Babies who go to the Temple of Heaven must not miss this pear tree

The Temple of Heaven Park's East Gate has two pear trees. The most famous one, the divine pear tree, is located at the entrance of the Zhaisheng Pavilion. The other is beside the Seven-Star Stone. At the entrance of the 'North Zhaisheng Pavilion', you can see the pear tree as soon as you enter from the East Gate of the Temple of Heaven. It feels like your soul is being purified. A tall and independent tree stands at the entrance of the Zhaisheng Pavilion. Its towering canopy is like an umbrella, covered with blossoms, white as piled snow. The pear flowers sway in the wind against the backdrop of red walls and green tiles, making you feel as if you're in a dream that you can't wake up from. The dense blossoms, when a breeze blows, the white petals fall like snowflakes, stretching out in the spring light, elegant and romantic. Especially before the sunset, the pear tree glows under the golden sunlight, looking so divine 😯 Pyrus ussuriensis: Also known as wild pear or Chinese pear, it is a deciduous tree in the Rosaceae family, often with thorny branches. It grows over 10 meters tall, with spiny branches and two-year-old branches in purple-brown. The leaves are diamond-shaped ovate to oblong-ovate, with young leaves densely covered with gray-white wool on both sides; the petioles are also woolly; stipules are early deciduous. The inflorescence is an umbel with 10-15 flowers, pedicels woolly, bracts membranous, linear, petals white, stamens with purple anthers, and styles hairy. The fruit is nearly spherical, brown with light spots, flowering in April, and fruiting in August-September. It is found in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi in China. It grows in sunny places on plains or hillsides at altitudes of 50-1800 meters. Pyrus ussuriensis is drought-resistant and cold-tolerant, often used as rootstock for various cultivated pears, with early fruiting and a long lifespan. The wood is dense and can be used for various utensils. The bark contains tannins, which can be used to make tannin glue and is also used in medicine. 📍Location: Temple of Heaven Park Place: Temple of Heaven, North Zhaisheng Pavilion 🎫Ticket: Peak season 15💰/person, Beijing Park Annual Pass is valid 🚄Subway: Line 5, Temple of Heaven East Gate Station ⏰Opening hours: 6:00-22:00. Recommended to go in the afternoon! Here comes the highlight 😎 The Qingming holiday is the perfect time to enjoy the pear blossoms Friends in Beijing and those traveling to Beijing during Qingming, don't miss this once-a-year spring beauty in Beijing!