China News Service Client, Beijing, July 7th (Reporter Song Yusheng) Do you remember the 100-year-old ancient lotus blooming in the "Resurrection" of the Old Summer Palace last year? This summer, the "second generation" of the centenary ancient lotus has blossomed.

　　The reporter learned from Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park on July 7th that following the successful resurrection and blossom of Gulian, which had been sleeping for a hundred years in 2019, under the careful cultivation of the staff, Gulian successfully expanded and bred new life, and the second generation of Gulian bred by Gulian Growing well and entering full bloom.

The second generation of lotus exhibited at the lotus base in Yuanmingyuan. China News Service reporter Cui Nanshe

　　On the same day, the reporter saw the lotus base in the Old Summer Palace, and the blooming lotus flowers can be seen everywhere.

　　This also attracted many tourists to come to take pictures. Although the park is still in the epidemic prevention and control period, there are obviously more tourists in the lotus base than other scenic spots. Many tourists also bring professional photography equipment and press the shutter at the blooming lotus.

　　At the corner of the lotus base, there is a strip pool of about 80 square meters. Although the lotus flowers are not in full bloom, they can have a lot of promise-they are the second generation of the 100-year-old ancient lotus in the Old Summer Palace.

　　In 2017, archaeologists discovered 11 ancient lotus seeds in the Jingxiang Pond at the Ruyuan Ruins in the southeast corner of the Old Summer Palace Changchun Garden. It is speculated that the ancient lotus seeds are at least "100 years old".

Lotus blooming in Yuanmingyuan. News reporter Song Yusheng

　　After expert monitoring and research and careful cultivation, 6 of the 11 ancient lotus seeds successfully germinated and “resurrected” to bloom in 2019.

　　Zhao Aimei, deputy chief of the flower base of the Yuanmingyuan Management Office, told reporters, "In 2019, the cultivated lotus roots will return to the Yuanmingyuan and be planted in our variety ponds. At that time, there were 4 variety ponds, and two of them are flowering. Yes, the other two are not blooming."

　　In 2020, the Old Summer Palace expanded the two flowering species pools again, "selecting the more robust species of lotus roots and planting them in our base strip pool."

Lotus blooming in Yuanmingyuan. News reporter Song Yusheng

　　"Perhaps because of insufficient adaptability, these four ancient lotus plants did not produce lotus seeds last year, so they can only reproduce the lotus roots in the soil by asexual reproduction." Zhao Aimei said that this year's " The "Lian II" is growing well and has recently entered a period of full bloom.

　　At the same time, she said that the ancient lotus blooming in the "resurrection" in 2019 did not receive the seeds. This year, she would like to observe this lotus to see if the ancient lotus can bear the lotus and receive the seeds. "We hope to find the Gulian seeds we need from these expanded varieties this year, and then use this seed for further research."

A lotus in the lotus base has a bud waiting to be released. China News Service reporter Cui Nanshe

　　In addition, the reporter also learned that at the lotus base of the Old Summer Palace, the staff has discovered the first combination lotus in the Summer Summer Palace.

　　Zhao Aimei said that compared with previous years, this year the Yuanmingyuan and Tilian appeared a little later, and they have not yet bloomed.

　　And Tilian means good, but also relatively rare. However, in the previous few years, Yuanmingyuan had appeared in the lotus. (Finish)