Scent of blooming lotus fascinates visitors
2009-08-25 02:26:57 GMT2009-08-25 10:26:57 (Beijing Time)
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A girl smells a lotus near a lake in Wujiaqu City, 32 kilometers from Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Aug. 24, 2009. About 130,000 lotuses of more than 30 kinds blossom in a pond of 500 mu (3335 ares) here these days. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
Children play the zheng, a traditional Chinese zither with 25 strings, near a lotus pond in Wujiaqu City, 32 kilometers from Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Aug. 24, 2009.(Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
Lotuses blossom in a pond in Wujiaqu City, 32 kilometers from Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Aug. 24, 2009.(Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
Lotuses blossom in a pond in Wujiaqu City, 32 kilometers from Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Aug. 24, 2009.
