The Nantong Urban Agricultural Park in Chongchuan district of Nantong in East China's Jiangsu province opened to the public in May last year. The 2,400-hectare park, together with the Five Mountain scenic spot, is regarded as one of Nantong's "two lungs".

The fiery-red Icelandic poppies in the park, planted in September and October last year, comes into bloom in May and will remain until mid-June. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

In addition to Icelandic poppies, the purple irises and verbena flowers, pink Lindheimer's bee blossoms, and red Carthusian pink are scattered throughout the park. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Visitors can overlook the flowers from the 18-meter observation deck, which is shaped like a grain of rice. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

The Nantong Urban Agricultural Park is open for free. Residents who have a negative nucleic acid test result within the last 72 hours, wear face masks and scan the venue code are allowed to enter. Small meals and drinks are on offer onsite.