Ready, sing!Where, oh where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's ______.Where has spring sprung?Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's ______.A classic childhood tune, a brand-new answer，is waiting for you to fill in the blank.
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's winter jasmine yellow—
By riverbanks, on street corners,The winter jasmine is the first to wake.Golden blossoms crowd the branches,Like spring's welcoming parade,Calling out: "This way, spring starts with me!"
Locations: Haidian Park (Danling Qingbo Scenic Area), Linglong Park (south of the lake, eastern slope near the south gate), Dinghui Park (west side of the west garden), Xixiaokou Park (north of the trellis in the north garden), Wenquan Park (north side of Phase I), Yuan Dadu City Wall Relics Park (south of Tayuan Yingchunyuan), North Landianchang Road
Blooming Period: Early March to Early April
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's mountain peach pink—
Trees upon trees of peach blossoms burst forth like clouds,Bringing spring's message to Haidian.Up close, their pink isn't the bold,It's a soft, misty pink,Like a sheer veil spring drapes over the city.
Locations: Haidian Park (Yudao Liuxiang Scenic Area), Linglong Park (northeast corner, south of the eastern slope), Xixiaokou Park (east gate of the south garden, northwest corner of the north garden), Bagou Shanshui Park (western slope of the south garden), Yuanmingyuan (Mountain Peach Cove), Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, the Western Hills area
Blooming Period: Mid-March to Early April
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's magnolia white—
When magnolias bloom,No leaves appear on the branches, only flowers—Each one like a dove resting on the bough,So pure, so pristine in their whiteness.
Locations: Summer Palace (white magnolia at the Hall of Joyful Longevity (Leshou Tang)), Haidian Park (near the west gate, Yudao Liuxiang Scenic Area), Beiji Temple Park (northeast gate 2), Bagou Shanshui Park (lakeside)
Blooming Period: Mid-March to Mid-April
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's cherry blossom showers—
In full bloom, they blaze like sunset clouds;As petals fall, they flutter down like snow.Every stage, blooming and scattering, is a scene of beauty.
Locations: Yuyuantan Park (Cherry Blossom Garden), Haidian Park (southeast side of the Yudao Liuxiang Scenic Area), Bagou Shanshui Park (near the south gate), Xinjiangongmen Road, Changchunqiao Subway Station, Zhongguancun International Innovation Center
Blooming Period: Late March to Mid-April
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's tulip colors bright—
Red, orange, yellow, pink, and purple hue,Tulips have sown a rainbow right into the view.Row after row, in colors so neat and true,They march toward you, a vibrant, living debut.
Locations: China National Botanical Garden (the north garden), Changchun Fitness Park
Blooming Period: Mid-April to Early May
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's rapeseed flower gold—
Unlike the delicate, coquettish blooms of spring,The arrival of rapeseed flowers,Feels like a crowd of exuberant youth rushing in together,Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand—Each one radiating its own light.
Locations: Liangshan Park, Beiwu Park, Liulangzhuang Park, Haidian Park
Blooming Period: Late April to Mid-May
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's purple paulownia—
When paulownia trees burst into bloom,The whole street is bathed in soft lavender.Neither showy nor competitive,They simply bloom there, quietly,Waiting for you to pass by, waiting for you to look up.
Location: Chegongzhuang West to Linglong Road
Blooming Period: Mid-April
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's Chinese rose red—
When monthly roses bloom,It's like an overturned palette "lights up" Haidian,Sea of flowers resembling "colorful necklaces",Stringing together the vibrancy and life along the ring roads.
Locations: Landianchang West Road, West Fourth Ring North Road, Median Strip of the Third Ring Road
Blooming Period: Starting in Early May
What's your answer?
Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's ______.This blank—Everyone has a different answer.Some fill it with "on the commute",Some with "the park near my home",Some with "childhood memories",Some with "the place of my first date".Where has spring sprung?Spring's in Haidian's ______.
[Photos via the official WeChat accounts of Beijing Haidian and Haidian District Forestry and Parks Bureau]
