"The willows are drunk with spring smoke in February, and the mountains are covered with green grass in March and March. The most beautiful sky in the world is April..." The spring is brilliant, and the flowers are endless. Spring in Nanjing begins with the blooming of plum blossoms, followed by cherry blossoms, crabapples, tulips... one after another, overwhelming and lively. In spring, you must come to Nanjing to walk on the flower path and enjoy the spring scenery.
△Photographed by Zhao Jie of Meihua Mountain in Xiaoling Scenic Area of Ming Dynasty
Plum blossoms
Flower viewing time: February to March
Recommended locations: Meihua Mountain of Xiaoling Scenic Area of Ming Dynasty, Mei Gang of Yuhuatai Scenic Area, Xuanwu Lake Park, Fujiabian of Lishui
" The plum blossoms are in full bloom, you are next to me, and I am next to you, like the colorful clouds under the blue sky. The plum blossoms are crystal clear and exude a faint fragrance." In the primary school Chinese textbook, "Spring Arrives at Plum Blossom Mountain" "Written the Nanjing people's love for plum blossoms in Meihua Mountain.
If the plum blossoms in Meihua Mountain are in their prime, walking among them will be as bright as clouds, as if you are in a painting. The plum blossoms are raining down and falling on the shoulders. This is a gift from Nanjing in early spring and a bright surprise.
2024China Nanjing International Plum Blossom Festival kicked off on February 19th. At present, all the early-flowering varieties on Plum Blossom Mountain, the main venue of the Plum Blossom Festival, have bloomed, and the "main force" of the medium-flowering varieties will also gradually enter the flowering period. It is reported that the flowering period of plum blossoms this year is more concentrated and neat than in the past. The main high-quality varieties of Meihua Mountain such as Nanjing Red, Nanjing Red Beard, Elegant Palace Pink, Light Peach Pink, and Small Green Calyx will welcome tourists from all over the world in the best viewing condition. It will be a sea of colorful flowers.
In Xuanwu Lake Park, the branch venue, there are more than 2,600 plum blossoms, mainly Nanjing red and Guli red, as well as palace pink, white plum, green calyx, jade butterfly, beauty plum and other varieties, distributed in Liangzhou and Cuihongdi , Liang Cuidi and other embankments along the lake.
△Fujiabian, Lishui
Outside Jinling City, at Fujiabian, Lishui, the branch venue, there are thousands of acres of plum orchards that are as fragrant as the sea, and the plum groves are crowded with people. The unique hilly terrain allows plum blossoms to line up vertically and horizontally beside Fujia. Standing on the hillside, you can see thousands of acres of plum blossoms at a glance, just like a "paradise".
Appreciating plum blossoms at Yuhuatai Mei Gang is a different artistic conception. The winding and deep corridor complements the surrounding thousands of plum trees. The cornices of the curved corridor, the flowered windows of the cave doors, the white walls and black tiles, which change the scenery as you move, and are framed together with the plum blossoms, have the charm of Jiangnan gardens.
Magnolia
Flower viewing time: March
Recommended locations: Linggu Temple, Chaotian Palace, Hanzhong Gate
When the cold winter is still there, the magnolia will give birth to flower buds early. The willows are dyed with fresh green, there is gentleness in the wind, and the magnolia blooms from a bud to a tree. At this time, spring is deep.
The magnolia at Linggu Temple is called the most Zen-like magnolia by netizens. Magnolias bloom among the yellow walls and gray tiles, blooming in the corners of the cornices, like transcendent fairies, born in the empty valley temple, standing gracefully, gracefully and holy.
△Linggu Temple
Chaotian Palace is known as the best place to watch ancient magnolias in Nanjing. With red walls, yellow tiles, and bright magnolias, the poem writes that "every piece of neon clothes is new in the evening, and the jade palace is graceful in spring" is embodied here. The combination of palace architecture, cornices, red walls and yellow tiles already has an ethereal artistic conception. Coupled with the beautiful shadow of the magnolia, it makes you dream back for thousands of years in the subtle fragrance.
On social media, many netizens ask every day and follow the progress of the magnolia flowers blooming in these two places. When it was in its heyday, the old masters gathered here and filled their dreams about spring with long guns and short cannons. There were also girls wearing all kinds of Hanfu, dreaming about time travel here.
△Hanzhong Gate
The magnolias in Hanzhong Gate Square bloom beside the city wall, and they have another charm against the blue bricks. Under a pink magnolia tree, there are citizens doing morning exercises. This scene is full of peaceful time.
Cherry Blossoms
Flower viewing time: March
Recommended locations: Jimingsi Road, Pearl River, Guanyinmen Park, Nanjing Forestry University
Jimingsi Road, Nanjing’s Cherry Blossom Avenue, becomes the “top spot for cherry blossom viewing” every March . White as snow and pink as dark green, every cherry blossom tree is white yet pink.The simple architecture and the brilliant cherry blossoms are integrated into one. Through the layers of weeping cherry blossoms, you can see Jiming Temple and Taicheng in the distance. The cherry blossoms are all over the sky, like clouds and mist, fresh and classic.
Not far from Jimingsi Road
, the Pearl River is a new internet celebrity spot for cherry blossom viewing. This is a pink river that can only be seen in spring, and is also an excellent place to watch night cherry blossoms. At night, the evening wind blows, and the cherry blossoms fall into rain, which is quiet and beautiful. When the light strips along the coast light up, they illuminate the entire river and flower branches. When the running water meets the flower branches, the light and shadow blend together, creating a strange and colorful scene.
