Winter-flowering cherries bloom on West Hongta Road. [Photo/ Jia Dan]

A pair of new married couple take wedding photos under the blooming cherry tree. [Photo/ Jia Dan]

Flowering season of cherries steps into Kunming recently. The flowers bloom very well, embellishing West Hongta road, which is situated in the south part of Kunming, near the Dianchi Lake.

Scenes in Winter may always be full of withered and yellow leaves, bare twigs and branches, and other depressing things. However, in streets and on roads of Kunming, people could always see green trees lined in. At the moment, Yunnan's winter-flowering cherries are flourishing on the road.

Winter-flowering cherries gather together on tree after tree, gorgeously cluster on twigs and branches of the tree. Winter-flowering cherry trees stand on both sides of the West Hongta road. "Some of the cherry flowers have bloomed a week ago. Some just emitted flower buds. All of them look very beautiful, " Mr. Liu, who does exercise every day on the road.

He thought that the cherry flowers make all pedestrians feel comfortable and pleased, and have attracted a lot of national and international tourists to take photos of the flowers in past years.

"How wonderful the cherries are! I never saw this kind of scene in other places before, " Xiao Zhou, a tourist from Jiangxi province exclaimed.

To some travelers, to tour in Kunming in winter season is not only because of the city's mild climate, but also because of the blossoming flowers in the city.

In a length of 1.9 kilometers, West Hongta Road is a well-known landscape road where over 600 winter-flowering cherries were intensively grown. The cherry trees on the road had been grown for more than 20 years.

Travel tips for appreciating blossomed flowers all the year round in Kunming

　　　October-March: camellia

　　　Golden Temple Park(金殿公园)

　　　Kunming Botanical Garden(昆明植物园)

　　　Yunnan Fengzeyuan Botanical Garden(云南丰泽源植物园)

　　　November: salvia farinacea

　　　Dianchi Road(滇池路)

　　　Airport Expressway(机场高速)

　　　December-February: winter-sweet

　　　Kunming Heilongtan Park(昆明黑龙潭公园)

　　　West Hill Forest Park(西山森林公园)

　　　Jinning Panlong Temple(晋宁盘龙寺)

　　　January-February: tulip

　　　Green Lake Park(翠湖公园)

　　　Daguan Park(大观公园)

　　　February：peony

　　　Kunming Tanhua Temple(昆明昙华寺)

　　　Peony Garden, Wuding Shizishan Mountain Park(武定狮子山牡丹园)

　　　February-March: cymbidium hybrid

　　　Yanglin Town, Songming County, Kunming(昆明嵩明县杨林镇)

　　　Plantation Area in Jiangchuan County(江川大规模人工种植园)

　　　March：oriental cherry

　　　Kunming Zoo(昆明动物园)

　　　Throughout the whole year：lily

　　　Dounan Flower Market, Chenggong(呈贡斗南花市)

　　　Plantation Areas in Songming and Xundian County(嵩明、寻甸县种植园)

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　　　(Editors: Cathy Chen, Lynn)