Enchanting sceneries of the summer solstice in China

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Summer solstice, the 10th solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, represents the arrival of summer.

Although summer has come, the summer solstice is not the hottest time of the season. After the summer solstice, the temperature continues to rise before reaching its peak in about 20 or 30 days.

This year's summer solstice falls on June 21. Feast your eyes on these enchanting summer solstice photos from all over China.

The morning scene in Beihai Park in Beijing, June 21, 2021. /VCG

A bee flies in a lotus pond in Qingzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, June 21, 2021. /VCG

Trumpet creeper vines bloom in Qing Yan Garden in Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 20, 2021. /VCG

Lotus flowers in Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 21, 2021. /VCG

Verbenas are in full bloom in Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 20, 2021. /VCG

Water lilies bloom in Beijing, June 21, 2021. /VCG

Lotus flowers are in full bloom in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 21, 2021. /VCG

The sun rises over the Wanquan River in Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province, June 21, 2021. /VCG

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