Nguyen Thuy Huong has been as creative as she has ever been, finishing dozens of paintings, largely of the lotus flowers for which she is famed. Artist Thuy Huong with her lotus flower paintings. The ...

When summer is in full swing, ponds of lotus flowers are blooming in many parts of China. For Shangdong-born artist Zhang Shijian, the summer flower has become an important inspiration for his art ...

Now is a good season to enjoy lotus flowers around China. Chinese people have an abiding fondness for this beautiful species. Untouched by any impurities, the lotus symbolizes purity of the heart and ...

Kho said the peony holds symbolic importance in East Asia. "The origin goes back to China's 618―907 Tang Dynasty when the Tang court discovered the beauty of the peony and the flower came to symbolize ...

The lotus plant is very spiritual and loved by Vietnamese people from all walks of life. The lotus plant is very spiritual and loved by Vietnamese people from all walks of life. In order to bring the ...

Kate Middleton, 38, is known to have the Art Deco piece in her collection, but she has only worn it twice. The delicate tiara started life as a necklace, and has been seen in public as a diadem on ...

Why was it made a national symbol? “There is hardly any symbolism in Indian poetry, sculpture and painting more extensive than that belonging to the lotus flower and other parts of the plant,” writes ...