Yuxi Municipal People's Government
Spring Welcoming Flower Street Festival in Tonghai County
The festival commenced in the lantern festival in 1990. The first festival was hosted by the county government and supported by the association of veteran cadres on poetry, painting and calligraphy and the association of birds and flowers on county downtown. The festival happens usually around January 16 of the Chinese lunar calendar. The first five festivals were held every year and starting in 1996 it became every other year. The event usually lasts 7 to 11 days.
The major activity of the festival is flower exhibition which includes birds, flowers, paintings, calligraphy, lanterns, performances, and crafts. The major products at show include traditional peach and plum bonsais, precious Tonghai torch lily, root carvings, stone carvings, and wood carvings. Poetry stage is set up for visitors to write poems and calligraphy. There is also an opera stage for opera lovers to perform. The festival presents the spring scene of flowers in multiple colors and lanterns of various patterns. The principle of the festival is relying on the festival as a platform for economic development. At the festival, the whole city is decorated with numerous flowers anywhere you go. Folk arts show, poem writing and calligraphy creating bring intensive cultural atmosphere to the town. Meanwhile, market fair and snack street are also set up for shopping and tasting local delicacies.
The festival is a major cultural celebration and tourism event in Tonghai. It has been playing an important role in creating harmonious society and enhancing the growth of holiday economy. It has become a successful integration of traditional culture and modern market economy.
On July 21st, workers were busy among the lush potted flowers in the intelligent flower planting greenhouse of Yuxi Ziyu Flower Industry Co., Ltd. This company is a leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization engaged in the production and sales of rose seedlings, potted roses, potted succulents and potted phalaenopsis. With a very productive operation mode, this company has built a research and development platform in cooperation with multiple scientific research institutes, and owns 17 national patents. Flowers from Yuxi are sold far to first-tier and second-tier cities across China and have become a well-known brand in Yunnan's flower industry.
Recently, visitors to Yimen have noticed a café in Luzhi Town, which looks exactly like a tape recorder. With 3.5 meters wide, 10 meters long, and weighing 6 tons, it perfectly replicates the iconic dual-cassette tape recorder from the 1980s, and the owner continuously plays pop music from the 1980s, attracting an increasing number of netizens and tourists to explore it. This highly creative café, which has gone viral on social media, has become a popular local landmark for photo check-ins.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Hongtashan Park, attracting visitors with its springtime spectacle. On March 25, many citizens flocked here to admire the flowers, enjoy the scenery, and take photos, creating a beautiful landscape. Every year when the cherry blossoms bloom, Hongtashan Park draws a large number of tourists.
Performers of Yuxi Nie’er Bamboo Orchestra performed on the D87 China-Laos Railway international passenger train in Jan. 14. At 8:08 am, the China-Laos Railway international passenger train No. D87 left Kunming South Railway Station and headed for Vientiane, Laos. Different from the previous train, the joy and vibe of a transnational artistic performance was spreading all over the train, so that audience of all kinds of "screens" can feel the joy of this international train. (Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua News Agency)
