The One Month Countdown to the Beijing Internatioal Horticultural Expo in 2019！ Feature Highlights Are Listed Below in Advance

The 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Expo will begin in Yanqing， Beijing， on April 29． This is the second time that China hosts such an event since the 1999 Kunming International Horticultural Expo．

As a language of communication between human beings and nature， horticulture is the art of plants， the green culture and the extension and sublimation of life． A month later， a green feast will be held at the foot of the Great Wall and along theGuishui River． It will lead you into the world of plants andlet youexperience the beautiful moments brought by gardening．

Pavilions and Exhibition Gardens Show Humanities， Horticultural Science and Technology Is Presented Collectively

Up to now， 110 countries and international organizations have confirmed officially their participation in theinternational horticultural exhibition area， and 41 outdoor exhibition gardens are planned to be built． China Horticultural Exhibition Zone is composed of provincial and municipal outdoor exhibition gardens， public spaces and Tongxing Square． 34 outdoor exhibition gardens are planned and laid out， including 31 provinces， municipalities， Hong Kong， Macao and Taiwan．

Major pavilions and exhibition gardens will fully display the plant varieties with cultural， customs and artistic characteristics of various countries and nationalities， highlighting the characteristics of “life， production and ecologyforming a delightful contrast， science and technology and humanities being integrated with each other”．

For example， the China Pavilion is a glorious Ruyi，like a warm and moist jade， stretchingitselfbetween greenmountains andclear waters， bringing together the essence of Chinese gardening to show Chinese traditional culture． Many creative interactions will be launched in thepavilion， among whichthe“Heaven， Earth and Man” exhibition will take oracle bone inscriptions and plants in theBook of Songs as materials， and combine modern scientific and technological means to show the scientific and natural view of natural and simple people living in harmony with nature；the“Hui FengHe Chang” exhibition will reproduce the beautiful and colorfulclearwaters and green mountains with exquisite embossing and flower arrangement techniques， combined with modern multimedia interactive technology． Through the combination of veil， light and shadow， digital image and real objects， the exhibition of “Xiang He Yi Ju” creates a series of dynamic interactive effects， such as windblowing flowers， nature loving”．

TheLiving ExperiencePavilion interacts with meteorology， aerospace， horticulture and life． It canhelp visitorsexperience all kinds of novelty and fantasy when horticulture meets science and technology． It can alsohelp visitorsdesigntheir own virtual horticultural living space bythemselves．

The true ecological landscape of the BotanicalPavilion shows the tropical plant community． Through the combination of high－tech digital image devices and physical habitat creation， the real mangrove plant community and other 1001 tropical plant features can be perceived from zero distance in the plant greenhouse． At the same time， there are roof gardens on the top floor． Visitorscan stop to take pictures and enjoy the charm of “gardening plus” all around．

TakingtheBeijing OutdoorExhibitionGarden as an example， the China Horticultural Exhibition Zone is located at the northernmost end of the China Horticultural Exhibition Axis， opposite the China Pavilion． Taking “courtyard house” as the core landscape of Beijing Garden fully reflects the harmonious coexistence between people and nature， so that the whole world can see a “big Beijing” from a “small courtyard”． It is surrounded by gardens， taking Shichahai， the best mountain and water of the city and belonging to common people， as a garden model，building mountains， managing waters， planting trees and landscaping． There is a 60－year－old giant willow with a diameter of 1．1 meter， whichhighlights the local conditions．

The World’s National Folk Arts Gather to Create a Feast of Excellent Culture

The BeijingInternational Horticultural Expo plans to carry out a series of cultural activities of nearly 2，500． It is divided into five major sections， namely， key activities （opening ceremony， opening garden activities， China Pavilion Day， closing ceremony）； daily activities （National Day， Honor Day， provincial and municipal days， flowerparade）； professional forums and internationalcontests； normalized activities （gathering performances of world’s national and folk cultures， exhibition of Beijing Brand Culture Activities in 2019， weekly stationing performances）；science andtechnologyplate “Power of Science and Technology， anInnovation Scroll”．

As the reporter has learned that180 “FlowerParades” will be held during theevent，theChinese national cultural stories will be told by ten ecological cars， which are made of fresh plants．We will bringthe performances with scientific and technological contents such as “Wonderful Light and Shadow Forest”， “Music Fountain Performance”， “Lighting Show Performance” and “Robot Performance” through the two－wheel driven of “science and technologyplus culture” and “science and technologyplushorticulture”．

In 2019，theBeijingInternational Horticultural Expo will sublimate the fusion of multi－cultures into the common sense of mission of human beings to build a beautiful home on the earth． At that time， let’s go on a green journey and meet at the foot of the Great Wall．