Rapeseed flowers bloom in Guizhou, heralding spring visitors

Rapeseed blooms across Xingyi city in Guizhou province, drawing visitors as spring arrives in southern China. [Photo by Zhang Yi/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Rapeseed is blooming across Xingyi, Guizhou province, drawing visitors as spring arrives in southern China.

More than 400 hectares of golden blooms stretch into a sea framed by karst peaks and Bouyei villages.

The Panzhou-Xingyi high-speed railway has made the area much easier to reach. Since the railway opened last November, the flower-viewing destination that once relied on long-distance buses can now be reached from the provincial capital Guiyang in under two hours, with direct trains from cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, and Guangzhou.

Rapeseed blooms across Xingyi city in Guizhou province, drawing visitors as spring arrives in southern China. [Photo by Zhang Yi/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Railway workers guide passengers boarding trains at Xingyinan Railway Station. [Photo by Tian Lu/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Rapeseed blooms across Xingyi city in Guizhou province, drawing visitors as spring arrives in southern China. [Photo by Long Jianrui/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Rapeseed blooms across Xingyi city in Guizhou province, drawing visitors as spring arrives in southern China. [Photo by Long Jianrui/For chinadaily.com.cn]