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About Emetang Flower Sea
The scenic area is in Rangkou village, Rangkou township, 73 km from Hongyuan county town, at kilometre marker 374 on Provincial Highway 209. On 18 September 2017 the Sichuan Provincial Tourism Scenic Area Quality Grading Committee approved it, under the name Hongyuan Huahai, as a national AAAA-grade tourist area. A 2017 prefecture government notice puts the area's average elevation above 3,500 metres and its flowering season from early June to early August, when more than 30,000 mu of grassland become a sea of flowers; a 2025 newspaper feature instead gives the elevation as 3,500 to 4,200 metres and the flowering season as early June to mid-July, with tens of thousands of mu of wildflowers blooming against snow peaks, blue sky and green fields. Both figures are reported here as dated snapshots rather than reconciled.
Local Tibetan people call the grassland 'the garden of the sky god', according to the 2025 feature.
What to look for
- The grassland's flower cover across more than 30,000 mu, from early June to early August, according to the 2017 government notice.
- The high-elevation terrain itself, given as above 3,500 metres by the 2017 notice and as 3,500 to 4,200 metres by the 2025 feature.
Location & getting there
Getting to Emetang Flower Sea
Check the open visitor route and follow the site’s rules on distance, food and photography. Conservation areas may limit access beyond designated paths.
- Search for 俄么塘花海 with 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 and 红原县.
Find Emetang Flower Sea
俄么塘花海 · 红原县
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Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.