The Hanfu Parade in Ji’Nan Baihua Park Photo courtesy of the Ji’Nan City People’s Government Information Office It is the middle of spring, and the long-awaited “Magnolia Festival” is taking place in Baihua Park.
On March 16, in Baihua Park, one of the scenic spots associated with the 2024 Jinan Flower Festival, citizens and tourists gathered under the magnolia blossoms to enjoy flowers, have fun, visit the market and have a romantic spring date to have.
On the morning of the 16th, actors dressed in Hanfu arrived at the Spring Festival. Many citizens, tourists and Hanfu fans joined them to welcome the spring and convey their congratulations for the spring and the future.
In the playground in Baihua Park, citizens and tourists throw pots and throw tires… At Baihua Market, stallholders offer Hanfu accessories, flower decorations, Baihua cakes, etc. There are also intangible cultural heritage such as sugar painting, seal cutting and shadow plays, which show the Qilu life aesthetics that have been passed down for thousands of years.
Ji’Nan Garden Flower Wholesale Market near Magnolia Avenue has a flower exhibition and sales area where on-site professionals provide full-service flower identification, purchase and cultivation.
At Luhua Lake, the flower seller carries a pole and the flower girl shakes her fan, like a beautiful image traveling through time and space. There is also the Song Dynasty lottery game “Guan Pu” and the “Hairpin Flower” experience, where citizens and tourists can immerse themselves in the colorful life of the people of that time.
The blooming period of magnolias in Baihua Park begins in mid-March and generally lasts about two weeks. Then the flowers of Prunus × blireiana, Echeveria ‘Peach Pride’ etc. bloom one after the other until mid/late April. At the same time, the spring flowers will also appear one after another at Thousand Buddha Mountain, the Zoo, the Botanical Garden, Quancheng Park and other important places in the parks.
On March 23, after the opening of the 2024 Jinan Flower Festival on the banks of Daming Lake, the ten major parks of Jinan will be connected to hold 40 activities such as mountaineering, flower viewing, “Double Third Festival” Miaohui, Hanfu competition, poetry -Organize culture and garden festivals. The other activities highlight the cultural significance of the city of Jinan and take a romantic and elegant journey through the millennia.