The Tianhe Spring Festival Flower Fair will take place from Feb 4-9 to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb 10 this year.

The event's main venue will be the Tianhe Sports Center, with a total of 362 booths for flowers and special products for Spring Festival, 28 public-welfare booths for intangible cultural heritage items and poverty alleviation products, and 14 flower shows.

The South China National Botanical Garden will attend this year's flower fair for the first time, showcasing 15 rare plants equipped with introduction cards.

A model of the memorial archway for this year's Tianhe Spring Festival Flower Fair is displayed at the Tianhe Sports Center. [Photo/Yangcheng Evening News]

Nine sub-venues will be set up in the district's Tangxia, Chebei, Huangcun, Qianjin, Xinghua, Yuancun, Xintang and Shadong neighborhoods, making Spring Festival shopping easier.

The Tianhe Spring Festival Flower Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival will be held simultaneously. Six special shows at the Tianhe Sports Center will feature traditional performances like lion and dragon dances, Cantonese Opera, acrobatics, martial arts, and Cantonese music.

More than 200 cultural performances and activities will also be carried out across the district to add to the festive vibes.

Lion dance performances are staged during a previous Tianhe Spring Festival Flower Fair. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]