"Mom, the flower doesn't smell good." "It's an artificial flower."
Xiaoyu put her nose close to the flower, pouted and frowned: "Mom, it doesn't smell!" The mother disappointedly replied: "Silly child, the flowers tied on the tree are fake, how can they have a scent?" The first peach blossom festival of Tongchuan City opened yesterday. Due to the cold weather, the flowers had not yet bloomed, so the organizers helplessly tied artificial flowers onto the peach trees. The tourists were angry, and the organizers also had their own grievances.
Disappointed!
The peach blossoms from Xi'an that people came to see turned out to be fake.
Yesterday morning, Wangyi District of Tongchuan City held the "First Peach Blossom Festival of Tongchuan City" in Mengjiayuan Village, Huangbu Town. Many tourists arrived here early in the morning. Ms. Li from Xi'an has many friends who are from Tongchuan. "I heard during casual chats that Mengjiayuan is hosting a peach blossom festival, which is the first time in Tongchuan," she said. Her friends told her that the peach trees here are completely different from those in Xi'an, with a large area and beautiful flowers.
Ms. Li said that in previous years, she always went to Weiyang District of Xi'an to see peach blossoms. A few days ago, she learned from the media that the Weiyang Peach Blossom Festival was canceled. Just when she didn't know where to go to enjoy peach blossoms, she learned about the one in Tongchuan and decided to come. At around 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Ms. Li's whole family drove from Xi'an to Tongchuan. Her 2-year-old daughter Xiaoyu was very excited along the way. "Thinking of the full mountain of peach blossoms in bloom, the scenery must be nice. It counts as a spring outing for the child," she said. Two hours later, they arrived at Mengjiayuan Village. As soon as they got out of the car, they felt a bit disappointed. They could see endless peach orchards but couldn't see many flowers blooming.
Xiaoyu followed her mother around, saw a patch of bright red under a slope, and quickly pulled her mother over. Her nose almost touched the flowers, but her little mouth suddenly pouted: "Mom, it doesn't smell." Ms. Li quickly bent down and helplessly laughed: "Silly child, how can artificial flowers have a scent." Originally, the "flowers" blooming on these trees were artificial flowers tied on.
Torn!
The promotion has already been done, cannot cancel.
At 11:30 AM yesterday, I arrived at Mengjiayuan Village. There were stalls along the road selling souvenirs, and there were quite a few tourists on the road, some locals, some from Xi'an and other places. The loudspeaker was playing the song "Peach Blossoms Bloom," but there were no pink peach blossoms on the trees, only a few apricot trees with white flowers. And the "peach trees with tied flowers" that Xiaoyu saw were only a few. Some tourists had no choice but to take pictures in front of the apricot flowers.
Most of the trees did not have flowers, and even the few that did were artificial. The tourists were all a bit angry. "Don't hold a peach blossom festival without flowers, using artificial flowers to deceive people, isn't this just image engineering!" Some tourists said. Seeing the tourists getting upset, Yan Kaichang, the secretary of the Mengjiayuan Village branch, was very embarrassed, constantly explaining to everyone that the climate this year was abnormal, affecting the blooming of flowers, and they did not intend to deceive anyone. "The district government knows about this matter, but the date cannot be changed. After all, the extensive publicity has already gone out, and tourists from other places already know. If the date is changed, it cannot be guaranteed that all potential tourists will know. If they come and find nothing, it will have a greater impact. Now, this is an unavoidable measure, choosing the solution with less impact," a staff member of the Wangyi District Propaganda Department said.
Yan Kaichang said that at this time every year, it should be the peak period for the blooming of 2600 acres of peach blossoms. This year, the temperature is abnormal, especially recently, with low temperatures. The flower buds have just appeared, and it will take seven or eight days for them to bloom. "We have also reported this to the higher authorities, but since the event date is set, we can only勉强(marginally) hold it," he said. The artificial flowers were deliberately tied up, aiming to reduce the disappointment of tourists and allow them to take some appropriate photos.
Cold Weather!
Flowers need another seven or eight days to bloom.
What worried Yan Kaichang most was that citizens of Xi'an knew about the peach blossom festival and would definitely come this weekend. "If they come, they can only see tree branches, and the tourists will surely be unhappy. What should we do then!" He frowned and said, "I really hope the temperature rises suddenly, so that these flowers can bloom quickly."
Indeed, what Yan Kaichang said is true. The late blooming of peach blossoms in Tongchuan this year is indeed abnormal. According to information from the Tongchuan Meteorological Bureau, the average temperature in Tongchuan in January was 4-6℃ lower than usual, significantly lower than the past two years; the temperature in March has continued to be low, affecting the heat accumulation before flowering, causing the peach flower buds to develop slowly. It is expected that the blooming will be delayed by about seven or eight days compared to previous years. By Du Junling of our newspaper (Editor: SN021)