Beijing: Mountain Peach Blossom in the Summer Palace

The mountain peach blossom in west causeway of the Summer Palace has enjoyed a famous reputation for a long time, but the florescence of mountain peach has been postponed for two weeks this year due to the cold whether. Fortunately, we caught the full-bloom stage when I joined the Beijing to Xian tour. The hundred of mountain peaches were blooming at the same time, together with a swaying willows along the West Causeway, making the Summer Palace fairy spring-like.

The florescence of the mountain peach in the Summer Palace is usually in mid-March and it will wither in late March normally. Because the temperature in early spring is lower than that of the years before, the florescence came half a month later accordingly. But the gorgeous flowers remain bloomed vagariously, and attracted many shutterbugs and visitors to come.

If you miss the mountain peach flowers in Beijing, then it doesn’t matter, because another flower feast is waiting for you when you travel to Xian. That is the Sakura in Qinglong Temple.