Xiao Mengya and Xiao Menghua Debut at Chang’an Street to Promote the Concept of “Live Green, Live Better”

Three-dimensional flower beds under the theme of Beijing Expo “Live Green, Live Better” debuted at the southeast corner of Xidan at Chang’an Street on September 14. The flower bed features prominently the Beijing Expo 2019 mascots Xiao Mengya and Xiao Menghua, which hold sowing and watering tools in their hands as a sign of welcome to visitors from all over the world at the Beijing Expo 2019. The flower bed with the theme of “Live Green, Live Better” symbolizes the campaign to prevent and treat pollution, which is one of the three major campaigns in the decisive phase of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. It aims to build a garden city and create our green life and beautiful home.

Three-dimensional flower beds at southeast corner of Xidan

Erecting three-dimensional flower beds at Tiananmen Square and along Chang’an Street is an indispensable traditional project during the National Day holiday, and can be traced back into over 30 years ago. During the National Day holiday in 1986, three-dimensional flower beds appeared at Tiananmen Square for the first time. The size, quantity and theme of the flower beds vary each year. With distinct characteristics of the times, the beautiful flower beds gradually evolved into a national symbol. Now this has become a beautiful landscape in the capital of Beijing in the golden autumn, attracting tourists from all over the country and all over the world to appreciate and take photos. This year, 10 theme flower beds are erected along Chang’an Street from Jianguomen to Fuxingmen in celebration of the National Day.

“Beijing Expo 2019” three-dimensional flower bed at Chang’an Street during the National Day in 2016

The three-dimensional flower bed forms an artistic plant shape by planting annual or perennial shrubs or herbaceous plants on two-dimensional or three-dimensional frame. It achieves the comprehensive display of horticultural techniques and horticultural art. It expresses and conveys in a magical way the different information and images through a range of different plant characteristics.

Taking Beijing Expo 2019 mascots Xiao Mengya and Xiao Menghua as the main scene

The three-dimensional flower bed display ends mid-October. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, Beijing Expo will give itself a huge boost of publicity among people at home and abroad to help the “fragrance emanate from flowers planted inside”.