Qingdao Cherry Blossom Festival

(Source: Internet)

Cherry Blossom Festival is also called “Watching Cherry Blossom Festival”, mainly focuses on looking at the cherry blossom. Cherry Blossom Festival generally starts on the first Sunday in the middle of April and ends on the first Sunday of early May, almost follows the same schedule as the cherry blossom season. It is held in Zhongshan Park. The history of introducing cherry blossom has almost a hundred years in Qingdao; most are planted in Zhongshan Park, which has a total of over 20,000 strains. Qingdao Cherry Blossom Festival has a history of over 90 years. In 1991, Qingdao Cherry Blossom Festival was set as special tourism project by Qingdao City. It holds the cultural, economic and trade activities at the same time. All kinds of famous and excellent local products, souvenirs and various flavors of local snacks will debut in succession during the Cherry Blossom Festival. Folk artist performance of strong local flavor, excellent performances of Qigong, Magic, Acrobatics and animal acts often attract tourists to the area. At the same time, there are many literary groups offer various forms of performances in the meantime. Every spring, the single sakura, double cherry, mountain cherry and over 10 varieties of cherry blossom will be blossoming together with peach flowers, peony, azaleas, tulips, Chinese redbud, crabapple and other flowers in Zhongshan Park. It attracts a large number of Chinese and Foreign tourists to visit and experience the beauty of the flowers in Qingdao. Every year, it receives up to a million Chinese and foreign tourists and during the peak time, it receives more than 200,000 people a day.