"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Dating back to ancient Chinese civilizations and remaining culturally relevant today, the lotus is a ...

Now is a good season to enjoy lotus flowers around China. Chinese people have an abiding fondness for this beautiful species. Untouched by any impurities, the lotus symbolizes purity of the heart and ...

This photo taken on June 1, 2024 shows the blossom of a millennium-old lotus seed at the Nanning botanical garden in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.(Photo: Xinhua) This photo ...

The sacred lotus flower is an aquatic perennial plant that typically blooms vibrant petals of pink and white shades. It is one of the most beautiful plants to look at, but the lotus flower thrives in ...

A dragonfly perches on a lotus bud at a park of Jurong City, east China's Jiangsu Province, on July 22, 2025. The 12th of traditional Chinese 24 solar terms, Dashu, or The Great Heat, which means the ...

LOS ANGELES, July 14 (Xinhua) -- In beautiful Echo Park in western U.S. city of Los Angeles, two-headed tots and raven-haired toddlers ran giggling together along the grassy banks of the lake while ...

The Longqiao Cultural and Ecological Park in Sichuan, China, was due to reopen soon, but is now forced to stay closed for the remainder of the year after Chinese tourists picked all of its lotus ...

The largest survey of its kind outside of China and the first in the U.S., Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou ...