Songya Lake National Wetland Park

The photo shows tourists taking photos with blooming canna flowers at a wetland garden in the southeast corner of the Songya Lake National Wetland Park, Changsha County. Three varieties of cannas are grown on an area of about 3,100 square meters. (Photo/Tian Chao, Hunan Daily)

The photo shows tourists enjoying blooming canna flowers at a wetland garden in the southeast corner of the Songya Lake National Wetland Park, Changsha County. (Photo/Tian Chao, Hunan Daily)

Covering an area of 5,535 mu (369 ha.), the park is Hunan's largest urban ecological lake. Since 2016, the lake has been planted with such aquatic plants as cattails and reeds, so that the water body can realize self-purification and the water quality can meet surface water quality standards for Class III. So far, more than 40 species of birds have been spotted. The park has become a wonderland for wildlife.

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn