Gongkeng sparrow

Gongkeng sparrow

It is one of the famous tourist attractions in the hometown of overseas Chinese. Sparrow flower is a wonderful flower in the five cities of Jiangmen. It is named because it looks like sparrow. The flowering period of sparrow is short. Every year, two weeks before and after Qingming Festival, the branches are covered in clusters. The head, eyes, mouth, wings and tail of each flower are all available. Those in full bloom are like wings to fly, while those in bud are like chicks to feed. It's very interesting. The first place to enjoy the flowers is gongkeng temple in Tangxia, Xinhui.

Address: Tangxia Town, Xinhui District, Jiangmen City Transportation: there are special buses at Xinhui bus station

It is very similar to the sparrow that has never spread its wings. It has a variety of colors, such as white, cream yellow, purple and red. The sparrow flowers in Jiangmen open from March to May every year. At that time, many local and foreign tourists will take their wives and tapes to have a look.

The sparrow flowers in Jiangmen area can also be seen in the modern agricultural production base of Xinhui and Guifeng mountain. In addition, the niuyuzui ecological scenic spot in Qingyuan, Guangdong, the Daling mountain in Shimen of Conghua, the gulong gorge in Qingxin County of Qingyuan, and the prince mountain in Huadu are said to have grown.

Approaching the vines, I saw that the vigorous branches had no leaves or buds, but there were a bunch of flowers that looked like sparrows, which covered the sky,... They were arranged in pairs, hanging on the trees, hanging under the vines, continuous. If you look carefully, the receptacle looks like a bird's head, and there are two black spots like eyes. One petal looks like a bird's back, the other two petals look like a bird's wing, and the bottom petal looks like a bird's tail. There is also a small section of slender slightly curved stamen in the flower house, with head, eyes, mouth, wings and tail. Those in full bloom are like wings fluttering to fly, while those in bud are like nestlings waiting to be fed "The grass sparrow flower of gongkeng temple in Jiangmen City is the birthplace of Guangdong grass sparrow flower, which has a history of 700 years. Although the grass sparrow flower in front of the Buddhist temple has been a vine for hundreds of years, it is the most spectacular. The difference between grass sparrow flower and regular flower is that it is not herbaceous or woody. The long snake like vines fly among the mountain streams and linger on the old trees. Thousands of flowers cluster together. The trees say "a single tree makes a forest", but the grass sparrow flower is "a single vine makes a scene".

Address: gongkeng temple, Lexi village, Tangxia Town, Xinhui District, Jiangmen City

Longitude: 113.01806640625

Latitude: 22.641454696655

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