The 46,000-sqm “Lotus Pond”, east of Xianghua Island on Xianghu Lake (Phase III), is alive with blooming lotus. A match up to the burning expanse of lotus on the West Lake, the pond has therefore become a tour mecca with flocks of people to admire the fragrance and grace of the flowers, and dotted with vintage-style rowing boats slowly navigating through the sea of lotus. Get immersed in such a romance, you would find yourself lost in the picture as described in the popular verse “lotus leaves stretch to the heavens, an endless verdant tapestry; under the sun’s glow, the lotus blooms in a crimson unique and free.”