The Nantong-Lyusi Canal, a main river course for inland water transportation in Nantong, leads to the Yangtze River. A landscape improvement project was carried out on the Fenshui (Water Diversion) Island in the canal last year. [Photo/CFP]

More than three million flowers and plants were planted on the island, forming the shapes of a lotus, magnolia, and ruyi – a traditional Chinese ornament symbolizing good fortune. [Photo/CFP]

An aerial view of the renovated Fenshui Island of the Nantong-Lyusi Canal [Photo/CFP]