China News Service, Chengdu, April 26 (Shan Peng and Wang Peng) The main venue of the 2024 Chengdu World Horticultural Expo (hereinafter referred to as the Chengdu Expo) hides a miniature version of the “tropical rainforest”: the baobab trees are tall and straight, and its Next to you is a Maitreya kapok with a “big belly” from South America, and an African king tree next to it is covered in thorns… Tropical exotic trees and plants from five continents meet wonderfully in the botanical museum.
On the 26th, the Chengdu Horticultural Expo officially opened. Rare and rare plants from all over the world competed in the garden. About 60 kinds of local plants and more than 500 kinds of characteristic plants of the exhibition garden were on display.
On April 26, the Chengdu Expo officially opened. The picture shows the main venue of the Chengdu Expo.Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun
In the botanical museum, plants grow in the sultry, humid air. Common phenomena in tropical rainforests such as criss-crossing branches and leaves, dark and humid shrubs, overgrown forests, and plant strangulation are also authentically reproduced. “More than 200 kinds of tropical plants from all over the world are planted in the museum, supplemented by mountains, rapids, waterfalls and other landscapes, to simulate a tropical rainforest habitat in three dimensions.” said Pan Honglei, engineer of the Botanical Museum of the Chengdu Expo.
As the “Olympics” of world horticulture, the Expo is not only a “garden” of rare and exotic plants, but also a stage for the concentrated display of garden art from all over the world: the Elizabethan Garden in the UK is based on the British style, with gardens, cabins, small bridges and flowing water. The French Montpellier Garden incorporates French elements such as fountains and promenades, surrounded by grapes and fragrant flowers and plants; the Moroccan Fez Garden is inspired by the ancient city of Fez, using flowers to restore the colorful leather dyeing vats of Fez, and using vertical Greening forms lanes, recreating the streets of the ancient city; Japan’s Kofu Garden uses “Taoyuan Valley” as its theme, recreating the scenery of Kofu’s first valley through ponds and springs; in Colombia’s Bogota Garden, flowers complement the classic red brick paving, and graffiti The landscape wall attracts people to stop.
“The impression of the Chengdu Expo will be amazing.” Laura Jaimes, manager of the José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden in Bogota, Colombia, said in an interview with the media that garden art closely connects all parts of the world. , promote biodiversity protection.
On April 26, the Chengdu Horticultural Expo officially opened. The picture shows the garden in Recife, Brazil.Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun
Chinese garden art has a long history, and the garden landscapes of different cities have their own distinctive characteristics and personalities. The Chengdu Garden, which inherits the “gentle and quiet” style of Western Shu gardens, is the largest exhibition garden at the main venue of the Chengdu Expo. The entrance is decorated with red walls and bamboo shadows. In the center of the exhibition garden is a scene of water surrounded by flowers, surrounded by the beautiful rhododendrons of Shu Mountain. Quiet and quiet, the Sichuan brocade flower field is colorful. There is only one path between the Beijing Garden and the Chengdu Garden. Compared with the “gentle and quiet” style of the Chengdu Garden, the Beijing Garden is more open and closed. It is modeled on the axis layout of the royal garden, with landscapes such as Taishan pines, carved beams and painted buildings, and lake and mountain scenery. A picture of northern gardens. The Nanjing Garden features “Wugong flowers and plants, fragrant bamboos and trees” as its plant features, reproducing the charm of the classical gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.
On April 26, the Chengdu Horticultural Expo officially opened. The picture shows the Nanjing Garden.Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun
While displaying rare plants and garden art, the Chengdu Horticultural Expo actively advocates an ecological, green, low-carbon and sustainable lifestyle. At the main venue of the Chengdu Expo, the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization has created a theme park featuring bamboo, using low-carbon and environmentally friendly bamboo materials to create a three-dimensional and modern Xishu Bamboo Culture Exhibition Park. In the park, dozens of rare bamboo species such as Sichuan yellow bamboo, mottled bamboo, and small string bamboo surround the four corners of the “Green Bamboo Pavilion”, creating a valuable area for popularizing science about rare bamboo plants. During the Chengdu Expo, the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization will hold public activities such as bamboo and rattan exhibitions, bamboo and rattan science popularization, and bamboo and rattan cultural performances to demonstrate the unique value and huge potential of bamboo and rattan in improving the living environment and improving the quality of life.
Tim Briercliff, secretary-general of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), said that Chengdu is implementing the concept of a park city. The Chengdu Expo will be a valuable legacy dedicated to Chengdu citizens. The main venue of the Chengdu Expo will be It is an excellent example for Chengdu to show the world how to build a park city and achieve ecological balance and sustainable development. (over)
