White flowers from heavenv When Chan (Zen) Buddhism bloomed in China, the lotus did not lose stature, but Buddhist art became more subdued, and the use of color in depictions of the lotus declined.
白蓮下凡，萬民翻身？禪宗在中國開花結果，荷花重要性不減，但佛教生活題材不再華麗，蓮花圖案化色彩也減低。