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The Old Summer Palace has been sleeping for a hundred years. The ancient lotus resurrected and bloss

(original title: awesome! # Yuanmingyuan sleeps for a hundred years, ancient lotus resurrects and blooms #)

On July 7, the Yuanmingyuan ushered in good news. For example, the ancient lotus seeds unearthed at the Yuanmingyuan site are now in full bloom for the first time in the Yuanmingyuan lotus base!

Yuanmingyuan sleeping hundred years old lotus resurrection and flowering

In 2017, at the Ruyuan site in the southeast corner of Changchun Garden, the staff successively found 11 ancient lotus seeds in Jingxiang pool during site archaeology.

On May 31, 2018, Yuanmingyuan sent 11 ancient lotus seeds to the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences for cultivation. The two sides discussed the detection, research and cultivation of ancient lotus seeds, and finally decided to send three of them to the ancient culture and Museum of Peking University for year identification, and the remaining eight to carry out cultivation experiments.

After monitoring, research and careful cultivation by experts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 ancient lotus seeds have successfully germinated after sowing, and grew leaves and lotus roots in the experimental flower pot at the end of August 2018. The six ancient lotus seeds overwinter in the greenhouse. They were removed from the greenhouse and planted in the lotus base in April this year. Now, the ancient lotus that has been sleeping for a hundred years has revived and blossomed!

Netizens sigh: it's amazing!

Once the matter was reported, it boarded the microblog hot search list and attracted netizens to shout magic.