2019 Kunming Heilongtan Park Azalea Festival opens on March 6

The annual azalea festival in Heilongtan Park is about to start tomorrow! Black Dragon Lake's azalea festival as well as the 16th consecutive year held, the azalea valley azalea flowers frequently compete, 250 acres of flowers, will be this piece of the canyon, rendered beautiful purple and red, strolling through the sea of flowers, spring azalea blooming, inviting you to come to this enjoy the flowers.

2019 Heilongtan Park Azalea Festival

Azalea opening time:

Kunming Heilongtan Park azalea opening time: mid-March to April; azalea flowering period of 1 month. There are different varieties of azaleas planted in Black Dragon Lake Park, and the early azaleas that have been opened in the "Azalea Valley" include white butterflies, jade butterflies, purple clouds, purple peacocks, and double sets of large silver red and other azaleas.

Best time to enjoy flowers:

Late March to early April

Azalea location:

Heilongtan Park, Azalea Hill ("Azalea Valley" - twelve kilometers in the northern outskirts of Kunming City). kilometers from the foothills of Longquan Mountain)

Azalea Festival Tickets:

20 yuan per person (park ticket prices remain unchanged during the Azalea Show)

Azalea Appreciation Tips

Inside the Azalea Valley*** there are seven best viewing spots! There are two lines to get there:

One, along the main tour road to the azalea valley

Two, along the bonsai garden to the Longtan barbecue area

Heilongtan Park azalea is mainly distributed in the "azalea valley", an area of more than 250 acres, a *** more than 350,000 azalea bloom.

It is reported that the Black Dragon Lake Park has more than 20 varieties of azalea number up to more than 350,000, is the largest area of garden cultivation of azalea excursion area in southwest China. Due to the warm weather in Kunming this year, so the azalea in Heilongtan Park opened early, currently in the "azalea valley" within the azalea varieties open white butterfly, jade butterfly, purple cloud, purple peacock, double sets of large silver red, etc. According to the Kunming National Travel Service experience in previous years, it is now just the beginning of the good time to enjoy the azalea in Kunming in the spring.

2019 Kunming Heilongtan Park azalea festival activities to see: participatory, fun competitions, matchmaking dating session

During the azalea festival, Heilongtan Park launched a series of activities, such as the azalea fairy selection contest, photography contest, fun fishing tournament, car show, and a large-scale matchmaking dating session, etc., with rich content.

2019 Kunming Heilongtan Park azalea festival activities to see: "dragon king will" sacrifice

The following Friday, there is the March 8 Women's Day, at the same time, this day is still the day of the dragon's head, the dragon king will be the sacrifice, in the local has been continued for thousands of years, it is the local very influential folk culture activities

The local folk culture activities

This is the first time in the history of Kunming Heilongtan Park azalea festival. Folk cultural activities

The park will continue to inherit and restore this ancient traditional folk activities, rituals include the opening of the altar to invite the saint, the dragon head to invite water, invite the dragon to patrol the realm, the dragon play Lin Pan, the Dragon King is Chao (dragon sacrifice), to get rid of the filth sprinkled net, to the public and tourists to provide a good place to go to play and taste of the traditional culture and customs.