The fifth Jiande Xin’anjiang·China Strawberry Festival, also the 17℃ Xin’anjiang River Strawberry Picking up Tour initiated the opening ceremony yesterday. The mail strain of the strawberry in Jiande is named of Hongxia. It tastes like wild strawberry with a little tart flavor in sweet. It has achieved the first price of the national strawberry competition. In recent years, Jiande government has promoted soil-free stereoscopic strawberry. Without soil, it looks clean and easy to pick, unnecessary to bend down.

The best picking period of Jiande strawberry is January 5 to April 5, as long as three months, in three main production areas including Yangcunqiao Town, Xiaya Town and Hangtou Town.