CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The reporter learned that the Opening Ceremony of 2020 Chongqing Dianjiang First Lotus Cultural Festival was held in Ecological Wetland Demonstration Park on July 28. 

Lotuses in blossom (Screenshot of the advertising video Herankailang of Heyou Town)

It’s said that the Youjianheyou Ecological Wetland Demonstration Park has four characteristic activities as follows: firstly appreciating, secondly picking, thirdly playing, and fourthly tasting. In the Park, there are 500 hectares of over 120 kinds of lotuses in various colors in full blossom. Tourists can row or wade to pick Lotus Seedpod, Lotus Root, Fragrant Water Lily and Taiwan Red Caltrop, experiencing the fun of picking; tourists can also pitch a tent in the lawn base, appreciate stars, and have fun camping and connecting with the nature. Meanwhile, tourists can enjoy the characteristic lotus feast such as lotus-shaped fish, sweet and sour lotus sprout, stewed rib with lotus leaf, steamed pork with rice flour in lotus leaf and crawfish in the ecological “Central Kitchen”. 

Lotus feast (Screenshot of the advertising video Herankailang of Heyou Town)

Recommended travel route: Qingpingzhai (Used name: Shengpingzhai) – East Gate of Fenzhou Ancient Town (also known as Cheng’enmen) –“Town God's Temple” Historic Site – Lotus Garden (Translated by Xu Mengxue, Fathom Language Limited)