芙蓉国里尽朝晖

芙蓉國裡盡朝暉

fúróng guó lǐ jìn zhāohuī

quotation

Meanings

1 the Lotus Land is bathed in morning sunlight
2 dawn lights up all of Hunan (the 'Lotus Land')
3 closing line of Mao Zedong's 1961 poem on Hunan

Characters

lotus (with 蓉)

lotus (with 芙)

Examples

HSK 7-9

毛泽东诗句"芙蓉国里尽朝晖"成了湖南的招牌。

Máo Zédōng shījù " fúróng guó lǐ jìn zhāohuī " chéng le Húnán de zhāopai.

Mao's line 'the Lotus Land is bathed in morning light' has become Hunan's signature phrase.

HSK 7-9

改革开放四十年，真是"芙蓉国里尽朝晖"。

Gǎigé kāifàng sìshí nián, zhēnshì " fúróng guó lǐ jìn zhāohuī ".

Forty years of reform and opening - truly 'the Lotus Land bathed in dawn light.'

Tips

history

From the closing couplet of 毛泽东's 1961 poem 七律·答友人: 我欲因之梦寥廓，芙蓉国里尽朝晖。芙蓉国 ('Lotus Land') is an elegant name for Hunan - the line 秋风万里芙蓉国 from the Five Dynasties poet 谭用之 reflects how Hunan abounds in lotus. The poem answers a Hunan friend and voices the poet's hopes for his homeland.

culture

芙蓉国 later became a cultural byname for Hunan, common in tourism promotion and local writing. Changsha's 芙蓉区 (Furong District) and Hunan TV program names also draw on this allusion.

Stroke Order

芙 fú

蓉 róng

国 guó

里 lǐ

尽 jìn

朝 cháo

晖 huī