【Shanghai Plum Blossom Festival

Best Places to Enjoy Plum Blossoms】. Visiting Xinzhuang Park to enjoy the plum blossoms is a spring welcoming tradition for many 'old Shanghainese'. The plum blossoms in Xinzhuang Park are not only varied and beautiful, but they have also left behind many classic images and a good reputation. As early as 1956, scenes from the film adaptation of Ba Jin's famous novel 'Family', such as 'the maid Mingfeng expressing love with the young master in the plum garden' and 'Mingfeng walking through the plum garden the night before she throws herself into the lake', were shot in Xinzhuang Park. Subsequently, in 1979, the Shanghai Film Studio shot the color film of the same name based on the drama 'In the Silence', also in the Xinzhuang Plum Garden. Even the plum blossom expert and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Chen Junyu, has nothing but praise for the plum blossoms in Xinzhuang Park, leaving the commendation that 'the plum blossoms in Xinzhuang Park are well-cared for, and the pruning level is also leading in the Jiangnan region'. Xinzhuang Park is characterized by its plum blossoms, with more than 40 varieties and over 450 plum trees, especially famous for its green calyx plum. The white walls and black tiles, the corridors and red pavilions in the park complement the plum trees, creating an interesting and elegantly simple atmosphere. The plum garden in the east of the park and the plum grove in the west are the main attractions for enjoying the plum blossoms. When the garden is full of blooming spring plum blossoms, with their sparse shadows and subtle fragrance floating in the air, it is intoxicating. In short, Xinzhuang Park is a great place to enjoy the plum blossoms.