It’s the perfect time to enjoy flowers. Do you know where the world’s oldest pear orchard is?

The pear blossoms bloom with spring rain, and the pear blossoms fall into the mud in spring. This life is only for one person. Whenever I hear this beautiful song "Ode to Pear Blossoms", I want to look for the most beautiful pear garden in the world.

On the weekend, we drove to the ancient pear garden in Shichuan Town, Gaolan County, Lanzhou City. On the cliff at the entrance of the scenic spot, the large characters "The World's No. 1 Ancient Pear Garden" are reflected in the eyelids. Looking along the "No. 1 Bridge for Chinese Farmers" steel cable bridge to the other side of the Yellow River, pear blossoms bloom all over the river, forming a dreamlike sea of ??flowers.

Shichuan Ancient Town was named after the Ming Dynasty established the "Shizichuan Fort" here in 1496. Since then, a large number of pear trees have been planted here, with a history of more than 500 years. There are many ancient pear trees that are more than a century old among the tens of thousands of acres of pear orchards. After the Yellow River leaves Lanzhou City, it turns north and creates many rich mountains and rivers on the Loess Plateau. Shichuan Ancient Pear Garden has become the most unique tourism resource in the Yellow River Basin and Loess Plateau.

In order to develop the economy, the local government attaches great importance to the protection and development of ancient pear tree resources. It has numbered the ancient trees and assigned them to villagers for management, and encouraged the establishment of farmhouses to develop pear tree tourism projects. From April to October every year, as long as the weather is good on weekends, tens of thousands of Lanzhou people will come here to enjoy flowers, cool down and relax. Now, many farmers have embarked on the road to prosperity and lived a happy life relying on the resources of ancient pear trees.

Being in a pear orchard, one can’t help but think of the Tang poem “Like a sudden spring breeze coming overnight, thousands of pear trees bloom”. Although the original poem describes a heavy snowfall that covered the trees with snowflakes, it is also very appropriate to use it to describe the scene in the pear orchard. Pear blossoms are everywhere, as white as snow, beautiful and elegant, with jade bones and ice skin, beautiful and fragrant, dancing with the wind, graceful and graceful. Spending quality time under the pear tree with family and friends is really a happy enjoyment.