1953年,在辽宁省普兰店泡子屯村,科学家在泥炭层中发现了一种特殊的种子:它外表有一层硬壳,看起来像是莲子,不过已经在地下沉睡了至少1000年。为了验证这些古莲子的生命力,科学家把它外面的硬壳锉破,然后泡在水里。令人惊喜的是,不久之后,它就抽出了嫩绿的幼芽!1953年,北京植物园栽种了这种古莲子,一年之后的夏天,它就开出了粉红色的荷花。 In 1953, at Punchun Village, Pulandian, Liaoning Province, scientists discovered a special seed in the peat layer: it looks like a hard shell that looks like a lotus seed, but has been sleeping in the ground for at least 1,000 years. In order to verify the vitality of these ancient lotus seeds, scientists scrape the crust outside it, and then soaked in water. Surprisingly, it soon took out the tender green shoots! In 1953, the Beijing Botanical Garden planted this ancient lotus seed, a year later in summer, it opened a pink lotus.