Spring is in the air when flowers bloom, tea leaves unfurl, and travelers flock to gardens, orchards and rolling hills to embrace the season's warmth. From scenic strolls to hands-on harvests, the joy of spring spills into markets and villages, fueling tourism, cultural experiences, and rural revitalization.
The pulse of a flourishing economy in spring is captured through the laughter of visitors, the rustle of blooming flowers, the influx of vehicles with out-of-town plates, and the hustle and bustle of vendors.
Visitors take photos in Zhaoxing Dong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Tourists enjoy blooming cole flowers by a sightseeing train in Jiangling scenic spot of Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 23, 2025. (Photo by Li Zongxian/Xinhua)
Tourists visit Liuke Village of Boao Town in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Tourists picks tea leaves at a scenic spot in Wuyi County of Jinhua City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tourists visit a market in Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Visitors experience traditional Chinese makeup during a spring-themed fair in Yuyuan Garden Mall in east China's Shanghai, March 20, 2025. Combining the spring floral scenery, traditional parades, performances and trendy markets, the fair offers visitors an immersive experience of traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
Tourists enjoy leisure time at a coffee manor in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists visit a local market in Dongbaihu Town of Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
People enjoy leisure time in Yiwu City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 25, 2025. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Photo by Lyu Bin/Xinhua)
Children fly kites in Qianyuan Town of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 20, 2025. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Photo by Ni Lifang/Xinhua)
Tourists enjoy food in a tent in a rapeseed flower field in Jiande City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 23, 2025. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A drone photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows tea stalls under blooming cherry trees at a campus of Dongyang Vocational Education Center School in Dongyang City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Photo by Hu Yanghui/Xinhua)
Tourists pose for photos under blooming cherry trees at a park in Nanhu District of Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 25, 2025. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Photo by Jin Peng/Xinhua)
People enjoy spring time at a park in Lucheng District of Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 1, 2025. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Photo by Liu Jili/Xinhua)
A woman in traditional costume poses for a video shot among blooming cherry blossoms in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 26, 2025. More than 3,000 cherry trees are in full bloom currently along Wentao Road in Binjiang District of Hangzhou, becoming a new attraction of the city. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
People enjoy leisure time at a historic block in Nanhu District of Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 22, 2025. In Zhejiang Province, as the temperature rises, people go out of their homes to enjoy the blossoms in the spring time, showing a lifestyle in harmony with nature. (Photo by Jin Peng/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 20, 2025 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Maoao Village of Cicheng Town, Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province. Harvest season of the spring tea has arrived in Zhejiang, one of the major tea-growing areas in China. Farmers are busy harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea, which are made of the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 20, 2025 shows tea farmers picking tea leaves at a farm in Daixi Town, Wuxing District of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. Harvest season of the spring tea has arrived in Zhejiang, one of the major tea-growing areas in China. Farmers are busy harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea, which are made of the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality. (Photo by He Weiwei/Xinhua)
Farmers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Siling Village of Jingshan Town, Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 22, 2025. Harvest season of the spring tea has arrived in Zhejiang, one of the major tea-growing areas in China. Farmers are busy harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea, which are made of the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality. (Photo by Xu Junyong/Xinhua)
Tourists visit a market in Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
People enjoy leisure time at a park in Keqiao District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tourists enjoy meals amid blossoming flowers in Quchi Township of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing, March 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
Tourists select cultural and creative products at a market amid blossoming peach blossom in Hongqiao District of Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows tourists enjoying cole flowers at Qianduo scenic spot in Xinghua, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
Tourists take a cable car to enjoy the scenery of rapeseed flowers at Chongkan scenic spot in Tongnan District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2025 shows a tourist boat sailing on the water at Chongkan scenic spot in Tongnan District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Tourists pose for photos at Chongkan scenic spot in Tongnan District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Tourists pose for photos at Chongkan scenic spot in Tongnan District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A visitor poses for selfies at a cherry garden in Gui'an New Area, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows tourists viewing cherry blossoms at a cherry garden in Gui'an New Area, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)
Tourists view cherry blossoms at a cherry garden in Gui'an New Area, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
