Where is Weixian Pear Flower Festival?

Weixian Pear Blossom Festival is located in Guwa Village, Liyuan Town, Weixian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province.

Wei County is located in the south of Hebei Province, at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces, and is known as the hometown of pears in China. Weixian county is located in the south of Hebei province, at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces. It borders Guangping County in the north, Cheng 'an County and Linzhang County in the west, daming county in the east and Neihuang County, qingfeng county County and Nanle County in the south. The total area is 862 square kilometers, the cultivated land area is 970,000 mu, and it governs 2 1 township.

There are 450 natural villages and 558 villagers' committees with a total population of 830,000. It is the third most populous county in Hebei Province and belongs to Handan City. It is called the hometown of pears in China. Every March and April, the pears in the pear garden in Weixian County, Handan City, Hebei Province are as white as jade. Since the first Pear Blossom Festival was held in 200 1, the annual Pear Blossom Festival has attracted many tourists to Wei County for spring outing, flower viewing and tourism.

In the pear flower viewing areas with different characteristics, the pear flower festival has arranged a variety of cultural activities, including folk cultural performances such as dragon dance, lion dance and yangko, as well as instrumental performances such as cucurbit flute. While enjoying flowers in the pear garden, tourists can also write poems and draw crossword puzzles in the garden, participate in the photo contest of "Spring in the pear garden, seeing Wei County through the lens" and "Calligraphy smells fragrant, and friends in the pear garden".

Especially in 2009, with the in-depth implementation of the "Pear Town Water City" project, three sightseeing routes with the theme of "touring Pear Town Water City and enjoying pear blossoms" were launched, and ten flower viewing highlights were built, including the West Tortoise Camel City Cultural Park, Qin Zhengyuan Water Park, Beizhangzhuang Water Control Project and County Ecological Park.

Festival history:

There is a long history of planting Yali pear in Wei County, which was recorded as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and large-scale cultivation began in the Northern Song Dynasty. Jia Sixie, a famous scientist in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, described in detail the cultivation of wei county Yali pear in Qi Yao Min Shu. Wei county Yali pear has a unique quality, which is well-known at home and abroad for its large skin, bright color, fine meat, small pit and little slag, proper sour and sweet taste and correct fruit shape.

Exported to more than a dozen countries and regions such as Southeast Asia and Europe. 1995, Weixian County was named "Pear Town of China". In recent years, the developed and produced Weizhou brand Tianxian fine pear has clean fruit surface, no pollution and excellent quality, and has become a green food that consumers love. In 200 1 year, Wei county was identified as a high-quality pear production base county in Hebei province.