Lotus Festival at Guyi Garden (8/5/2012)

Sunday, August 5, 2012
We had missed lotus blooming season last year, so we made sure go to the National Lotus Festival at Guyi Garden in Nanxiang (Metro Line 11).
Lotus plants were everywhere, in pots and beds even outside the entrance. Fist-sized buds:

Mostly pink blooms:

The entrance had a lotus-themed display:

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A white lotus blooms:

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The great lawn had a giant lotus leaf topiary-type display:

An extensive lotus pond:

A kid trying to catch a small koi:

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View from a rockery:

View from atop the rockery:

Kent with the rockery in the background:

Tamiko:

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Water lilies were also featured:

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A yellow bloom:

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The water lily pond:

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The many varieties of Nymphaeaceae/Water Lilies were named with these signs:

The smallest Tiny Sleeping Lotus:

The largest King Lotus:

Purple water lilies:

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Purple-leafed lotus:

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The seed pod of the lotus:

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Lotus sidewalk mosaic:

Variegated lotus:

Statue of a baby wrapped in a lotus leaf:

Serrated-leaf lotus:

The stone boat is floating in lotus:

This girl is wading out into the lotus:

For a photo op:

Final lotus shot:

Horseback-riding:

Nanxiang is where these steamed dumplings originated, so we had some for lunch:

Later at Carrefour, we saw Jackie Chan endorsing an "Anti-Hair Fall Shampoo:"