A New Lotus Park 發現新荷塘

Sunday Morning Richy went biking to Chun-Yuan Temple and found a lovely park.  That park was in a suburb, 30 minutes from our house. We brought one foldable bike in the car and drove there right after we finished breakfast.  The weather was hot for outing today.  However, we knew very well that the lotus season would end soon, so even only for a short visit, we would not miss the chance.  This park was new and not many visitors were seen even on Sundays.The landscape was beautiful and peaceful with lotus ponds, rocks and pavillions in sight.  Walking along the wood-paved ways was quite enjoyable even in this hot day. Since we had a 7-year old kid with us and he did not yet learn how to appreciate such a lovely scene, we did not stay long. I consider it as one of my worth visiting places and will surely plan for more visits. 

 

 

Dragon Fly 蜻蜓戲水荷塘間

 

 

 

~Come Next Time~

 

 

Lotus Pond 荷塘月色

The weekend before we went back to Taiwan, we visited a famous Lotus Pond in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou.

A great variety of lotus were blossoming during our visit.  After we came back to Suzhou, most lotus flowers in our neighborhood were gone. We were lucky to see the last view of Summer Lotus this year. The whole parts of lotus are eatable. Seeds and roots were popular for soups. The leaves can be dried as Chinese medicine or cooked as food wrapper for its tasty flavor.

 

荷花又名蓮花，種類繁多，全株可食。

蓮花盛開正值炎炎夏日，幾次想造访都因天氣酷熱而作罷。自日蚀之後，温度下降，回台前的八月二日我们去了蘇州相城區的荷塘月色，一睹夏荷風采。
後來在臺灣的電視上得知台南的白河鎮也有類似的風光，真好！以後有机会可以去看看台版的蓮花池。

短短二週，回到蘇州後，周圍的荷塘裏，已經看不到一朵荷花了，很慶幸我們抓住那今夏最後一週的美景。

赏荷过程中，不少游客随手摘拿着一、二株蓮花， 狹近生褻玩，是此行唯一美中不足之處。

古代文人周敦頤曾歎“蓮之愛，同予者何人？” Me.me.me...我對於蓮花，可不只是欣赏它的美，也爱食蓮子、蓮藕，以及荷葉饭呢。

《愛蓮說》宋.周敦頤
水陸草木之花，可愛者甚繁。晉陶淵明獨愛菊；自李唐來，世人盛愛牡丹；予獨愛蓮之出淤泥而不染，濯清漣而不妖，中通外直，不蔓不枝，香遠益清，亭亭靜植，可遠觀而不可褻玩焉。
予謂菊，花之隱逸者也；牡丹，花之富貴者也；蓮，花之君子者也。噫！菊之愛，陶後鮮有聞；蓮之愛，同予者何人；牡丹之愛，宜乎眾矣。

 

 

Main Entrance

 

 

King Lotus 帝王蓮：葉子雖大，花少也较不好看，没拍下

 

饱满的莲花

 

 绵延的蓮花池

 

Canoe Pass-way 小河道，專供游船通过

 

 

乘坐小舟游湖 

 

荷塘月色景区腹地廣大，沿途茶房及坐椅可供小憩

 

 

Summer Lotus

Hello, I am back to my Google blog but it is still blocked. To tell the truth, I jumped over the Blocking Wall several times to view my own google blog and visit some friends'.

They call it " Jump over the wall" or "Cross the wall" when you break through the blocks by certain means. I tried the method offered by one website and I made it. But even I crossed the wall, I still can not do much about my blog, because the speed for each click was too slow. It may take 3 minutes for one click and sometimes it just went dead. So, I decided to just post through my e-mail again. At least I can view my own blog when I want to.

This morning, some workers were supposed to intall our balcony windows at 9:30. I sneaked out before the time and took some pictures of lotus.

Lotus in Su-Zhou are blossoming and they will continue to blossom until fall. I found some beautiful scene on the way to Winston's school. So, after I came back from Winston's school, I changed for my bike and rode out to take some pictures with the risk of getting rashes on my sensitive skin again.

回到家不久後，装窗户的工人來了，媽呀!他們的襪子真是臭氣充天啊!我顧不得他们的想法，戴上口罩，待会儿他们走了，我还得想辦法清理臭地板，拜託，别在房子里走来走去啦，戴口罩似乎也没啥作用。