Immersed in a sea of flowers--a visit to Qingxiu Mountain

Qingxiu Mountain Scenic Area in Nanning is a national 5A-level scenic spot, located at No. 6 Fengling South Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, situated by the Yong River, covering an area of 13.54 square kilometers. The scenic area contains more than 50 different style attractions composed of natural scenery, rare plants, and historical and cultural elements. Flowers bloom in different seasons throughout the year, each season offering its own unique highlights worth visiting. In the sunny March, the most concentrated places to enjoy flowers include: 🌟 Peach Blossom Island Peach Blossom Island is located in the northeastern part of the core area of Qingxiu Mountain, covering about 200 acres. The island has more than 30,000 peach trees of dozens of varieties, including hairy peach, scarlet peach, and fragrant peach. In March, when the peach blossoms bloom, visitors come in droves. 🌟 Orchid Garden The Orchid Garden is located on the southeast side of the north gate of the scenic area, with a total area of 320 acres. It is planted with 363 varieties of orchids, including Cymbidium, Dendrobium, and Phalaenopsis, totaling more than 300,000 plants. Currently, the golden fish grass in the splendid orchid fields is in full bloom, forming a beautiful and spectacular sea of flowers. 🌟 Cherry Blossom Garden The Cherry Blossom Garden is located on the east side of the scenic area and is constructed into four major landscape areas according to the topographical features: dense forest flower sea, sparse forest flower meadow, cherry blossom slope, and cherry blossom creek bank. Currently, there are nearly 6,000 cherry trees of 7 different varieties, including Chinese Red and Guangzhou Cherry. The cherry blossom season is also in March, lasting from one week to half a month. Now is the perfect time, with cherry blossoms blooming under the sun, attracting bees and butterflies. Many photography enthusiasts come here to take pictures. In addition, there are also the ethnic characteristic Zhuang Brocade Square, Qingxiu Mountain Friendship Corridor; ASEAN Friendship Garden, historical cultural sites like the Scholar's Spring, Dong Spring, the Ming Dynasty style Dragon Elephant Pagoda, subtropical scenery features such as the Palm Garden, Thousand-Year Cycad Garden, Rainforest Overview, as well as the famous Buddhist temple Guanyin Zen Temple, Shuiyue An, and the exotic China-Thailand Friendship Garden, and so on. Qingxiu Mountain Scenic Area, a place that makes you linger and forget to return. The scenic area is vast, with west, north, and east gates. At the entrance, according to the attractions visitors want to visit, there are sightseeing electric cars and small trains available, with different stops within the scenic area where you can get on and off. The electric car costs 5 yuan/person, and the small train costs 10 yuan/person, one-way. Address: No. 6 Fengling South Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning City Opening hours: All year round 06:00-23:00 Ticket price: 20 yuan/person Discount policy: 1. Free admission for children under 6 years old or under 1.2 meters in height, seniors over 65 years old, disabled people, severely disabled people (first and second level) with one accompanying person, active military personnel, municipal labor models, Nanning unpaid blood donation honor cardholders, etc., with valid documents (originals). 2. Half-price admission for minors over 6 years old but under 18 years old or over 1.2 meters in height, seniors between 60 and 65 years old, full-time undergraduate and below students with valid documents (originals). Public transportation: Take Metro Line 3 to Qingxiu Mountain Station, and exit B is right at the west gate of the scenic area. There are also many buses to the west, east, and north gates of the scenic area, alight at Qingxiu Mountain Station.