[2025 Wuhan Attraction] Travel Guide for East Lake Peony Garden (Updated Apr)

📍【Location】 Wuhan's newest flower viewing treasure! A 5-minute walk from Liyuan Station Exit C on Metro Line 8, located in the core area of East Lake Scenic Area, adjacent to Liyuan Square. As the largest peony garden in the south of the Yangtze River, it boasts seven layers of flowers, including cherry blossoms, crabapples, and peonies, making it easy to take stunning photos away from the crowds! 🎫【Limited-Time Offer】 ✅ Official opening from March 18 to April 20: 【💰Online tickets only 50 yuan】(Original price 65 yuan) ✅ Special offers: Half price for students/seniors aged 60-64 Free admission for seniors 65+/military personnel/children under 1.2m ⚠️Tip: Book online in advance for discounts. Please bring a valid ID for entry. 🌸【Spring Limited Beauty】 1. Cherry Blossom and Crabapple Overlap Zone Weeping crabapple blossoms like clouds and rosy clouds below, Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms intertwined in pink and white above. A 300-meter flower path forms a three-dimensional flower waterfall, 50% less crowded than East Lake Cherry Blossom Park! 2. Peony Exhibition Area 30,000 peony plants are ready to bloom! Covering more than 200 varieties such as Yaohuang and Weizi, they will enter full bloom at the end of March. See the national beauty and heavenly fragrance without leaving Wuhan. 3. Ancient Charm Check-in Spots ▫️Peony Pavilion: Flying eaves and arches paired with a sea of flowers, the perfect spot for Hanfu photoshoots. ▫️Flower Core Plaza: A 500㎡ panoramic peony flat, ideal for large-scale photography. ▫️Peony Valley: Winding paths + streams, creating a forest atmosphere. 🚇【Transportation Guide】 ✔️Metro Line 8, Liyuan Station Exit C (Weekend services increased to every 5.3 minutes) ✔️Bus 402/413, "Donghu Road Liyuan" Station ✔️Self-driving navigation to "Donghu Peony Garden," parking lot available. ⚠️【Travel Information】 ▫️Flowering forecast: Cherry blossoms/crabapples are now in full bloom, peonies will enter their best viewing period on March 25. ▫️Respectful park visit: Smoking is prohibited throughout the park. Please do not climb or damage the flowers and trees. ▫️Off-peak recommendation: Visiting between 9:00-11:00/14:00-16:00 on working days offers a better experience. 📸【Photography Tips】 ▫️Outfit: Light-colored dress + straw hat = spring vibes ▫️Must-have Hanfu photo spot: Peony Pavilion (recommended arrival before 9:00 am) ▫️Props: Oil-paper umbrellas/round fans/bamboo baskets enhance photo opportunities. 🌸This spring, escape the crowded tourist attractions! Take Metro Line 8 directly to Donghu Peony Garden, and encounter a poetic spring among the flowers and ancient architecture. Invite your friends and loved ones to join you!🚇💨

The East Lake Peony Garden covers an area of over 100 acres, integrating peony history, peony culture, and garden landscape into one, fully showcasing the beauty, purity, and tranquility of peonies, and is known as the 'Number One Peony Garden in the South of the Yangtze River'. The garden is characterized by its exquisite layout, which cleverly blends the graceful elegance of Southern gardens with the majestic grandeur of the 'King of Flowers' from the North. Winding paths lead to secluded spots, the terrain undulates gracefully, the rockeries are imposing, the vegetation is lush and layered, and the ponds are shrouded in mist. Scattered throughout are masterful cliff carvings, peony legend statues, and ancient trees, presenting a splendid array of attractions such as 'National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance', 'Fang De', 'Li Chun', 'Forest Square', 'Pond Spring Colors', 'Washing Flower Creek', 'Viewing Waterfall and Listening to Flowers', 'Danxia Welcoming the Sun', 'Yao Tai Fairyland', 'Han Shang Hall', and 'Peony Fairy'. Particularly noteworthy is the 68-ton natural rockery located in the main gate plaza, on which Mr. Bai Zhishan, a famous couplet writer, composed an ode, and Mr. Chen Yijing, a calligrapher of 92 years old, inscribed 'Ode to Wuhan East Lake Peony Garden', which carries the history of peonies and the hardships of their relocation from North to South.

