This summer in Wuxi, it's not just about the Jiangsu Football City League, honey peaches, and cotton-like clouds. The blooming summer flowers are also a must-see.

Near Shuiyun Square in Gonghuwan Bay Wetland, a 100-meter-long strip of colorful flowers resembles a spilled palette, with the wind carrying the scent of petals.

Persian chrysanthemums behind the China Clay Figurine Museum are in full bloom. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

Behind the China Clay Figurine Museum at Huishan Ancient Town, Persian chrysanthemums flourish extensively, with clusters of orange blossoms reaching upward. They extend towards the horizon, merging into a scene that inadvertently engulfs observers in an infinite spectrum of orange and blue hues.

After exploring the flowers, visit the nearby China Clay Figurine Museum, which enhances the town's quaint charm with its large slanted roof, adorned with traditional black tiles.

A bamboo raft sails through the lotus pond in the Flower Planet Scenic Area. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

In the Flower Planet Scenic Area, at the lotus pond and water lily island, visitors are advised to hold an umbrella or gently steer a bamboo raft through the lotus pond, gracefully navigating among the clusters of lotus leaves.

Sunflowers in Zhangyang village are bathed in the rising sun. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

When the morning light penetrates the clouds at the Yangxian Ecotourism Resort in Yixing, a county-level city in Wuxi, the millions of sunflowers in Zhangyang village have already lifted their heads. At close range, there is a striking contrast between bright yellow and emerald green, while in the distance, the white walls and black tiles of the village are faintly visible.