Grape season commences in Bacheng town

On July 30, Bacheng town's first grape festival will kick off at the Bacheng vineyard as part of Kunshan city's rural tourism campaign. Visitors participating in the events on the opening day of the festival will have chance to win family tickets to the Shanghai Disneyland.

The festival's event calendar will include grape appraisals, children's theater, and a scavenger hunt, which will lead participants to coupons for hairy crabs, Heshunji brand snacks and tickets to the Dream of Water park.

The festival will run through September, welcoming visitors to pick and buy grapes at many orchards in Bacheng at discounted prices. Two fixtures of the rural tourism campaign – seasonal food fair and postcard collectors' event – will also take place during the festival.

Grapes are ripe for picking at many orchards in Bacheng town, Kunshan city. [Photo from Kunshan Daily]

Back in 2006, Bacheng town in Kunshan city started developing a grape production base, which integrates many orchards at various villages and a research institute. The total grape production is estimated to be 2.5 million kilograms this year, with more than 20 varieties of grapes being planted at an area of 467 hectares.

Each of the orchards has a 15,000-kilogram storage capacity and can keep grapes fresh long after harvest and several of the orchards belonging to the Bacheng grape production base were enlisted as picking sites for the festival:

Bachenghu village grape orchard

Location: Yingbin Road

Fanggang village grape orchard

Location: 300 meters west of the village committee of Fanggang village

Xinkaihe village grape orchard

Location: Intersection of Xiangshi Road and Hubin Road

Longtanhu village grape orchard

Location: 300 meters south of the intersection of West Chengbei Road and Zuchongzhi Road

Maliaojiang village grape orchard

Location: Yingbin Road

Bacheng research institute for grape production

Location: 400 meters south of the intersection of Gucheng Road and Chengbei Road

You can register to take part in festivities by following the Kunshan Tourism WeChat account at kslydjq. The QR code for the WeChat account is shown below: