The ancient The Book of Songs described peaches in Southern Zhou, Peach Blossoms: ‘Thepeach is in bud and the flowers brilliant their shine.’ Such depiction fits thespectacular landscape of the Orchard of Thousand Peaches in the GaotingMountains perfectly. What is more marvelous is their deep connections throughthe legend of the Peach Fairy. The Peach Fairy for Queen Mother in the HeavenPalace was originally a beautiful young girl from the riverside of QiantangRiver in the West Zhou Dynasty, her name was Dong Shuangcheng. Her ancestorsfled to the south when the Shang Dynasty ended, built their house under GaotingMountains, where the peach blossoms were no less marvelous than fairyland.Growing up in such heavenly environment, DongShuangcheng grew up to be an exceedingly beautiful girl with fairytemperament. After consuming elixir of life made of peach blossoms, the girlbecame real Peach Fairy, and her home place became known as ‘the Land of PeachBlossoms’. Emperor Gaozong of Song wrote in his poem ‘the Chant of Peach Blossoms’: ‘UnderGaoting Mountains there is an ancient peach orchard like fairyland, Liu Chenand Ruan Zhao forgot to return home, and now I feel the same. It’s early springand the grass is still young, wonderful scent from the peach blossoms comes witheach and every step I take.’ Each year, peach blossoms under the GaotingMountains dye the entire landscape pink, become quite a spectacle. Hencewatching peach blossoms at Gaoting became an artistic pleasure for people ofHangzhou. The peach blossoms of Gaoting are famous for their diversities, it issaid there are as many as 66 different kinds of breeds, and seeing them all isbelieved to bring good fortune. People of Gaoting are experts in making gourmetfood using peach blossoms, which includes peach cake with agreeable sweetness,Gaoting peach-shaped steamed bun, fragrant and soft peach blossom wine…alongwith handcrafts made of peach woods, they formed the peach culture special ofGaoting.