Local residents gather at a tea stall in Jiefang Park in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, to drink free tea on July 19, 2008. [Photo: cnhubei.com]

Thirty-two parks in Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province, are providing free tea to visitors between July 19 and August 19, the local Chutian Golden Paper reported on Sunday.

From 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. everyday, visitors, especially senior citizens who perform exercises in the parks, can cool themselves with tea offered by places such as Zhongshan Park, Jiefang Park and Liberation Park.

In China, Wuhan, Nanjing, Chongqing and Changsha experience high temperatures in summer and are known as the "the Hot Furnaces of China."

(CRI July 21,2008)