Chongqing Morning Post, February 20, 2012, 09:36 AM by Shan Wang (4 comments)
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Introduction for Dayu: Citizens will be able to enjoy seasonal flowers such as cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, magnolias, crabapples, camellias, and azaleas on time in February and March. By March, if the temperature does not fluctuate too much, it will enter the best period for flower appreciation.
At the Nan Mountain Botanical Garden, citizens take group photos in front of blooming flowers. Photo by reporter Yu Huang.
(Chief Reporter Shan Wang, Intern Bingxin Liu) Yesterday, the bright weather made the main urban area very lively. Some people leisurely enjoyed tea, some took the opportunity to take wedding photos, others diligently took out quilts to dry, and a group of people gathered at various flower parks...
Nan Mountain Botanical Garden saw over 3,800 visitors coming to enjoy the flowers yesterday.
The tulips, known as the national flower of Holland, are waiting for you until February 28th.
Location: Yubei Flower Park
Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, under the sunshine, Yubei Flower Park was already bustling with people. The festive cyclamen, the red plum blossoms perched on branches, the golden calendulas, and the eye-catching primroses... Flowers in season were blooming, competing for beauty, attracting the attention of many.
Just outside the viewing area, there lingered a large number of citizens, the colors of the flowers tempting them to stay longer. I saw professional cameras, small digital cameras, even mobile phones being used to "snap" and freeze these beautiful moments.
As long as the weather cooperates, friends interested in flowers can continue to feast their eyes. The management of the flower park stated that before February 28th, everyone can visit the park. Not only will the tulips, known as the national flower of Holland, be waiting for you to admire, but also cyclamen, cymbidiums, hyacinths, European narcissus, and primroses will enter their peak blooming period.
If you were to describe this scene with one word, what would you use?
Location: Hong'en Temple Forest Park
While a large number of citizens flocked to the flower park, just a few kilometers away, Hong'en Temple Forest Park was equally crowded.
"Child, if you were to describe this scene with one word, what would you use?" Standing in front of the pansies that seemed to cover the park like a yellow carpet, 32-year-old Lin Ping smiled and tested her son. "Springtime blooms," "A riot of colors"... Unexpectedly, the adults beside her answered cheerfully before her fourth-grade son could speak. Accompanied by spring flowers, the tourists were all in high spirits.
During the peak of spring flowers, the colorful flower fields became the most eye-catching scenery in Hong'en Temple Park, with pansies, plum blossoms... drawing many citizens to stop.
You can also see families visiting everywhere in the park. A happy smile on each face, reflected among the flowers, appeared particularly warm.
"With such good weather, how could we bear to stay at home?" Beside the flower wall in Hong'en Temple Park, the Liu Zhongyang family from Yangjiaping joyfully took a family portrait with eight people. Liu Zhongyang said that due to the sudden clear weather, the originally planned indoor gathering of relatives and friends was directly moved outdoors for a spring outing.
More than 3,800 people entered the park yesterday to enjoy the flowers, and there will be more varieties in March.
Location: Nan Mountain Botanical Garden
Yesterday's Nan Mountain Botanical Garden was also a great place for flower lovers. From the afternoon, a large number of citizens drove private cars up the mountain to enjoy the flowers, causing traffic jams along the way up the mountain.
Compared to other flower parks, the botanical garden had a more complete variety of flowers, not only having seasonal plum blossoms, crabapples, camellias, and primroses, but also in the greenhouse garden, calla lilies, dancing orchids, peonies, cherry blossoms, and Oncidium... Flowers with different postures made people unable to tear their eyes away.
"This is the peony flower, greenhouse peony, otherwise, how would you see it at this time?" Yesterday afternoon, standing in front of a patch of gorgeous peonies, retired teacher Zhang Mingbo enthusiastically told the surrounding crowd. Amidst various kinds of flowers, especially in the botanical garden filled with flowers, seeing these blooming flowers brings immense joy, but many people who cannot name them are not uncommon, so yesterday's Nan Mountain Botanical Garden saw many popular "flower experts" weaving through the crowds.
"We old folks aren't professionals, but after growing flowers for decades, we do have some knowledge." Together with Zhang Mingbo were six other elderly people. They said they were very willing to act as "flower guides."
By 5 PM yesterday, reporters learned from Nan Mountain Botanical Garden that more than 3,800 citizens visited throughout the day.
Citizens will also be able to enjoy seasonal flowers such as cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, magnolias, crabapples, camellias, and azaleas in February and March. By March, if the temperature does not fluctuate too much, it will enter the best period for flower appreciation.
Next page: Spring flower viewing map