How do Beijing, Shandong Shangqiu and Jiangsu Huqiu celebrate the Flower Festival?

In Beijing, February 12th of the lunar calendar is Kaohua's birthday. Elegant people compose poems and chant harmony, and go out to enjoy flowers in various famous gardens in the suburbs. Shandong Shangqiu and other counties, with the sunny days of flowers, divined the abundance of wheat and fruit all year round.

In Huqiu City, Jiangsu Province, people go to the Flower Temple to offer sacrifices to the gods and wish them a birthday. Girls in boudoir cut five-color silks and stick them on the branches, which is called "rewarding the red".

Appreciating flowers is an elegance in life, and the folk cultural achievements accumulated in ancient China are particularly rich, such as the flower festival custom popular in urban and rural areas in the old society.