△Pearl River
In Guanyinmen Park in Yanziji New Town, Qixia, Nanjing, due to its unique topography, the cherry blossoms here are very layered and are called the "Sakura Ladder" by netizens. The delicate pink cherry blossoms wind up the mountain along the zigzag steel staircase. When night falls, the light strips are turned on. The staircase coiled on the hillside is like a dancing ribbon, coating the cherry blossoms on both sides with a layer of golden light. Such a "Sakura Sky Ladder" ”, looking at it from a distance makes people’s hearts tremble.
Every early spring, the Cherry Blossom Avenue of Nanjing Forestry University weaves the most youthful scenery with trees and flowers. A gust of wind blows, and the beauty becomes Sakura Fubuki in Makoto Shinkai's anime.
△Nanjing Forestry University
Begonia
Flower viewing time: March-April
Recommended location: Mochou Lake Park
Mochou Lake Park is the famous "Begonia Garden" in Nanjing, with dragon-shaped Begonia, Silk Begonia, Xifu There are 43 varieties of crabapples and more than 10,000 crabapples competing for their beauty.
△Mochou Lake Park
At present, the beauty of early spring in Mochou Lake is quietly sprouting. During the rainy season, dragon-shaped crabapples gradually enter their peak flowering period. This time, the blooming crabapples bloom earlier and have brighter flowers, which are called "primula begonia flowers." On the winding and rugged tree trunks, gorgeous red flowers hang on the branches, with golden stamens dotted among them, which is very festive.
Next, Begonia flowers such as Silk Begonia and Xifu Begonia will bloom one after another. By then, the entire Mochou Lake will turn into a sea of pink Begonia flowers, colorful and bright as clouds, which will make you feel intoxicated and happy.
Tulips
Flower viewing time: March to April
Recommended locations: Zhongshan Botanical Garden, Xuanwu Lake Park Couple’s Garden, Green Expo
Tulips are indispensable for a flower-chasing trip on a glorious spring day. Hundreds of thousands of tulip bulbs will bloom in the Zhongshan Botanical Garden through the cold winter, forming a romantic universe of its own. Golden, orange, light pink, combined with emerald green, sparkling in the sun, it is a realistic version of "Monet's Garden", beautiful and moving.
△Zhongshan Botanical Garden
The sea of tulips in the Couple’s Garden of Xuanwu Lake Park is a beautiful wallpaper whenever you take a photo. The Green Expo is also a popular spot for tulip viewing in Nanjing. In the Dutch Friendship Garden near the south gate, under exotic buildings such as chapels, windmills, and farmhouses, nearly 100,000 tulips of multiple varieties are in full bloom. style.
△Xuanwu Lake Park
Rapeseed flowers
Flower viewing time: March to May
Recommended locations: Jiangning Shecun, Gaochun International Slow City Scenic Area, Pukou Yongning, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Of course, golden romance is indispensable in spring. The golden scenery is everywhere, and the beauty of spring intoxicates thousands of mountains. The sea of rapeseed flowers in Jiangning Shecun, Gaochun International Slow City Scenic Area, and Pukou Yongning are beautiful and vivid, full of bright saturation.
△Jiangning She Village
If you feel that these two places are too far away, the rapeseed flowers of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences are also worth checking out. In addition to yellow rapeseed flowers, there are also milky white, creamy yellow, pink purple, and magenta flowers mixed in. The entire sea of rapeseed flowers is unique and represents the colorfulness of spring.
△Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wood hydrangea:
Flower viewing time: April
Recommended locations: Wuchaomen Park, Chongzheng Academy
In April, it is the time when hydrangeas are "only so green". Wuchaomen Park can be regarded as the top place to appreciate trees and hydrangeas in Nanjing. The wooden hydrangeas here surround the stone pillar base of the Ming Dynasty Forbidden City ruins, clustered in clusters and covered with branches, giving it a unique sense of simplicity and vicissitudes of life.
△Chongzheng Academy
The wooden hydrangea at the entrance of Chongzheng Academy in Nanjing Qingliangshan Park reflects each other with the classical courtyard. The shadow of the trees on the door leaf coexists with ancient charm and poetry.
Wisteria
Flower viewing time: April
Recommended locations: Laomendong, Xuanwu Lake Park, Zhongshan Scenic Area Music Stage, Zhenghe Park
As the temperature rises, Nanjing’s wisteria flowers will also bloom as scheduled. In places such as Laomendong and Xuanwu Lake Park, strings of lavender flower spikes will look like strings of wind chimes, which is intoxicating. Wisteria branches are twining, flowers are in clusters, bees and butterflies are dancing among the flowers, it is so lively.
△Zhongshan Scenic Area Music Station
In Laomendong, “wisteria eaves” decorate the white walls and gray tiles and are distributed in every corner, making it a popular check-in spot for citizens and tourists. Looking up, there are deep and shallow purples full of vitality and well-proportioned. When you get closer and smell it, you can smell the elegant fragrance of flowers.
△Laomendong
In spring, as long as you come, there will always be a place where the flowers in Nanjing will bloom for you and make your heart beat.
Modern Express/Modern+ reporter Wang Xinyue Text/photo
