When the painter Hu Nian-tzu was living in the US, he often went to Longwood Park in Philadelphia to admire the lotus plants. One summer he came back to Taiwan, visited the botanical gardens, and found the pond filled with green leaves and red flowers. He planned to pick a day to return, brush in hand.
畫家胡念祖旅居美國時，常往費城長木公園荷花池賞荷，一年夏天返台，舊地重遊植物園，滿池綠葉紅花，打算擇日攜筆重遊，不巧颱風來臨，池裡只見零落殘紅。