Down to the present, even if Chinese don't understand the Lotus Sutra or lotus-related Zen esoterica, they will surely know that you light lotus lanterns on the Ghost Festival and that Songzi Niangniang allowed the Gold Boy and Jade Girl to get on a lotus and float to the world of men.
到今天，中國人即使不懂《妙法蓮華經》等禪理，卻都知道盂蘭日要點蓮花燈；送子娘娘也讓金童玉女坐著蓮花投胎人間。