Water Lilies: Summer in the City

When seeing water lilies, it signals the official arrival of summer. Water lilies blooms during summer.

Within the People’s Park, year after year, they are grown in the small ponds. This occasion, also displayed in small and huge planters, the water lily cultural festival is celebrated throughout Shanghai in parallel with the Expo 2010.

It’s always so exhilarating to see these charming beauties blooming ever silently in the middle of the ponds. They seem to regally stand tall amongst the large leaves, if not swaying along altogether when the wind starts blowing or the rain pounding on them.

Water lilies are especially more so the hot subject of Chinese arts, in paintings, poetry, dramas, religions and many others. At differently selected strategic locations, many professional or non-professional photographers or tourist passersby were aiming their cameras at their individual central focal points in search of their best of momentary memories.

Shown here, these are a few quick shots taken after visiting the Shanghai Gallery of Art, and when cutting through the People’s Park while on the way to see another art show at The Bund. These are a few glimpses of the very captivating beauties; they, I think, generally sum up the oozing beauty of water lilies. In days to come and before turning cooler and cold, they will bloom ever more. They are so beautiful.

Jeremy

Shanghai upon the Sea

July 18, 2010