As spring gradually warms, March to May is the best season for outings and flower appreciation. The city of Beijing is brimming with vitality, and flowers such as plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, crab-apple blossoms, lilacs, flowering peaches, peonies, wisteria, roses, and peonies will bloom in succession. Let's follow this flower appreciation guide and enjoy the splendid scenery of blooming flowers in Jingshan Park!
Peonies
Appreciation Time: Early April to late April
Appreciation Spot: Main roads on the front and back hills, Peony Garden inside the East Gate
Peonies, as the signature flowers of Jingshan Park, have a long history of cultivation. The park currently has 569 domestic and international peony varieties, encompassing nine color systems and ten flower forms. These include 346 varieties of Central Plains peonies, traditional peony varieties from the imperial gardens, the renowned Luoyang and Heze peonies, 109 rare Northwest purple-spotted peony varieties, and 114 international peony varieties.
Peonies exude a graceful and elegant nobility, embodying a national beauty that aligns with people's hopes for prosperity and noble wealth, as well as their longing for peace and harmony. They symbolize auspiciousness and flourishing prosperity. With their exquisite colors, shapes, fragrances, and charm, peonies bloom in a myriad of hues and forms, emitting an alluring fragrance during their flowering season.
Peonies
Appreciation Time: Early May to late May
Appreciation Spot: Throughout Jingshan Park
While peonies are known as the "king of flowers," peonies are referred to as the "courtier flowers." Jingshan Park boasts Beijing's finest peonies, with over 20,000 plants and more than 200 varieties cultivated throughout the park. They are primarily distributed in the southwest area of the front hill, south of the west gate, and among the cypress groves on the back hill. Peonies are also naturally arranged around the Qiwang Pavilion on the front hill, along the slopes, lawns, and surrounding paths. During the blooming season, a constant stream of visitors comes to admire the flowers, transforming the entire Jingshan Park into a vast ocean of blossoms.
