Hanzhong Xinghan Lotus Garden

　　The Xinghan Lotus Garden is located beside the Xinghan Highway in Hujia Bian Village, Qili Town, Hantai District, about 6 kilometers from the city center of Hanzhong and right next to National Highway 108 to the south. It enjoys convenient transportation and a prime location. The garden is an eco-agricultural tourism base that integrates lotus root cultivation, high-quality seed breeding, leisure activities, and catering services. It was completed and opened in July 2002. In 2003, the Xinghan Lotus Garden had 1,200 acres of high-quality lotus root cultivation, and this year, the total lotus root cultivation area in the entire subdistrict has expanded to 1,500 acres. The garden features leisure and entertainment attractions such as the Lotus Fragrance Pavilion and the Lotus Viewing Pavilion, with a built-up area of 1,100 square meters, making it a new highlight of eco-agriculture and tourism in both Hantai District and the entire city of Hanzhong.

　　 The Xinghan Lotus Garden is an eco-agricultural tourism base that combines lotus root cultivation, high-quality seed breeding, leisure activities, fishing, and catering services. With 1,500 acres dedicated to lotus root planting, after May each year, the ponds are covered in lush greenery and blooming lotuses, filling the air with their fragrance. An annual "Lotus Festival" is held here, making it a new highlight of Hanzhong’s eco-agriculture and tourism industry. The garden includes an aquatic flower exhibition area, a lotus culture display area, and a production zone, forming a large-scale waterscape garden that integrates scientific research, production, tourism, and science education. In the peak of summer, “endless green lotus leaves stretch to the sky, while lotus blossoms shine red under the sun.” The lotus flowers in the garden form a magnificent sea of blooms—so numerous and diverse in variety that they are truly a feast for the eyes. Notable lotus varieties include: Fen Qian Ye (Pink Thousand Leaves), Chong Tai Lian (Double-Layered Lotus), Fo Jian Xiao (Buddha’s Smile), Hong Qian Ye (Red Thousand Leaves), Da Sa Jin (Great Brocade), Fo Zuo Lian (Buddha’s Seat Lotus), Da Zi Lian (Great Purple Lotus), Dan Sa Jin (Single Brocade), Ming Hu Bai Lian (Ming Lake White Lotus), Jiao Rong Lian (Graceful Lotus), Wu Fei Lian (Dancing Flying Lotus), Fei Yun Lian (Flying Cloud Lotus), Jin Bian Lian (Brocade-Edged Lotus), Yan Yang Tian (Sunny Day), Xi Xiang Feng (Happy Encounter), Bai Wa Wa (White Baby), Bai Yi Zhan Shi (White-Clothed Warrior), Qiu Shui Tian Chang (Autumn Waters Stretching Far), Bi Xue Dan Xin (Scarlet Loyalty), Tian Gao Yun Dan (High Skies and Light Clouds), Bi Luo Liu Hong (Azure Stained Red), and Tang Zhao Ti Si Lian (Tōshōdai-ji Temple Lotus).