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Capital’s parks in bloom for the holidays
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MAJOR parks in Beijing are preparing for the upcoming National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays.
Eleven parks, plus the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture, in the capital have been decorated with around 1.6 million potted flowers of 150 different species, the city’s parks administration center said.
The floral displays will cover more than 100,000 square meters and reflect different themes, symbolizing a thriving and prosperous country.
For example, Beihai Park in downtown Beijing has set up an exhibit of plants arranged and pruned in the shape of two Beijing swifts.
National Day is on October 1 and is celebrated with a weeklong holiday. While Mid-Autumn Festival falls on October 4 this year.
Visiting parks to admire flowers is a common National Day activity for Beijing residents.
A 17-meter-tall display in the shape of a flower basket has been placed at the center of Tian’anmen Square to mark the upcoming holidays.
The basket, with a diameter of 50 meters, holds artificial flowers and fruits such as persimmons, pomegranates, apples, peonies and Chinese roses.
The city’s landscape and forestry bureau said similar baskets have appeared at the center of the square for China’s National Day holiday since 2011.
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