February travel recommendations: Where is the best place to travel during the Chinese New Year?
February happens to be the Chinese New Year. There are many places you can choose to visit during this period, and the activities in different regions will be different. You can choose the appropriate tourist attractions according to your own needs. The following activities and places suitable for Spring Festival travel must not be missed.
Golden Flower Sea
Location: Luoping, Yunnan
Time: February
Luoping in the east corner of Qujing is connected with the mountains and rivers of Qiangui. Buyi and Miao people live scattered here. The scenery here is as beautiful as a water town. In early spring, Luoping County is deeply immersed in the boundless sea of rapeseed flowers, attracting countless travelers with a soft and golden embrace. Before you plan your trip to Luoping, you can check the rapeseed flowering period on Wei You, the official WeChat account of the Luoping County Tourism Bureau at Luoping.com, and pay attention to local weather changes.
It rains continuously on the top of Jinji Peak, and the sunrise and sunset have their own characteristics. Suitable for wide-angle panoramas, it can also produce good effects when placed on a viewing platform next to a temple. Wanhu has various faces, and Shiwandashan and Niujie Township are more suitable for shooting when the weather is good. If you are taking portraits, both the Jinji Peak Cluster and the main venue of the Cauliflower Festival have open backgrounds to set off the characters. Sunlight can express the full color of rapeseed flowers, and side-light photography can express the layers of flower fields.
Kapok Season
Location: Changjiang, Hainan
Time: February to early March
Spring is definitely the most beautiful time of the year in the Yangtze River Season: At this time, kapok flowers bloom from the coast to the mountains, and there is a warm red everywhere. The Kapok Observation Deck on the bank of the Yangtze River is the most popular spot for flower viewing. You can also take a boat ride to admire the kapok on the river.
Photographers usually arrive at the riverside early in the morning to capture the beautiful scenery in the mist. There is accommodation in Qicha Town, but kapok is very popular in season. If you plan to stay overnight, you must book in advance. You can take the shuttle bus from Shilu to Qichao, and then find a motorcycle in the town to go to the observation deck.
Selling Plum Blossoms in Fishing Village
Location: She County, Anhui Province
Time: late February to early March
The end of February every year By early March, the flower-selling fishing village is covered with plum blossoms, pines and bamboos, showing the beautiful scenery of Xin'an River.
Take a cruise from Shenzhen, disembark from Hangkou, and walk about 10 kilometers west along the mountain road to reach the flower-selling fishing village where the fire recently occurred. During the plum blossom season in January every year, it is crowded with tourists and sells Huizhou plum blossom bonsai on weekdays.
The Call of the Forest
Location: Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei Province
Time: February to early March
If you go in February In Shennongjia, you can not only watch snow, but also ski on high mountains. Frankly speaking, the natural conditions of the ski resorts here are not as good as those in the high-latitude Northeast, but they are more than sufficient for leisure travel.
At present, there are two ski resorts in Shennongjia, Shennongjia International Ski Resort and Tianyan Ski Resort, referred to as International Ski Resort and Tianyan Ski Resort. The international ski resort is also called Tianyi Ski Resort. International Ski Resort is the largest ski resort in the South and has many tracks. The ski resort is relatively small and flat.
Xinjiang Ski Season
Location: Altay, Xinjiang
Time: February to early March
During the snow season, Altay has a series of aspects Activities for tourists and snow sports enthusiasts. Ice sculpture and snow sculpture exhibitions are generally held in the city, and there are horse racing, sheep catching, archery, fur skiing and other activities in various areas of Altay.
Jiangjunshan Ski Resort is open during the snow season. It is the highest level 5S ski resort in Xinjiang, with 27 ski trails with heights ranging from 60m to 450m. It has alpine skiing and snowboarding areas, cross-country skiing areas, snow entertainment areas, extreme skiing areas, etc.
Experience Guangxi folk customs
Location: Fuchuan, Binyang, Guangxi
Time: Ninth to eleventh day of the first lunar month (Dragon Boat Festival)
Time : From the 10th to the 15th of the first lunar month (explosive dragon)
The Binyang Dragon Boat Festival begins on the ninth day of the lunar new year every year. The three-day Dragon Boat Festival will attract thousands of tourists to Binyang to experience the strong smell of gunpowder during the New Year. The dragon dance usually starts at six o'clock in the evening, and countless excited crowds will gather
Bucheon's fried dragon is even more wild. Every year from the tenth day of the first lunar month to the Lantern Festival, five colorful dragons from five blocks in Fuyang Town start from Guming Beimen Street and dance all the way to the new city.
Everywhere you go, there are people three levels outside, holding firecrackers and welcoming the dragon. Whoever throws more and louder will have great fortune in the new year. The dragon dancers are not to be outdone, using various difficult movements such as leaping and jumping to return the flower shell. When the dance is smooth, the dragon dancers will even take off their coats and become shirtless.
