Qujing Rong Media News (Reporter Li Lin'e) Spring returns to the earth, and flowers are messengers. On March 23, the launching ceremony of the 2024 10,000 acres of alpine rhododendron cultural tourism promotion week hosted by the People's Government of Dongshan Town, Qilin District and the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Qilin District was held on Enhong Mountain in Dongshan Town, where more than 40,000 tourists gathered to immerse themselves in the characteristic journey of "appreciating 10,000 acres of rhododendrons, watching singing and dancing performances, tasting Yi family wine, tasting special food, and looking at the top of the unicorn", and felt the grand scenery of Enhong Mountain.
Early in the morning, the bright sunshine spreads on the Enhong Mountain, making the mountain above 2,300 meters above sea level more warm, and the event with the theme of "Meet the Kirin, I am waiting for you in the Dongshan Rhododendron Sea" is all ready. At 10:15, the welcome link of the sea of flowers began, Rui Beast offered auspiciousness, wine to the guests, dance to welcome the guests in the festive and lively atmosphere, the wine was drunk, the dance was danced, the big three strings were played, and the guests from all directions were greeted with a warm and cheerful atmosphere.
At 10:30, the happy flower sea session was ushered in, and the theatrical performance kicked off. The performances of wonderful programs such as "Wine Song", pipa tambourine performance "Send Me a Rose", pas de deux "Love", unicorn dance "Qilin Xianrui", solo singing "Happy Mountain Song" and other wonderful programs brought joy to the audience. The group dance performance "Carrying the Basket Qilin" pushed the performance to a climax, and the cheers rose higher and higher.
Accompanied by the cheerful singing and dancing, the long-awaited link of swimming in the sea of flowers is coming, and tourists are full of interest to the sea of flowers. Alpine rhododendrons are blooming in spring, red, pink, white, as far as the eye can see, the field of vision is full of colorful and spectacular scenes in the green bushes, and the lovely flowers will dress up the whole mountain mountain to be particularly beautiful. Tourists wander among the flowers, enjoy the flowers, take pictures, "treasure hunting", and experience the duet of mountain songs.
Most of the rhododendrons in Dongshan Town, Qilin District, grow on ridges above 2,000 meters above sea level, with a wide variety of varieties and colors. The flowering season is from mid-March to mid-April. Nowadays, the rhododendrons of 10,000 acres in Dongshan are blooming, and the food in the small courtyard of the farmhouse at the foot of the mountain is fragrant. At the same time, a series of rich activities such as visitors from all over the world to Dongshan, beautiful scenery to Dongshan, and agricultural products exhibition are being carried out until the end of March.
Dongshan Town is blessed with unique natural ecological conditions, magnificent and colorful ecological landscape, rich and vivid ethnic customs, and red genes have been passed down from generation to generation. There are 4A-level scenic spots in Keyihei, Shibangou, Sawuga Grassland, Shizhai Tianma Mountain Wetland Park and other scenic spots, and the north-south circulation all-for-one tourism line of "blooming everywhere" will take you to enjoy the unique tourism landscape of "ten, hundred, thousand, thousand" of ten miles of flower avenues, hundreds of miles of rhododendrons, thousands of acres of grassland, and ten thousand acres of flowers.
Driving guide: Drive from the central city of Qujing, take the Qishi Expressway, go out to the Dongshan toll station, go east along the Shien Highway, turn left at the Enhong Village Committee for about 4 kilometers, and reach the azalea sea in about 1 hour.
Special food: You can taste local specialties such as black goat and sheep soup pot, roast chicken, shabu beef, local chicken porridge, and blown pepper.