Lotus flowers feature in the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphics, antique Chinese ceramics, and Hindu folk stories. “The lotus is ...

Every blossom tells a story in "Chinese Flowers," the latest in the Freer Gallery's series of season-related exhibitions. Based on centuries of traditional symbolism, these paintings and drawings ...

Prof. Wang Liangsheng's group from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences compared the antioxidant activity of extracts from different parts of seven Antique Lotus plants.