After a white winter, spring turns trees green and flowers colorful. In a five-part series we take a look at some of the most breathtaking scenery across the country. In this series, we come to visit Beijing, Tianjian and Shanxi province in North China and Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, as well as Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China.
Visitors enjoy the picturesque Summer Palace under a blue sky in Beijing, March 20, 2016. The national 5A-level scenic spot was nominated as the biggest royal garden in existence in China by the China World Records Association in 2009. [Photo/VCG]
Peach blossoms, green willows and a blue sky attract visitors at the Summer Palace in Beijing, March 21, 2016. The Summer Palace is well-known as one of the top four gardens in China, which were also listed as World Cultural Heritage sites in the 1990s. The other three are Chengde Summer Resort in Chengde city, North China's Hebei province and the Humble Administrator Garden and Lingering Garden in Suzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/VCG]
A train runs amid the fully bloomed flowering trees near Juyongguan section of the Great Wall in Beijing, March 25, 2016. Though popular with photographers who call it "the Train to Spring", the scenery was reported not to be open to visitors out of safety considerations. [Photo/VCG]
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Xiangshuihu Great Wall is enhanced by blossoms from peach and apricot trees in Huairou district, Beijing, March 28, 2016. [Photo/VCG]
An aerial view of cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park, Beijing, March 28, 2016. Nearly 100,000 tourists enjoyed the blossoms on March 23, the first day of the yearly cherry blossom festival at the park, which will last until the end of April. [Photo/IC]
Mallards fly back to Beidagang wetland in North China's Tianjin municipality after spending the winter in southern China, Feb 23, 2016. The wetland, covering an area of 34,887 hectares, is the biggest in Tianjin and also an important stop during the annual north-to-south journey of migratory birds in East Asia. [Photo/VCG]
Distinctive canola flowers grow in the mountains overlooking the Yangtze River in Ruicheng county, Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province, March 5, 2016. [Photo/IC]
Fruit trees blossom in an orchard blanketed by mist due to rising temperature, Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province, March 26, 2016. [Photo/VCG]
Apricot trees are in blossom in Luntai county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, March 29, 2016. Fruit trees in southern Xinjiang bloom from March to June every year. [Photo/VCG]
Fog envelopes a village in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Gannan in Northwest China's Gansu province, on the morning of Feb 24, 2016. [Photo/VCG]
Rime covers a tree farm in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Gannan in Northwest China's Gansu province, March 16, 2016. [Photo/IC]
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