Wuhan East Lake Peony Garden is located on the south side of Liyuan Square in the East Lake Scenic Area, just a 10-minute drive from the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge No. 2, bordered by the Wuhan Second Ring Road to the west and the vast and beautiful East Lake to the east, serving as an important gateway to the East Lake Scenic Area. Occupying more than 100 acres, the East Lake Peony Garden focuses on peonies, integrating peony history, culture, and garden landscape, fully showcasing the beauty, purity, and tranquility of peonies, and is renowned as the 'Number One Peony Garden in the South of the Yangtze River'. The garden layout within East Lake Peony Garden is exquisitely designed, ingeniously blending the graceful elegance of southern gardens with the majestic grandeur of the 'King of Flowers' from the north. The winding paths lead to secluded spots, the terrain undulates gracefully, the landscape rocks are imposing, the vegetation is lush and layered, and the ponds are shrouded in mist. Scattered throughout are famous cliff inscriptions, peony legend statues, and ancient trees, presenting a splendid array of attractions such as 'National Beauty', 'Fang De', 'Li Chun', 'Forest Square', 'Pond Spring Colors', 'Huanhua Creek', 'Viewing Waterfalls and Listening to Flowers', 'Danxia Welcoming the Sunrise', 'Yao Tai Fairyland', 'Han Shang Hall', 'Peony Fairy', and others. Particularly noteworthy is the 68-ton natural landscape rock located at the main gate plaza, on which Mr. Bai Zhishan, a famous couplet writer, composed an ode, and Mr. Chen Yijing, a 92-year-old calligrapher, inscribed 'Ode to Wuhan East Lake Peony Garden', bearing the history of peonies and the hardships of their relocation from north to south. East Lake Peony Garden

The East Lake Peony Flower Exhibition kicked off on March 26th! Wuhan East Lake Peony Garden is located on the south side of Liyuan Plaza in East Lake, known as 'The Premier Peony Garden in Southern China'. The garden is home to more than 200 varieties and over 30,000 peony plants, encompassing 9 color series and 10 flower types. Whether it's ancient treasures or modern new varieties, you can find them all here. The garden opened on March 26th! All good things in the world are not sturdy, colorful clouds are easy to disperse, and colored glaze is fragile, don't miss this beautiful spring day~ 🌟Travel Tips: 1️⃣ Currently, about seventy to eighty percent of the peonies in the garden have bloomed. By April, during the peak blooming period, the over 100-acre East Lake Peony Garden will present a beautiful scene of vibrant purples and reds with a subtle fragrance wafting through the air. 2️⃣ During the Peony Flower Exhibition, there will be occasional drama performances in the Peony Pavilion, as well as famous traditional Chinese art masters painting on-site, offering a splendid array of activities. 3️⃣ The most distinctive feature of the Peony Flower Exhibition is the 'Seven Flowers Blooming Together' spectacle, which includes the blooming of various flowers such as kerria, weeping crabapple, cherry blossoms, wisteria, globeflower, and hydrangea. 4️⃣ Flower enthusiasts are advised to purchase the East Lake Flower Viewing Joint Ticket: 100 yuan per ticket With this ticket, you can visit East Lake Plum Garden, East Lake Cherry Blossom Garden, East Lake Peony Garden, and Luoyan Scenic Area multiple times within the specified period, and enjoy the Chutian Platform all year round. Visitors can purchase the ticket at the Peony Garden ticket window and must bring a one-inch photo of themselves to use after sticking it on the ticket. ⭐Dining: Next to Xingyin Pavilion, there is a KFC. If you're tired, order a cup of coffee, sit by the lake, enjoy the scenery, and relax in the breeze. There are various dining options in the nearby Liyuan Plaza commercial street. ⏰Opening Hours: 7:00—18:00 It is currently the blooming season, and there is an admission fee. Reminder: Outside of the blooming season, admission is free. 🎫Tickets (1) Adult ticket price: 65 yuan per person (2) Seniors aged 60 to under 65: 30 yuan per person (with ID card or senior citizen card for admission) (3) Children aged 6 years (inclusive) and under or under 1.2 meters in height: Free (4) Seniors aged 65 and above (inclusive): Free (with ID card or senior citizen card for admission) (5) The East Lake Flower Viewing Joint Ticket allows unlimited visits to East Lake Plum Garden, East Lake Cherry Blossom Garden, East Lake Peony Garden, and Luoyan Scenic Area within the specified period, and the Chutian Platform is available all year round. The ticket price is 100 yuan per ticket, and visitors can purchase it at the Peony Garden ticket window. A one-inch photo of the visitor must be attached to the ticket for use. 📍Address: East Lake Peony Garden (south side of Liyuan Plaza in East Lake Scenic Area) 🌟Transportation: 🚇Subway: Take Line 8 to Liyuan Station, and it's a five-minute walk to the Peony Garden 🚍Bus: Routes 411, 537, 573, 578, 605, Tram 8 to Liyuan Plaza Station 🅿️Self-driving: Visitors driving can park at Liyuan Plaza and walk to East Lake Peony Garden

A quiet corner of East Lake, under the baptism of the seasons, the Metasequoia becomes stunningly red in winter. However, this beautiful scene is known to few, with few people, mostly elderly, coming here to practice musical instruments. Facing a field of flowers, plants, and trees, it's like entering another small world. This beautiful scene requires almost no cost, but can bring many healing effects.