26th Pear Blossom Festival opens in Daxing
The 26th Pear Blossom Festival kicks off on April 4, 2019 in south Beijing's Daxing district in a 2,000-hectare pear orchard located in Panggezhuang town.
Visitors pose under the pear blossoms. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The inauguration ceremony starts with a Chinese national dance. [Photo/Wang Jingjing]
The art of sealing wax, a type of wax that melts quickly when it is heated and becomes hard quickly when it cools, used in the past to seal letters, attracts many visitors. [Photo/Wang Jingjing]
A student draws a hundred-meter picture scroll. [Photo/Wang Jingjing]
Students draw a hundred-meter picture scroll. [Photo/Wang Jingjing]
Pear trees dating back more than 100 years still grow well in Panggezhuang. With the town not only producing the capital's best watermelons, its local government also develops tourism based on pear-related products. [Photo/Wang Jingjing]
Panggezhuang has relied on its rich agriculture resources to boost rural tourism over the years, which has given locals new sources of income.
Many visitors travel to Panggezhuang town to take in the natural beauty of pear blossoms that can be relied on to kick-start the spring travel wave.
The best time to enjoy the pear blossoms is from April 4 to 20.
