, people believed in the lotus can make people back to life, so on the mummy is also in this kind of flower. Because the lotus petals in night closed and sinking into the water, the ancient egyptians so think lotus contains reproductive and powerful significance. Itappeared 19 dynasty, ancient Egyptian pharaoh ramses ii's mummies, also once found a whole beam white lotus flower. This gives lotus more unusual cultural and religious significance.

Ancient Nile lotus have red, white and blue, three varieties, red lotus was known as "flower", now Egypt horsebean already basic extinct. White lotus flower more see more, the egyptians are called "Egypt liliaceous". The blue lotus called "Arab lotus". The 5th century BC, ancient Greek writers Herodotus in Egypt travel, found the Nile both sides are everywhere lotus, in summer, the dense leaves open tender among blooms is about to drip, lotus, like bathing beauties elegant and moving. Herodotus will this kind of flower called "dew trish.i", so far, in Arabic, lotus still called "dew trish.i". However, people still called "habit" flower of Egypt.