
Residents shop for bouquets at a flower market in Beijing on the occasion of Mother's Day on Sunday. Long lines were seen at flower shops all over China for the festival, with vendors busy packaging bouquets and baskets. Carnations, sunflowers and roses were the most popular flowers. Orders for flowers and gifts for Mother's Day increased by more than 400 percent year-on-year, according to JD.com. Photo: VCG