The 2012 Sichuan Flower Ecotourism Festival will start at 20 sites simultaneously in Sichuan province on March 22.

The sites include Hanyuan and Anyue counties and Mianzhu city, according to the Sichuan Flower Ecotourism Society.

As Sichuan has striven to return arable land to forest in recent years, it boasts vast expanses of pear, peach, lemon and pomegranate blossoms.