As the weather warms up, plums are blooming in Beijing. Go and enjoy them with your family at your leisure!

Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park

Recently, the plum in the Ming City Wall Ruins Park has entered its full bloom. Several white or red plum blossoms bring the colors of spring, and the flowers are cascading like clouds, highlighting the ancient city wall and attracting a large number of visitors to take photos. The Plum Blossom Festival in Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park has been held for fifteen years since 2008, when it was first held. This year's festival will last until April 9.

After years of introduction and cultivation, Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park has planted more than 50 varieties and 1,000 plum blossoms, covering 11 varieties groups such as viburnum, palace pink, jade butterfly and green calyx, running through the east and west of the park, which is one of the plum viewing destinations with the most diverse strains and varieties of plum in Beijing.

During the Plum Blossom Cultural Festival, the Ming City Wall Ruins Park launched three flower viewing spots, namely "Ancient Wall New Spring", "Plum Garden Fairview" and "Xiling Xiangyuan", and laid four plum blossom viewing paths to facilitate visitors to enjoy the beauty of the plum blossoms up close. At the same time, a series of activities will be organized to "enjoy plums, paint plums, photograph plums and sing for plums".

Address: No. 9 Chongwenmen East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Zhongshan Park

When visiting Zhongshan Park in spring, the Plum Garden is one of the must-see places.

The Plum Garden is located at the south side of the Huifang Garden, with an area of 4,000 square meters, planted with more than 100 plum blossoms of more than 30 species. Surrounded by green pines and bamboos, when the flowers are in bloom, the flower clouds are cascading and the fragrance of plum blossoms lingers, blooming like clouds and falling like snow.

It is one of the best places to enjoy plum blossoms in Beijing. There are three major species of plum blossoms in China - true plum, apricot plum and cherry plum, which are all available in Zhongshan Park.

Address: No. 4, Zhonghua Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing (west of Tiananmen Square)

Translator: TANG Yingqi

Reviewer: ZHAO Huinan