"Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" - Lotus is precious, and we get drunk because of it
"In spring there are hundreds of flowers, and in summer there are lotus flowers." I took so many photos of flowers this spring, and it felt like being hit in the waist by a flower. Counting the flowers blooming and falling, I realized that the "summer solstice" is approaching.
Before I had the chance to go to the "Quyuan Fenghe" near my home to look for the first lotus, I heard that there was a wetland park in Suzhou named after Zhu Ziqing's "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond", so I went there directly. It’s still the same sentence: Come for the lotus, and if your heart is like the lotus, your life will be fragrant all the way.
“Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves are so lush and green.” This sentence from an ancient poem fully describes the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. Suzhou has always been a great place to enjoy lotus in the south of the Yangtze River, and it has its own elegant customs for viewing lotus. As early as 2,500 years ago, King Fuchai of Wu began to transplant wild red lotus here for Xi Shi to enjoy. The story of the Lotus Festival also originated from the folk of Suzhou in the late Ming Dynasty. The 24th day of the sixth lunar month is designated as the birthday of the lotus. People go to the lotus pond in groups to row boats, appreciate the lotus, drink wine and recite poetry. She wears red silk and a halo skirt, rides on a lotus boat, holds a lotus, sings and dances, and celebrates the birthday of the lotus.
The "Lotus Pond Moonlight Wetland Park" has a total planned area of more than 5,000 acres. It will be built into the country's largest urban wetland park with lotus as its theme, fully displaying the poetic and picturesque style of the Jiangnan water town.
More than 2,000 acres of land have been developed and constructed, and more than 100 kinds of lotus and aquatic plants have been introduced, including 42 new varieties, such as National Day Red, Dahe Lotus, Zhongshan Red Platform, Red Thousand Leaves, etc., especially the "National Day Red" with bright red color and flowering period extending to National Day.
The park has already built special tourist projects such as the Hundred Lotus Fragrance Garden, Water Plant Sightseeing Pier, Lotus Culture Corridor, Lotus Fragrance Boat Shadow, Lotus Pond Maze, Mushroom Pavilion, etc. There is also a 700-square-meter observation deck that looks like the World Expo China Pavilion. Standing on the deck, tourists can take in the beauty of the entire lotus pond.
Look at the lotus arrows shot out from the lotus ponds, lotus fields, rivers and lakes, and the spreading lotus leaves and clusters of lotus flowers.
"The lotus leaf skirt is cut in one color, and the hibiscus blossoms on both sides of the face."
The lotus is as soft as cotton and as quiet as water, but the scorching sun cannot wither it, and the wind and rain cannot bend it. Its roots are firmly planted in the ground, and its leaves touch the water's surface, reflecting the deep green water as if it were dyed with fat and dyed like aged wine.
Some lotus flowers are fully bloomed, like people's bright smiling faces, and some are half-open, like shy girls. The faint, sweet fragrance of the lotus can be smelled from a distance. The colors of the lotus are even more beautiful, some are pink with white, some are purple with pink, some are pure white as snow, and some are bright red, it is truly the "pleasant color of the lotus pond".
"After swimming for four seasons, the lotus flowers are still fragrant, waiting for you in the middle of the water."
——The song of "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" was heard.
Lotus is precious. If you bloom, I will come again, on a moonlit night.