The breathtaking spring blossoms in provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan are drawing crowds of visitors, transforming rural landscapes into popular tourist destinations and boosting local economies.
In recent days, hundreds of hectares of plum trees in Tangbian Town, Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, have entered full bloom. The snow-white blossoms blanket the hillsides, creating a stunning spring spectacle.
"The vast stretch of snow-white blossoms, with their delicate fragrance, truly lifts my spirits," said tourist Xiong Qinqin.
With the rise of flower tourism, many visitors not only come to admire the blossoms in spring but also return in autumn to purchase fresh plums. This seasonal cycle has helped Tangbian Town attract tourists in the blooming season while boosting farmers' incomes during harvest time.
Elsewhere, similar floral spectacles are drawing visitors. In the Baping Terraces in Mangchang town, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, golden rapeseed flowers stretch across nearly 6,266 hectares, creating waves of yellow against the backdrop of traditional villages and winding field ridges. Tourists wander through the fields, enjoying the beauty of spring.
The county's crop rotation model of rice paddies and rapeseed enhances soil quality while promoting rural tourism, achieving both ecological and economic benefits.
In Kaiyuan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, the yellow bell trees have entered peak bloom. Their golden blossoms adorn the branches, transforming the landscape into a dazzling golden sea of flowers. Visitors and locals alike are drawn to the spectacle.
In recent years, the region has embraced a tourism model combining cooperatives, businesses, blooming flowers and rural scenery, injecting vitality into the local economy.
Spring blossoms boost tourism in China
Iran's official news agency IRNA said on Sunday the country has rejected taking part in the second round of the peace talks with the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump said new negotiations would take place in Pakistan on Monday evening.
"My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan -- They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations," Trump wrote in his Truth Social post on Sunday.
Trump also said that the U.S. has offered a "fair and reasonable" deal, and if Iran reject the deal, the U.S. will "knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran."
Iran's absence from the second round of talks "stems from what it called Washington's excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade, which it considers a breach of the ceasefire," IRNA said in a post on its English account on social media platform X.
In another report published in Farsi, IRNA said reports released about the second round of peace talks between Tehran and Washington in Islamabad are "not true."
It described the reports released by the United States as part of a "media game and in line with the blame game" to pressure Iran, stressing that the U.S. "excessive, illogical and unrealistic demands, frequent changing of positions, constant contradictory remarks, continuation of the so-called naval blockade" have so far prevented the negotiations' progress.
IRNA added under the present circumstances, there is "no bright prospect" for fruitful negotiations.
On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded by launching waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and U.S. bases and assets in the Middle East, and exercising tight control over the Strait of Hormuz.
A ceasefire was achieved between the warring parties on April 8, which was followed by lengthy talks between the Iranian and U.S. delegations in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 11 and 12. After the peace negotiations in Islamabad collapsed, the United States imposed its own blockade on the waterway.
The Iranian and U.S. delegations were reportedly expected to hold another round of peace talks in Pakistan soon.
Trump affirms new round of talks in Pakistan while Iran rejects
