City gets a cool visual feast of lotus, water lily
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A cool visual feast is being presented across Shanghai with the annual Shanghai Lotus and Water Lily Exhibition opening on Monday.
At Shanghai Guyi Garden, a Jiangnan-style classic garden with a 500-year history in suburban Jiading District, the main venue of the exhibition, over a thousand pots of renowned, unique and rare lotus varieties from home and abroad are blooming in the lawn exhibition area.
Among them, the garden’s first internationally registered variety, Yilian Youmeng, makes a stunning debut. Paired with a spray system and wooden walkways, it looks like a fairyland.
In the pond area, red, pink, golden and multicolored lotuses bloom in full splendor, and the water lily exhibition area boasts tropical, cold-hardy and other categories, with night-blooming water lilies lighting up the summer night like a galaxy.
During the exhibition, people can experience intangible cultural heritage items such as dough modeling, dyed and printed fabrics and lotus leaf dyeing, allowing them to touch the texture of traditional culture through hands-on creation.
There will also be exhibitions on the Jiangnan-style gardens, lotus culture seals and lotus calligraphy and painting at the same time.
Gourmets will be treated to a banquet featuring lotus-themed cuisines such as lotus root xiaolongbao (small steamed buns) and creative lotus dishes.
Zhabei Park in Jing’an District will strike a “lotus+art” chord, offering audio-visual revelry through musical pop-up and lotus markets. Huangxing Park in Yangpu District will create a “starry path” night market, where light corridors and cultural creative food weave a dreamy summer.
At the same time, Shenyuan Garden in Shanghai Expo Culture Park in the Pudong New Area will invite visitors to experience the ancient art and romance of beating the summer heat.
• Shanghai Guyi Garden 古猗园
Date: Through August 7, 7am-6:30pm
Admission: 12 yuan (US$1.67)
Address: 218 Huyi Road, Jiading District
嘉定区沪宜公路218号
• Zhabei Park 闸北公园
Date: Through August 7, 5am-10pm
Admission: Free
Address: 1555 Gonghexin Road, Jing’an District
静安区共和新路1555号
• Shanghai Expo Culture Park 上海世博文化公园
Date: Through August 7, 9am-5pm
Admission: 30 yuan for Shenyuan Garden
Address: 100 Jikun Road, Pudong New Area
浦东新区济坤路100号
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