Cherry flowers bloom in friendship

Turtlehead Park in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, which is often considered China's best place to enjoy cherry blossoms, has thousands of cherry trees in bloom that represent the friendship between China and Japan.

The park has more than 30,000 cherry trees in its 650,000-square-meter cherry valley. The trees - more than 80 kinds - will stay in bloom until late April.

The buildings, streams and bridges in the valley combine Chinese and Japanese characteristics. It is also one of the world's three largest venues to appreciate cherry blossoms and is China's largest for research on cherry trees, according to the local government.