What's the date of Toksun Apricot Blossom Festival?

The Toksun Apricot Blossom Festival is held from March 25th to March 28th every year.

The location is Toksun County, Turpan City, Xinjiang. During the activity, you can watch Xinjiang folk song and dance performances, taste Spring Festival porridge, and have performances such as fighting sheep and fighting chickens. Tuokexun County belongs to Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, located in the central and eastern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain and in the west of Turpan Basin.

In March, the northern Xinjiang is still chilly in spring, and Toksun County is sunny and spring is budding. It is the earliest place to welcome spring in the north and south of Tianshan Mountain and the "first stop" of spring in Xinjiang. On that day, the highest temperature in Toksun County was 23℃, which made many tourists from Urumqi and surrounding areas suddenly enter sunny and warm spring from the slightly chilly early spring.

Brief introduction of Toksun apricot blossom festival

Turpan Toksun is one of the three places to watch apricot flowers in Xinjiang in spring, and it is a veritable hometown of apricot flowers. At the end of March every year, it is known as "the first spring in Xinjiang". This scenic spot is located in Toksun county, 8 kilometers away, with apricot flowers in full bloom, which is a good place for an outing.

The total area of apricot trees in Tuokexun County is about 50,000 mu, of which the fruiting area is 23,000 mu, mainly distributed in Xia Xiang and Guolebuyi Township, and divided into "Sudan apricot" and "Little White apricot", with "Sudan apricot" accounting for 80%. Toksun County is the earliest place where spring comes and apricot blossoms bloom in Xinjiang. Every March, apricot blossoms are in full bloom, and apricot blossom season viewing activities are held, which have won unanimous praise.

In the 10,000-mu apricot garden in Nanhu Village, Xia Xiang, Toksun County, a gate, apricot tree houses, walking paths, leisure cabins, interesting small sculptures, special commodity streets, children's entertainment areas and flushing toilets have been built. The channels and fences around the apricot garden have also been renovated, and the identification system has also been improved. 30 sets of residential buildings in the main garden and roadside were transformed, and landscape street lamps and parking lots were transformed and built.