Apricot blossoms bloom in Liaocheng's thousand-year-old apricot orchard

Spring is the perfect time to admire flowers in the thousand-year-old apricot orchard of Yaopo village, Tangyuan town, Linqing, a county-level city administered by Liaocheng city in East China's Shandong province. 

Here, acres and acres of apricot blossoms are in full bloom, displaying beautiful pink and white petals and emitting a delightful fragrance. With apricots as one of its main economic crops, Yaopo village boasts over 2,000 apricot trees that are over 100 years old. Visitors can enjoy the apricot blossoms throughout March, and savor golden apricots in May. (Edited by Du Xiaping)

Two farmers stroll through the apricot blossom orchard. [Photo by He Xinhua and Zhao Limei for chinadaily.com.cn]

Local residents come to enjoy the apricot blossoms. [Photo by He Xinhua and Zhao Limei for chinadaily.com.cn]