Shuangyong, Gaoming: 60,000 lotus flowers sold per day
Every August marks the blossom season for lotus flowers. In Shuangyong, a small village in Gaoming, a lotus plantation base, which covers 300,000 square meters, has made a record for producing over 60,000 cut flowers each day. The location has a dozen ponds, growing different varieties of lotus. As they dragged a floating bucket, local farmers walk in the waist-deep water and carefully peel off the buds. The flowers give off strong fragrance in the air. Normally, the beautiful plants come to blossoms from 6 to 8 in the morning, primairily from March to July. Farmers have to work against the clock and each of them can pick up five or six thousand lotus flowers per day.
Lotus flowers, in addition to flower arrangement, also have edible and medicinal value. The petals can be used to make tea. The stamens can be used to extract essential oils, and the stems for cooking.
Long popular among the whole world, lotus flowers from Shuangyong are sold everywhere - Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Now tourists also come here for a visit.
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