Garden Expo

Beijing Garden Expo

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Garden Expo Park generally refers to Beijing Garden Expo Park

Beijing Garden Expo, located on the West Bank of Yongding River, Fengtai District, Beijing, is the venue of the 9th China International Garden Expo. It extends to Lianshi West Road in the north, meishikou West Road in the south, Beigong road in the West and Yuanbo Avenue in the southwest. The exhibition area covers an area of 267 hectares, and Yuanbo lake covers an area of 246 hectares, with a total area of 513 hectares Public welfare city park

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The layout of Beijing Garden Expo Park is "one axis, two points and five gardens", and "one axis" is the Garden Expo Axis, which is the landscape axis running through the main exhibition area. "Two points" are Yongding tower and Jinxiu valley. Yongding tower is an ancient pagoda in the style of Liao and Jin Dynasties, 69.7 meters high, which is the landmark building of Yuanbo garden; Jinxiu Valley is a sunken Flower Valley with more than 20 hectares of construction waste landfill. There are 69 "five gardens" including traditional garden, modern garden, creative garden, international garden and wetland garden

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In August 2016, Beijing Garden Expo was rated as "national AAAA tourist attraction" by the National Tourism Administration

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Evolution of construction

In August 2009, with the consent of Beijing Municipal Party committee and government, the Municipal Bureau of landscape architecture and Fengtai District government began to bid for the 9th Garden Expo on behalf of Beijing

On December 23, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development held the evaluation meeting for the bid city of the 9th Garden Expo, and Beijing won the first comprehensive score

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On January 20, 2010, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development officially wrote a letter, CO sponsored by Beijing Municipal People's government and the Ministry of housing and urban rural development

On September 7, Comrade Guo Jinlong, director of the Organizing Committee of the 9th International Horticultural Exposition and mayor of Beijing, presided over the first meeting of the Organizing Committee of the 9th International Horticultural Exposition in the first conference room of the North Building of the municipal government. The organizational structure was established, and the planning and design scheme, the overall planning scheme and the exhibition invitation scheme of the 9th International Horticultural Exposition were reviewed and approved

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In March 2011, the Planning Exhibition Center, main exhibition hall, Yongding tower, China Garden Museum and other landmark buildings of Yongdinghe ecological and cultural new area entered the construction stage one after another

On August 19, the foundation laying ceremony of Yongding tower was successfully held in Beijing Garden Expo

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In March 2013, the construction of the park Expo entered the closing stage, and the three landmark buildings of Yongding tower, China Garden Museum and main exhibition hall entered the operation and commissioning stage

On May 18, Beijing Garden Expo opened ceremoniously on the West Bank of Yongding River

On September 6, the first stop of rhubarb duck in Beijing entered Yuanbo Park and appeared in Yuanbo lake

On November 18, Beijing Garden Expo closed. During the period of the Expo, Beijing Garden Expo received more than 6.1 million tourists, with an average daily reception of more than 33000, and the highest daily reception of 106000

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Architectural pattern

The layout of Beijing Garden Expo Park is "one axis, two points and five gardens", and "one axis" is the Garden Expo Axis, which is the landscape axis running through the main exhibition area. "Two points" are Yongding tower and Jinxiu valley. Yongding tower is an ancient pagoda in the style of Liao and Jin Dynasties, 69.7 meters high, which is the landmark building of Yuanbo garden; Jinxiu Valley is a sunken Flower Valley with more than 20 hectares of construction waste landfill. There are 69 "five gardens" including traditional garden, modern garden, creative garden, international garden and wetland garden

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Main attractions

GrandGallery

The main exhibition hall of Beijing Garden Expo is the largest building in the park. The main exhibition hall is also known as "Rose", because from the air, it looks like a blooming rose, and at the same time, it looks like a "9", which is just in line with the Ninth Beijing Garden Expo. The center of "Rose" is the transparent roof, just like the transparent stamens, which coincides with the flowers blooming in the core of the main exhibition area of the Garden Expo under the dome. The whole building starts from the main exhibition hall with a diameter of 75 meters, spirally grows, spreads and radiates, and finally integrates into the landscape of the park. The main exhibition hall is divided into eight parts: "in the garden", "in the painting", "in the heart", "at home" and "in the dream", most of which are flower arrangement and gardening. During the exhibition, the main exhibition hall is the main venue for organizing a series of activities such as high-level forums, academic seminars, technical and business exchanges, featured cultural and art exhibitions and performances. It also undertakes the functions of indoor exhibition center, conference center, news center, reception service center, etc

