Luoyang, China's famous city of
peony in Henan
Province, opened its 20th peony festival Wednesday.
The 15-day event will bring to visitors to a sea of blooming peony
trees lining almost every street and corner of the city in Henan
Province, central China.
According to municipal officials, Luoyang has nearly 10 million
peony trees in over 700 species.
Luoyang, China's famous city of peony in Henan Province, opened its
20th peony festival Wednesday.
The 15-day event will bring to visitors to a sea of blooming peony
trees lining almost every street and corner of the city in Henan
Province, central China.
According to municipal officials, Luoyang has nearly 10 million
peony trees in over 700 species.
The city has over 1,000 years of history in the cultivation of
peony trees, millions of which are being exported to overseas
market every year.
The annual peony festival has become an important showcase for the
world to know Luoyang and Henan over the years, the organizers
said.
The last 19 events of the festival have attracted nearly 40 million
tourists to the city, with a tourist receipt of 916 million US
dollars of overseas investment.
This year's peony festival is also accompanied by various cultural,
tourism and trade activities.
The first day of the festival saw the signing of 24 economic and
technological cooperation pacts, worth of 9.29 billion yuan, the
organizers said.
(China
Daily April 11, 2002)