Dazzling Kapok blossoms herald the spring in Hainan

By / HICN / Updated: 18:59,23-February-2022

When you walk through the streets from day to day, then suddenly found the flowers on the tree were blooming vigorously and soundly, that you suddenly realized kapok blossoming, the spring is coming.

Photo by LIN SHITANG

The red of kapok blossom everywhere in Hainan, almost stole all attention from others spring flower. From a distance, it seems a red cloud is burning, the close up, it as if red dazzling light.

Kapok trees are fast-growing species, easily grow to more than ten meters high, and branches are growing in a very high above the ground. The whole tree looks grand, there is no wonder that kapok was given the name "hero flower".

Because of the temperature difference between the north and south of Hainan, kapok blooms from the south to the north. Let us to see how beautiful the kapok is around Hainan.

Sanya

In the Beauty Crown, Yuechuan bridge and other places, a red fire-like kapok, not only to attract birds to feed among the flowers, but also let the people stop to take pictures, enjoy the blooming spring.

Photo by SHA XIAOFENG

Photo by SHA XIAOFENG

Photo by SHA XIAOFENG

Baoting

Red and pink kapok bloom with each other, swaying in the breeze, forming an pastoralism painting with the green rice fields at the foot of the mountains ...... Come to green water gallery area of Zaling town, Baoting to see the red kapok, is one of the excellent choices.

Photo by LIN SHITANG

Photo by LIN SHITANG

Photo by LIN SHITANG

Ledong

Passionate red kapok flowers can be seen along the Changhua River, at the foot of Jiaxi Ridge, on the mountains and in the fields, as well as next to the highway, trumpeting their warm welcome to spring. Every year when the kapok blossoms, many people come to Ledong to enjoy the sizzling scenery.

Photo provided by the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television, and Sports Bureau of Ledong Li Autonomous County

Photo provided by the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television, and Sports Bureau of Ledong Li Autonomous County

Photo provided by the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television, and Sports Bureau of Ledong Li Autonomous County

Dongfang

The kapoks bloom from February to mid-March in Dongfang, and can be seen at the base of the Daguang Dam, on the village terraces, next to the banyan tree with six trunks, and on the roadside by the bridge.

Photo provided by the Dongfang Media Center

Photo provided by the Dongfang Media Center

Photo provided by the Dongfang Media Center

Changjiang

In the fields of Pai’an Village in Chahe Town, kapok trees are growing over a stretch of 1.6 kilometers above the green grass and rice. What a sight!

Photo by LIU YANG

Photo by LIU YANG

Photo by LIU YANG

Haikou

As Hainan’s capital city, Haikou graciously waits her turn - this is the last place on the island to see the kapok flowers open. Right now, Haikou’s kapok blooming season has not yet begun, but in just a couple of weeks, the city will surely catch fire.