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Yongding tower

The name of Yongding tower comes from Yongding River. The Yongding tower is built on Yingshan mountain, which means Yongding Anlan. Yongding tower is one of the three landmark buildings of the Expo, with a height of 69.7 meters. It is the highest antique tower of Liao Jin style in southwest Beijing. Yongding pagoda courtyard is square, and the body of the pagoda is octagonal and nine storey Wooden Pagoda, which means "harmony in all directions". "Nine" is the largest number of Yang in Chinese traditional culture, representing infinity and ultimate. In addition, the homonym of "jiu" and "jiu" implies the long-term stability of the great motherland in all directions. Yongding tower and its surrounding groups include Yongding tower, Yongding Pavilion and Wenyuan Pavilion. With Lianshi lake and Yuanbo lake on the east side, it forms a beautiful landscape painting of lake mountain structure with wave tower shadow, poetic and picturesque

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Jinxiu Valley

Jinxiugu site area used to be a part of Yongding River. Due to sand excavation in the 1980s and 1990s, it gradually became a construction waste storage yard. More than 2000 scavengers gathered. The phenomenon of illegal construction was serious, and the surrounding environment was bad. Before the treatment of jinxiugu, there was a large sand pit with a landfill area of 140 hectares. Jinxiugu project made full use of the original terrain. In the design and construction, the height difference of 20 meters was adjusted to the platform form of falling layer by layer, and the exhibition garden was arranged by using these platforms to create a flowery sunken Flower Valley. Taking the essence of the traditional "eight sceneries of Yanjing" as an example, there are many scenic spots, such as the Grand View of Yantai, the clear listening of wind and Huang, the emerald scenery of Yuntai, the rising of clouds and clouds, the flower island of Lvyu, the shadow of Lin Tianxia, the cloud path of Caifang, etc., as well as the large-scale mountains and rocks, the water and the flower waterfall, etc., which have become the highlights of the ecological restoration of Beijing Garden Expo

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Yuanbo Lake

Yuanbo lake covers an area of 246 hectares, including 115 hectares of water. It is an important part of Beijing Yuanbo park. The built Yuanbo lake has the landscape characteristics of open atmosphere, orderly arrangement and water green integration, forming an ecological harmonious environment of Fish Diving in deep water, bird inhabiting shoal and people walking among flowers. It is divided into the main scenic area, South scenic area and North Scenic Area. In summer, Yuanbo Lake "water dance show" large-scale music fountain performance, waterscape size 180 meters long, 60 meters wide, main spray 108 meters high

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China Garden Museum

China Garden Museum is the first national museum with garden theme in China. It is located at the foot of Yingshan mountain in Fengtai District of Beijing, on the Bank of Yongding River. It has been under construction since 2010 and opened in May 2013. It covers an area of 65000 square meters and a building area of 49950 square meters. It is composed of the main building, indoor exhibition garden and outdoor exhibition area. 28200 square meters in the main building can be used for exhibition. As a public welfare permanent cultural institution, Garden Museum is an International Garden Cultural Center for collecting garden historical relics, carrying forward Chinese traditional culture, displaying garden artistic charm and studying garden value

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Development and construction

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After the Beijing Garden Expo closed on November 18, 2013, the garden was closed for renovation. During the period, the landscape setting was adjusted appropriately, the green space area was expanded, the landscape of jinxiugu and other areas was improved, the number of color leaf plants was increased, and the plant varieties were enriched. Meanwhile, the service facilities were partially reconstructed and fully maintained

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On May 1, 2014, peony, tulip and other flowers in Beijing Garden Expo ushered in a blooming period. Visitors can enjoy the flowers in the 513 hectare Garden Expo, with more than 10000 parking spaces added to meet the needs of tourists

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From the afternoon of September 27, 2019 to October 7, 2019, according to the spirit of the notice on website security during the "Mid Autumn Festival and National Day" in Fengtai District, Beijing, issued by the Bureau of science, technology and information technology of Fengtai District, Beijing Garden Expo closed its official website, maintained and upgraded it, and resumed its opening after the festival

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In April 2013, Beijing Garden Expo management center was awarded "capital labor Award" by Beijing Federation of trade unions

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In November 2013, Beijing Garden Expo was awarded the advanced collective of Beijing Garden Expo

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In November 2014, Beijing Garden Expo was awarded the advanced unit of voluntary service in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China

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In August 2016, Beijing Garden Expo was rated as "national AAAA tourist attraction" by the National Tourism Administration

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In April 2020, Beijing Garden Expo was selected into the list of the first batch of new era civilization practice bases in Beijing

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Cultural Activity

In April 2, 2011, the seventeenth national leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Keqiang, and so on came to the garden park.

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