"Ten-Mile Lotus Pond" in Early Summer

In early summer, lotus blossoms after the spring rain. The Ten-Mile Lotus Pond is a place worth visiting if you are in Shaoxing. It covers an area of more than 600 mu.

Adjacent to Jinghu Wetland Park, the “Ten-Mile Lotus Pond” is regarded as a treasured place. Nowhere else is better than the iconic “Ten-Mile Lotus Pond”, whether for its size and surrounding environment, if you want to enjoy the lotus scenery, It is reputed as Shaoxing-based Breeze-ruffled Lotus at Quyuan Garden and attracts many tourists every summer. The best time to appreciate the lotus is between 6: 00 a.m. and 8: 00 a.m. The lotus blooms in the morning and the petals gradually gather up in the afternoon. It brings you a special feeling after the rain.

Entering the Ten-Mile Lotus Pond, you may find the pond is alive with frogs. The tender green lotus leaves are everywhere.The leaves are dotted with the flowers in between. Some are still in bud, shyly revealing the pink in the gentle breeze.

On the bank, branches of willows gently swayin the breeze. The scenery of the willows on the bank setting against the lotus leaves on the lake brings a poem into your mind, The emerald lotus leaves reach as far as where water and sky meet . Thelotus, deep pink or light pink, are just like the secluded fairies in summer sunshine, giving off their sweet fragrance.