If you have come to study in Chinese leaning programs in Yunnan province for a long time, you must have heard it is said that it is not possible to make a garden without the flowers in Yunnan. Among so many places in Yunnan to appreciate beautiful flowers, Luo Ping is a good place to go in spring time. It can be called the biggest natural garden when a vast sea of golden rape flowers spread out everywhere over the hills and dales.
The geographic location of Luo Ping Scenic Area is in the south of the seat of Luo Ping County, 132 kilometers from Qilin District of Qujing city. At present, the Sea of Rape Flowers is a demonstration site of agricultural tour at national level. Before you go there, you should know Luo Ping Rape Flower Tourism Festival falls on the 21st of the second lunar month or so each year due to climate factors. Generally speaking, the flowers are in blossom after the Chinese New Year and before March.
If you visit there in right time, you can see the sea of golden rape flowers everywhere. The extraordinarily beautiful rape flowers benefits from climate variety and geographical environment. When you attend to one-on-one Chinese leaning programs in the city of Kunming, the Chinese teachers may tell you that this area is high in the northwest and low in the southeast with alternating valleys and low hills.
In addition, it is mild with plenty of rainfalls, making it one of the four places in Yunnan province receiving mush rainfall all year around. Most of the area is on the route of the plateau monsoon. As a result, it is mild in winter and cool in summer. Local people love these flowers and bloom with these flowers which usher in spring. If you have chance in spring time, just go to enjoy it yourself with your friends.
A piece of news comes from some students who learn Chinese online free that rape flower industry has become a great contributor of the mainstay industry of Luo Ping, which is a base county for growing rape flower seeds and processing bee products at national level. It also plays a big part in the oil-bearing crop market with an annual output of 40 million kilos of rape seeds, 30% share of the total of Yunnan province.