In Guizhou, Rhododendron is the messenger of spring. After the severe winter, it is the first one to bring the breath of spring to people. It's beautiful and charming. Looking at the hundred mile azalea, it's intoxicating. A few days ago, the hundred Li Rhododendron and Rhododendron are in bud, about to usher in the spring. So, when does Guizhou Rhododendron festival begin? The origin of Baili Azalea?
Azalea
It belongs to you forever, which is the most romantic flower language of Rhododendron. It is very suitable for lovers to express their love for each other. Compared with the rose, the Rhododendron can not only express your love for TA, but also be unique, fresh and refined, which may move each other's heart more.
The joy of love. It is said that people who like azalea are very pure and innocent people. They like the beauty of azalea very much. It's said that when people see azaleas blooming all over the mountain and put a little red makeup on the whole mountain, they can see the God of love appearing in the world and feel the deep love and happiness of love.
Rhododendron's flowering period is from March to the end of May every year, which is extremely rare in Guizhou Province.
About soma Wei
In baihuaping square of Jinpo scenic area, the tall and majestic sculpture is the "azalea God". She is 9 meters high, standing on the High lotus platform, like a fairy coming down to the earth with joy, industriously and beneficially scattering azalea to Yi mountain. In the blooming season, people in Yi mountain will think of the God of azalea and worship the God of azalea, who is the only one worshipped and believed in in Mailu.
According to legend, maylu is the third daughter of the emperor's Tzu Ju ancestor. Because the God King has made great contributions to water control, the emperor sent maylu to the earth to marry the God King and have children to help the God King manage his home. After the efforts of the couple, the world finally prospered, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The azalea mountains connected with the mountains, the flowers connected with the flowers, and the sea of azalea like flowers brought great peace and happiness to the Yi people.
Later, the emperor ordered mayilu to return to Tianting. Mayilu could not give up her husband and Yi people. In a hurry, she turned into azalea and sowed it to all the azalea mountains. Since then, Mailu has always been accompanied by azalea trees and azaleas. There are green azalea trees in autumn and winter for Yi people to enjoy, and there are hundreds of flowers in spring and summer for Yi people to enjoy. Therefore, the Yi people cherish, adore and cherish the azaleas of the azalea tree. They nickname the azaleas as Mailu and soma flowers, and the Yi family naturally worship Mailu as the azaleas God for generations. Rhododendron has become a sacred flower in the heart of the Yi people.
About Baili Azalea
Located in the middle of Bijie Experimental Area in the northwest of Guizhou Province, with a total area of 700 square kilometers, Baili Rhododendron scenic spot is a national 5A tourist attraction, national eco-tourism demonstration area, the only Rhododendron Forest Park in China, the most famous international scenic spot, national low-carbon tourism experimental area, Asia & middot; Greater China area Ten natural original ecotourism scenic spots, China's best ecotourism sites recommended by the Embassy in China to the world. When spring returns to the earth and all kinds of flowers are in full bloom, the original Azalea Forest of 125.8 square kilometers, with the charm of flowers, the magnificence of mountains and the momentum of the sea, draws a variety of colorful and colorful pictures in spring to welcome guests and friends from all over the world.
Baili Rhododendron is a natural garden. It is the largest, most species and best preserved original Rhododendron forest in the world, which is the only one in the world. Baili Rhododendron is a paradise for summer. The annual average temperature in the scenic spot is 11.8 ℃, and the summer average temperature is 19 ℃, so Baili Rhododendron's summer is worthy of the name of "19 ℃; the altitude of the area is 1200-1800 meters, with low UV intensity, air quality reaching the national level standard, the highest average content of negative oxygen ions is more than 20000 per cubic centimeter, and the forest coverage rate is 80%, which is really good The place of "breathing" is the unique "natural oxygen bar". The reputation of "health and cool world" resounds at home and abroad.
As long as you enter Baili Rhododendron scenic area, you can see the continuous Rhododendron on the mountain road. When you come to the peak, the Rhododendron sea looks like a colorful waterfall, which flows down from the top of the mountain and gently ripples in the valley. Looking across, the sea of flowers is rippling and the fragrance is floating, which is most fascinating.