Thousands of aloe flowers are in full bloom in Zhanjiang's Xuwen county, Guangdong province. Located?in the south of Yingli village, the flowers come in 300 different types. [Photo/yinsha.com]

Although Quanzhou in Fujian province is widely believed to be the beginning of China's Maritime Silk Road, Huang Zongwei, a professor at?the Sun Yat-sen?University says that Xuwen county in Guangdong should be considered as the starting point because it began trading 1,300 years earlier. [Photo/yinsha.com]

Only six types of aloe flowers are edible and even fewer types are of great medical value. Xuwen county is famous for its savory edible aloes. [Photo/yinsha.com]

Xuwen county has so much to offer at this time of year, from sweet pineapples, picturesque views and of course aloe flowers. [Photo/yinsha.com]