Annual peach blossom festival to unveil in Tai'an

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2017-03-15

Feicheng, a county-level city in Tai'an, Shandong province produces mouthwatering honey peaches with beautiful peach flowers as a welcome bonus. The 16th edition of the well-known Feicheng Peach Blossom Festival is set to begin on March 25.

The month-long event will include a national innovation design competition for peach wood tourist commodities, economic cooperation forums, and seminars on China's peach culture, as well as cultural and art events, custom shows and commodity exchanges.

The opening ceremony of the 15th Feicheng Peach Blossom Festival held on March 6, 2016. [Photo by Liu Jie/my0538.com]

Two places in Feicheng are recommended by the Feicheng Tourism Administration as the best locations to view peach blossoms during the festival.

1. Liutai Peach Garden

Venue: Liutai village in Yiyang sub-district of Feicheng

Best time: late-March to late-April

Ticket price: 50 yuan ($7.23)

Phone no: 0538-3187779

Nearby attractions: Yushan ancient villages, ruins of Kongxing Temple, Kaoshan Zoo

Located in Liutai village in the Yiyang sub-district of Feicheng, the Liutai Peach Garden is a national 3A-class tourist scenic spot and was included in the first group of national demonstration sites for agricultural tourism.

The peach trees in the garden cover 6,700 hectares.

A peach colony tucked away between the mountains and fields at the Liutai Peach Garden in Yiyang sub-district of Feicheng. [Photo by Zhang Bo/tswb.cc]

Peach forests cover the hills and fields surrounding Liutai village in the Yiyang sub-district of Feicheng. [Photo by Zhang Bo/tswb.cc]

2. Feicheng Centre Peach Garden

Venue: Xishangli village in Xincheng sub-district of Feicheng

Best time: late-March to late-April

Ticket price: 30 yuan ($4.34)

Phone no: 0538-3252558

Nearby attractions: local jade emperor pavilion, local scenic spot of Baiyun Mountain, the ancient city of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)

The Feicheng Centre Peach Garden is regarded as the major treasure-chest of Feicheng peaches. [Photo by Zhang Bo/tswb.cc]