A Great Place to Enjoy Lotus in Summer - "Caojing Countryside" Welcomes You

As summer arrives, parks and scenic spots become bustling with activity. Visitors flock to these places for nothing else but to admire the lotus flowers in the ponds. Summer is the season when the lotus fairy reigns supreme, and it's also a joyful time for lotus lovers. The great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli, with his verse 'The lotus leaves stretch towards the sky in endless green, reflecting the sun's lotus flowers in a unique red,' captures the charming beauty of the lotus, enchanting all who read it. Have you ever seen a lotus pond shaped like a lotus flower itself, spanning 50 acres? It's located in the Caojing Countryside Park, within the Ouyu Park in Jinshan District, Shanghai. Inside the park, wooden walkways shaped like lotus flowers divide the pond into various areas of different sizes, filled with lotus flowers of all colors—pink, white, red, and even a mix of yellow and red, competing in beauty and charm. Walking along the wooden walkway at the eastern end of Ouyu Park towards the center of the lotus pond, the lotus flowers nearly as tall as a person are within reach. Under the gentle breeze, hundreds of thousands of lotus leaves and flowers sway gracefully, welcoming visitors from afar. 'It's so spectacular!' 'How can there be so many lotus flowers?' The admiration of visitors who have traveled from the city to enjoy the flowers is non-stop. They are busy taking photos among the lotus flowers, enjoying themselves immensely. It's truly a scene where 'green lotuses cover the water, and hibiscuses drape in fresh red. Below are the jointed roots of the lotus, and above are the conjoined heads of the flowers.'