Travel Tip: There is a risk of canceling folk activities due to the epidemic. Please pay attention to the information released by the local Culture and Tourism Bureau and other relevant departments before it appears, so as not to affect your travel plans, and remember to take precautions!
Suojia Flower Dance Festival
Location: Suojia, Guizhou
Time: The tenth day of the first lunar month
A minority woman has long hair on her head He has two big "horns", his thick black hair is wrapped around the horns, his body is upright, his hands are on his waist - you may have seen such a picture somewhere. Yes, this is the standard shape of Suojia Qingmiao (commonly known as Changjiao Miao). The Changjiao Miao are a branch of the Miao nationality, living in the mountainous area of Suojia Village. They are one of the ethnic groups with the smallest population in China.
The Flower Dance Festival, held on the tenth day of the first lunar month every year, is one of the biggest festivals of the Miao people.
In the past, it was a "dating party" where the children of the Changjiao Miao people fell in love with each other. Now it is more of an entertainment activity featuring ethnic songs, dances and musical instrument performances. At this time, the Miao children from Suojia and surrounding villages all dressed up and gathered on the Tiaohua Slope behind Longjia Old Village to have fun.
Maolam Dharma Assembly
Location: Gannan, Gansu
Time: January
Gannan Dharma Assembly in the first month, also known as "Mao Lamp Dharma Assembly" "Mu Dharma Conference" is the most solemn event in Labrang Monastery. The Sakyamuni Festival on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the French Dance on the fourteenth day of the lunar calendar, the Butter Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the Shambha Festival on the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar are the most shocking events.
"Labrang" is a variant of the Tibetan word Labrang, which means the residence of the Living Buddha. Every year during the Bodhidharma Festival, monks gather here, and the grand and solemn ceremony will definitely leave you with an unforgettable travel experience. On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Buddha-showing activity in Labrang Monastery, you can go to a colleague’s home 140 kilometers away. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, there is also a large-scale Buddha-showing activity in Rongwo Temple.
Observing wild animals
Location: Tianjun Zaduo, Qinghai
Time: January to February
Tianjun is Haixi "alternative". It is the only purely animal husbandry county here and the only county with Tibetans as the majority. The tranquil Buha River passes through the county from west to east, flowing to Qinghai Lake in the distance, nurturing large areas of beautiful grassland on both sides. In this season, it is easy to see Tibetan gazelle, Tibetan wild ass, and blue sheep in the lush grasslands of Tianjun County.
Some avid photographers will also go to the Ansai Grand Canyon with many trees to see if they have a chance to see snow leopards. As one of the areas of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Ansai Township has installed more than 100 infrared cameras and established an ecological steward system certified by villagers. Every year, dozens of snow leopards are observed in this area.
Baotu Spring Lantern Festival
Location: Jinan, Shandong
Time: The first to twentieth of the first lunar month.
The prestigious Baotu Spring Park once excited Emperor Kangxi during his southern tour. He wrote the word "turbulent" and named it "the best spring in the world". On the reverse side of the stele is Qianlong's "Composition on Baotu Spring". It is said that because of the severe drought that year, a box for praying for rain was erected here. Now the original monument of the Double Emperors is in the three main halls on the north bank of Baotu Spring, and the imitation monument is at the end of the Magpie Bridge opposite the Baotu Spring Pool.
The Baotu Spring Lantern Festival has a longer history, dating back to the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty. Jinan has always had the custom of setting off lanterns during the Lantern Festival, and Baotu Spring is even more brightly lit. In the first month of every year, in addition to lantern lighting activities, you can also see folk cultural activities such as stilt walking, land boat rowing, and lion dancing.
Jinsha Sun Festival
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan
Time: During the Spring Festival
February 1st
The Jinsha Festival is held every year during the Spring Festival at the Jinsha Heritage Museum. At that time, not only will the tickets be half-priced, but there will also be major temporary cultural relic exhibitions, historical and cultural themed lantern shows, performances and other activities. You can also visit the flower market and enjoy delicious food. The event will last until early March.
Xinghua Street
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong
Time: the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to New Year’s Eve (slightly different in each district)
Guangzhou people The most important thing during the Chinese New Year is "walking through Flower Street", a tradition that began in the Republic of China. It is said that during the Anti-Japanese War, aircraft and artillery roared over Guangzhou City and the flower market was open, but it did not affect Guangzhou people's leisurely shopping for New Year's goods. The New Year Flower Market starts on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month and ends on New Year’s Eve. Held for three consecutive days, the flower streets are decorated with colorful lights.
The West Lake Flower Market (Xihu Road, Education Road) is the largest, and the Haizhu Flower Market (from Renmin Bridge to Binjiang Road, Jiefang Bridge) is also very lively. There are also longer floating flower markets in Liwan Lake Park and Yongqingfang (from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to the sixth day of the first lunar month). Affected by the epidemic, the size of this year’s flower market has been reduced. Please pay attention to relevant information before traveling.