The annual Sheshan Bamboo Shoots Festival is held at Sheshan National Forest Park on March 29. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The annual Sheshan Bamboo Shoots Festival was held at Sheshan National Forest Park on March 29 and will be last till April 7.

This year’s festival launched a series of experience activities and visitors have the chance to dig and sample fresh bamboo shoots, enjoy bamboo dance and learn more about bamboo crafts.

Bamboo shoots in Sheshan are also called Lansun, or orchid bamboo shoots is a unique food ingredient which grows at Sheshan Mountain, Shanghai and springs up around the time of Qing Ming Festival, or Tomb-sweeping Day.