Two days ago, some tourists took a wave of "lotus photos" in Jiande Daciyan Town. The lotus field is gradually greener, the small lotus is first revealed, and the water lilies are in full bloom. The taste of early summer is getting stronger, and unconsciously the first wave of lotus flowers in Da ci Yan has quietly "appeared".
Lotus seeds are the traditional local specialties of Daciyan, the cultivation of white lotus in the leaf began in the Tang Dynasty, has a history of more than 1,000 years, because the soil is rich in selenium, the spring water is clear, the lotus seeds produced in the Ten Mile Lotus area were approved as royal tributes as early as the Southern Song Dynasty. The lotus seeds here are uniform in grain, glossy, easy to steam, easy to cook, crisp and delicious, and are listed as national geographical indication protection products.
At present, the lotus seed cultivation area centered on Jiande Daciyan Town has reached an area of more than 10,000 mu, which is one of the largest production bases of lotus seed planting area in Zhejiang Province, and also one of the areas with a large scale of lotus planting in the country, distributed in more than 20 townships and towns in Jiande City and surrounding counties and cities, and especially in The area of Liye Village in Daciyan Town, the cultivation is the most concentrated, forming a landscape of "Ten Mile Lotus".
Ye Jianlin, a village cadre in Liye Village, introduced: "Every June and July is the season when the lotus flowers bloom in Daciyan, and then the whole town of Daciyan will become a world of lotus flowers, endless green leaves, endless lotus flowers, red and pink, lotus leaves, fields, lotus flowers. ”
In June this year, Daciyan Town will be used as the Jiande branch venue of the 9th West Lake Lotus Exhibition in Hangzhou, holding hands with the Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area for a two-city joint exhibition, in addition, the Jiande Lotus Festival and the Lotus Pond Music Festival will also be held as scheduled, when the moonlight comes to enjoy the lotus flowers, you can feel the lotus pond moonlight that cannot be felt in the city.
(The original title was "I heard that the lotus flowers in Daciyan Town are blooming, and it will be amazing all summer!") "Edited by Li Ru)