A visitor poses for photos at a cherry garden in Gui'an New Area, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Tourists select agricultural products at a visitor service center in Chating Town of Wangcheng District, Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, March 27, 2025. In recent years, Chating Town has actively promoted the industrialization of rapeseed cultivation by planting over 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares) of rapeseed. Meanwhile, the town has organized various cultural and tourism activities featuring rapeseed flowers, with an aim of integrating local agriculture and culture into tourism for rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 27, 2025 shows tourists visiting the rapeseed flower field in Chating Town of Wangcheng District, Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province. In recent years, Chating Town has actively promoted the industrialization of rapeseed cultivation by planting over 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares) of rapeseed. Meanwhile, the town has organized various cultural and tourism activities featuring rapeseed flowers, with an aim of integrating local agriculture and culture into tourism for rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
Tourists visit a rapeseed flower field in Chating Town of Wangcheng District, Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, March 27, 2025. In recent years, Chating Town has actively promoted the industrialization of rapeseed cultivation by planting over 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares) of rapeseed. Meanwhile, the town has organized various cultural and tourism activities featuring rapeseed flowers, with an aim of integrating local agriculture and culture into tourism for rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
Actors perform an eagle dance, a national intangible cultural heritage, in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in Xinjiang boasts various intangible cultural heritages. Around Spring Equinox, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on March 20 this year, the county has integrated its landscape resources with its traditional ethnic culture to hold intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and sports activities, as a way to attract visitors and promote its tourism in spring. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Villagers demonstrate a traditional plowing method in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in Xinjiang boasts various intangible cultural heritages. Around Spring Equinox, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on March 20 this year, the county has integrated its landscape resources with its traditional ethnic culture to hold intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and sports activities, as a way to attract visitors and promote its tourism in spring. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
A tourist takes a selfie in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in Xinjiang boasts various intangible cultural heritages. Around Spring Equinox, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on March 20 this year, the county has integrated its landscape resources with its traditional ethnic culture to hold intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and sports activities, as a way to attract visitors and promote its tourism in spring. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
Local villagers share food with tourists in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in Xinjiang boasts various intangible cultural heritages. Around Spring Equinox, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on March 20 this year, the county has integrated its landscape resources with its traditional ethnic culture to hold intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and sports activities, as a way to attract visitors and promote its tourism in spring. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
Intangible cultural heritage inheritors demonstrate Tajik wool crafting skills in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in Xinjiang boasts various intangible cultural heritages. Around Spring Equinox, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on March 20 this year, the county has integrated its landscape resources with its traditional ethnic culture to hold intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and sports activities, as a way to attract visitors and promote its tourism in spring. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Actors stage a Tajik wedding performance, a national intangible cultural heritage, in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in Xinjiang boasts various intangible cultural heritages. Around Spring Equinox, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on March 20 this year, the county has integrated its landscape resources with its traditional ethnic culture to hold intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and sports activities, as a way to attract visitors and promote its tourism in spring. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Visitors view an exhibition featuring relics retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea at the China (Hainan) Museum of the South China Sea in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2025. Empowered by Boao Forum for Asia, Qionghai has built an exquisite array of rural clusters and embarked on a road to rural revitalization driven by tourism. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 21, 2025 shows a section of Hainan Coastal Scenic Highway in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province. Empowered by Boao Forum for Asia, Qionghai has built an exquisite array of rural clusters and embarked on a road to rural revitalization driven by tourism. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Tourists visit Shaxi Town in Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists visit an ancient stage in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists take photos in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists visit an ancient stage in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists visit Shaxi Town in Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists read books at a bookshop in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/C
Tourists take a boat on the Ronghu Lake in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 12, 2025. Guilin, renowned for its breathtaking karst landscape, is one of China's most iconic destinations. Nestled in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin is celebrated for its stunning natural beauty, with limestone peaks and serene rivers that attract visitors from around the world. Its unique topography and vibrant culture make it a cornerstone of Chinese tourism.
Guilin's scenic wonders, including the famous Lijiang River and Elephant Trunk Hill, highlight the city's cultural significance and status as a must-visit location for nature lovers and travelers alike. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
