Peach tourism, culture festival opens in Quzhou

The 6th Peach Tourism and Culture Festival in Jiuhua township, Kecheng district, Quzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, opened on July 11.

People eat juicy Yuankou peaches during the 6th Peach Tourism and Culture Festival of Jiuhua township in Kecheng district, Quzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo/qz123.com]

The opening ceremony of the festival featured song and dance performances and the participation of popular agricultural live streamers. They all praised the beauty of Yuankou village and the sweetness of the peaches.

Yuankou village grows peaches over an area of more than 260 mu (17.33 hectares), and more than 100 households in the village grow the fruit. The yield can reach 750 to 1,000 kilograms per mu, and each household can earn about 40,000 yuan ($5,565) a year from growing peaches.

The festival featured a peach market, and farmers brought traditional agricultural products, intangible cultural heritage products, and specialty food products to the event.

There were also unique cold drinks made from peaches and Lichun creative cultural products on display at the market fair.

A close-up of Yuankou peaches. [Photo/qz123.com]