Heze, city of peony, is located in Shandong province.
The 24th Heze International Peony Cultural and Tourism Festival will kick off on April 16, according to a press conference held on March 24. The budding peony is welcoming tourists from all over the world.
In order to make the peony cultural and tourism festival simple but colorful, various cultural activities will be held. Recently, over 60 non-commercial activities, covering areas like peony-appreciation culture, tourist sports as well trade and exhibition, have been collected and will be held during the festival to highlight Heze's "one capital and four hometowns" culture.
Heze has not only successfully built Caozhou Peony Garden, a national 4A class tourist attraction, as well as Caozhou Flower Garden and Gujin Peony Garden, national 2A class tourist attractions, but also has developed several new peony gardens and 22 peony planting bases each covering more than 1,000 mu, which all will be open to the public during the festival.