The world's largest cherry blossom base is in China! The flowers are about to bloom into a sea... and it's free!
Before we knew it, it is already March. The temperature has begun to rise gradually across the country, and spring is getting closer and closer to us. As spring arrives, it marks the arrival of the most anticipated "flower season". Speaking of flower viewing spots!
Where do you think of first? Wuhan, Wuyuan, Linzhi...
In fact, there is such a secret place in China. When spring comes, it becomes a pink ocean and is extremely gentle. It is Guizhou Pingba.
"The world's largest cherry blossom base", many people may feel unfamiliar with the name Pingba. After all, there are so many beautiful scenery in Guizhou, but don't underestimate it as the world's largest cherry blossom base. It's right here, you read it right! ball! most! big!
There are three core landscape areas here: Fanying Square, Xunying Garden and Manying Garden. It is the world's largest, most comprehensive and highest-altitude contiguous cherry blossom planting base.
Generally, in early March, the cherry blossoms here are in full bloom and the place instantly becomes a pink paradise, so beautiful that it cannot be described in words.
So how big is the area of cherry blossoms in Pingba?
Everyone knows about the Moshan Cherry Garden in East Lake, Wuhan. It covers an area of 260 acres and has 10,000 cherry trees. It is considered to be a relatively large cherry garden in China.
However, Pingba's cherry blossom garden has more than 6,000 acres of planted with more than 700,000 precious cherry trees. Its large area and high density deserve the title of "the best in the world". In other words, coming here is equivalent to strolling in 25 East Lake cherry blossom gardens.
Moreover, the cherry blossom garden is located in the hinterland of Qianzhong. Tens of thousands of acres of cherry blossoms are divided into many independent islands by the Hongfeng Lake. Looking down from a high place, it is extremely romantic.
Taking a stroll through it is like entering a pink dream. The floating petals dance like elves, and the fragrance of flowers makes you feel relaxed and happy. You can indulge in it to your heart's content.
It is even more beautiful here when the spring breeze blows. The breeze blows through the cherry trees and the petals fall one after another, like a flower rain in a dream. The soft and gentle petals dance in the air and fall on the soil, embellishing a romantic picture.
The official Weibo account of People’s Daily gave it a thumbs up!
National Geographic praised it for stunning the world and even the BBC made a special report: it is one of the most beautiful cherry blossom gardens on the blue planet!
Even though it is breathtakingly beautiful, even though it is world-famous, even though it is 360-degree beautiful, it is still free! You read that right! fee!
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Then here comes the question that everyone is most concerned about!
When will the cherry blossoms in Pingba bloom in 2024?
On February 21, the Guiyang Meteorological Bureau released the "2024 Cherry Blossom Forecast Meteorological Service Special (Issue 1)", and made a flowering forecast based on the previous temperature analysis:
It is expected that the first flowering period of cherry blossoms in Guiyang and Gui'an in 2024 will be from March 11 to March 15; the peak flowering period will be from March 15 to March 23; the time of the first flowering period and the peak flowering period will be basically the same as in previous years. (For specific time, please refer to the official website)
Travel Tips:
✿Location: Pingba Farm, Gui'an New District, Guizhou Province (You can go to Guiyang first, there are high-speed trains and bullet trains that go directly to Pingba, which only takes about 20 minutes, very convenient)✿Tickets: Free, reservation required (One code to travel in Guizhou)
✿Self-driving parking fee: 20 yuan. Traffic jams may occur during the flowering period, so please plan your route in advance!
Pingba Cherry Blossom Garden is mainly divided into two areas: 1. One area is at the mouth of the upstream river on the bank of Hongfeng Lake, which is the Gui'an Cherry Blossom Garden, also known as the "Pingba Cherry Blossom Garden". This is the main place for people to see cherry blossoms. ✿The other one is in Dachong Village and Youer Village, Hongfenghu Town, Qingzhen City, which is the Hongfeng Cherry Blossom Garden
There are three official entrances to the two cherry blossom gardens
Entrance 1: At the entrance of Dachong Village and Youer Village, you can enjoy large areas of magnolia, rapeseed and cherry blossoms competing with each other, the most beautiful flower sea kilometers
Entrance 2: You can go directly to the windmill point in Yinguan Village. The cherry blossoms and tea gardens are picturesque in spring. The cherry blossom tunnel is in this area, which is the most suitable for taking photos and checking in
Entrance 3: The main entrance (many people) Pingba Farm sees a continuous tall cherry blossom forest, and the observation deck sees the lake and mountain scenery and the cherry blossom sea