China's Most Beautiful Camellia Sea Hidden in a Thousand-Year-Old Ancient City of Hebei, Becoming a Fairytale Landscape in April
Staying at home and watching the world, focusing on: Street lamp photography, sharing beautiful scenery from travels every day. In Zhangjiajie City, Hebei Province, there is a thousand-year-old ancient city called Zhengding, only 200 kilometers from Beijing. This ancient city has deep historical and cultural connotations and beautiful humanistic landscapes, which is a beautiful sight.
Zhengding Ancient City is very beautiful, beautiful in the ‘ancient’ character. Historically, it was together with Beijing and Baoding known as ‘Northern Three Tigers’. There are many historical and cultural sites within it.
And for many foreign tourists, knowing Zhengding is also because of the 1987 version of ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’. In 1986, in order to film ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’, a Rongguo Mansion was built on site in Zhengding County. Now, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ has been broadcast for 30 years, and Rongguo Mansion continues to maintain its architectural beauty and the camellias planted together with the courtyard.
As soon as spring comes, the West Camellias become the most stunning scenery of Rongguo Mansion. People come here to admire the flourishing beauty of the camellia flowers. Ancient people favored camellias because camellias together with jasmine, peonies, and osmanthus perfectly fit the meaning of ‘Rich and Noble in the Hall’.
It is in this beautiful spring breeze that camellias are blooming one after another, like a dream and like snow, which makes people think of the lyrics: ‘Last night’s rain was sparse and the wind was sudden, the remaining wine did not diminish, ask the curtain reviewer, but said the camellias are still in bloom. Is it a question? Is it a question? It should be green and thin, red and lean.’
In the gentle east wind, one after another camellias bloom in the wind, thousands of camellias pressing against the branches and drooping, vying with the spring sunshine. It reminds people of Daiyu’s poem: ‘Stealing three petals of pear blossoms as white as jade, borrowing a soul from a plum blossom.’
When the West Camellias are just in bloom, the flower buds are the color of rouge, and then turn into a faint pink, which is truly charming. Of course, in the late March and early April, the jasmine and peach trees here are also in full bloom, making it a warm and lingering fragrance, and Rongguo Mansion is the most beautiful time of the year.
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