The lotus garden in Sheyang Lake Wetland Park, Baoying county, Yangzhou, covering an area of 4,085 mu (272.3 hectare), is well-known for its stunning scenery of aquatic lotus flowers in the summer.
In addition to lotus, the garden in the summer is filled with other common wetland plants such as water lilies and reeds and is the home of many wetland birds.
Filled with common wetland plants such as lotus, water lilies and reeds, the lotus garden is the home of many wetland birds in the summer. [Photo by Fan Youlin /VCG]
A skewer of egrets forage for food at the Lotus Garden in Sheyang Lake Wetland Park, Baoying county, Yangzhou. [Photo by Fan Youlin/VCG]