AMSTERDAM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch celebrated the National Tulip Day on Saturday -- traditionally on the third Saturday of the year -- marking the beginning of a new tulip season.
A highlight of the festival is for people to pick tulips for free in a huge picking garden with more than 200,000 tulips.
A girl holds a bunch of tulips at a picking garden on the Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)
A woman holds a bunch of tulips at a picking garden on the Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)
A woman picks tulips at a picking garden on the Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)
Neatly arranged tulips are seen on the Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)■