Where will the Lotus Festival be held in 2022?

On June 28, the 2022 Beijing (1st) Lotus Cultural Festival and the 27th Lotus Festival of the Old Summer Palace officially opened. There are more than 200 kinds of lotus in Yuanmingyuan Heritage Park, covering more than 1,000 acres, making it the largest lotus viewing place in the urban area. During the Lotus Festival, the Old Summer Palace will hold a variety of cultural activities, such as Old Summer Palace scenic tours, ethnic costume festivals, Old Summer Palace lecture halls, photography competitions, sketching competitions, lotus appreciation check-ins, etc. This Lotus Festival will last until August 20.

The main attractions in the park include Sea of ??Clouds, Fenghe Tower, Haiyue Jinkai, Jianbi Pavilion, Fenglinzhou, He Fang, Lianxi Lechu, Quyuan Fenghe, Xiqiao Garden, etc. The lotus variety base is located in a scenic area with abundant products. It is the largest and most concentrated viewing area of ??lotus varieties in the park. It is also a lotus scientific research base and seed resource garden integrating scientific research, production and appreciation. Excellent lotuses, such as Green Ruyi, Golden House Green Flower, Musical Rhythm, Storm, and Chinese Red Beijing, are all here.

Visitors row from the Haiyue Opening in Changchun Garden to the Kingfisher Bridge and deep into the lotus roots, where they can watch koi fish swimming, hear the chirping of water birds, and feel the wind of lotus flowers.

The popular king lotus and water lily are planted in Jianbi Pavilion, Fenglinzhou, Fenghelou and other waters. This year, tourists can also enjoy the "World Water Lily Champion" - "Wanweisha" in Ruyuan and Fenghelou waters.

For the convenience of tourists, the WeChat official account of the Old Summer Palace Heritage Park has launched a lotus viewing check-in mini program. Visitors can win discount coupons while admiring the lotuses, and purchase Yuanmingyuan cultural and creative gifts offline.

For this Lotus Festival, the Old Summer Palace will combine the currently popular drama interactive activities and launch the "Hundred Schools of Thought Contending in the Old Summer Palace" drama tour, integrating the story with the profound history and culture of the Old Summer Palace. Visitors can visit the park along with the show and participate in interactive experiences. During the tour, they felt as if they were in the long river of history. They could easily understand the history and culture of the Old Summer Palace, and it was both educational and entertaining.

With the gradual popularization of national culture, the Old Summer Palace will also carry out the "Chinese Style Girls National Style Clothing Festival" themed activities, including stage shows, theme markets and other activities, combined with the atmosphere of the classical garden of the Old Summer Palace, and actively Spread the beauty of traditional Chinese clothing.

In addition, this Lotus Festival will continue to hold the "Old Summer Palace Lecture Hall", inviting experts and scholars to tell the public about the history, culture, humanistic landscape and interesting things of the Old Summer Palace in the summer, and hold events based on the natural landscape and humanistic environment of the lotus. , cultural activities-themed sketching season competitions and photography competitions to better display the characteristic garden landscapes dominated by lotus and spread the unique charm of Beijing's natural and cultural landscapes.

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