Guangzhou Lotus Flower Festival

Observed: June
Area: Guangzhou

Sightseers hoping to encounter the magnificence of nature shouldn’t miss the Lotus Bloom Celebration, which is praised every August at Lotus Bloom Slope (莲花山).

This celebration has been acquiring in reputation every year. Presently, roughly 300,000 travelers visit the recreation area and partake in the view as large number of lovely lotus blossoms start to sprout all through the grounds.

Guangzhou’s Fanyu Region is the best area for this pleasant open air occasion, with its numerous streams, lakes and lakes. Coordinators start setting up the lotus blossoms that will be highlighted in the celebration months ahead of time. The Lotus Blossom Celebration features more than 280 distinct assortments of lotuses, with a sum of around 15,000 individual blossoms in plain view.

History of the Park

Lotus Bloom Slope covers an area of almost 2.5 square km close to the Pearl Stream Estuary. It initially filled in as an old sandstone quarry, tracing all the way back toward the Western Han Tradition (206 BC – 24 Promotion). The Lianhua Pagoda, worked during the Ming Tradition (1368 – 1644), still stands right up to the present day.

At the peak of Lotus Bloom Slope, a 41-meter high sculpture of the Goddess of Kindness was raised in 1994. Project from 120 tons of bronze and afterward totally plated with gold, it is presently the biggest sculpture of this divinity on the planet.

Travel Information

Lotus Bloom Slope is situated in Fanyu City, around 20 km from focal Guangzhou. During the whole month of August, the recreation area is open from 8:00 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. for the Lotus Blossom Celebration every day.

The confirmation charge is CNY30 for grown-ups and CNY15 for kids. If it’s not too much trouble, be exhorted that different occasions and attractions inside the recreation area might cost an extra charge, for example, the boat visits.

Transport: The recreation area can be reached through tram by taking Line 4 to Shiqi Station or Line 3 to Shiqiao Station, then taking the “Shiqiao-Lotus transport” to the recreation area. On the other hand, you can organize water transport to the recreation area from Xidi Wharf.