The mist and rain are blurred, and the riverbank is green, which is a good season in the world. The "orchid stars" from the Yangtze River Delta gathered in Guozhuang to show their faces and compete in Chunhui.
On February 24th, the 2024 Hangzhou Citizen Orchid Festival and the 12th Hangzhou Chunlan Boutique Exhibition officially opened in Guozhuang, West Lake.
Chunlan is like a beauty, not ashamed to offer itself", Chunlan with its elegant posture, clear fragrance, since ancient times has the reputation of "the gentleman in the flower" and "the king of incense", has always been loved by people. A total of more than 400 pots of spring orchids from more than 40 enterprises, institutions and individuals in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Hangzhou were selected and sent by the exhibition, presenting a fragrant and elegant orchid feast to citizens and tourists, and the exhibition will last until March 3.
This year's Spring Orchid Exhibition is more abundant, the Flower Port Management Office specially introduced 16 precious and rare orchid new products, in addition to the orchid boutiques exhibited last year, this year there are more "Spring Orchid" in the orchid rivers and lakes to meet with you. Citizens and tourists can follow the faint fragrance of orchids to stroll through Guozhuang, savor the elegance and fragrance of various orchids, and enjoy a different New Year's flavor.
For example, "Rainbow Star", this is the new "beauty king" in orchids. Orchids are mostly monochrome, but they are multi-colored and have rainbow-like veins on their petals, which is very beautiful. The flowers are large and have a special temperament, with obvious large gold edges on the leaves, which look golden when the light is good. The rainbow star has become the favorite of many people with its slender and stretched flowers, gorgeous and colorful colors, and handsome and elegant leaves.
There is also the "Chinese Dream", which says that "a thousand plums are chosen for a lifetime, and there is nowhere to ask for a lotus", and the lotus petal is the rarest among the petal-shaped orchids. Among them, the orchid of Suxin is a treasure in the orchid, and if it has the characteristics of lotus petals at the same time, it is the best in the orchid. In 2019, the "Chinese Dream" of Zhejiang Xinchang opened a plain lotus petal, and immediately became a variety coveted by the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ailan.
Dragon Orchid Photo by Chen Bo.
This year is the Year of the Dragon, and the most popular is the orchid of the "dragon character". "Dragon character" is a well-known variety in Chunlanli, found in Gaomiao Mountain, Yuyao, Zhejiang, also known as "Yuyao First Immortal".
Its flowers are tall, the color is elegant, the flowers are like crown jade, sassy and standing, and the bearing is extraordinary. Legend has it that Emperor Jiaqing also specially wrote the word "dragon" for it, which has won the popularity of the Ailan clan from ancient times to the present.
In the dragon system "Chunlanli", in addition to the "dragon character" of the king's posture, there are also the "real dragon butterfly" that resembles the dragon's head, the bright and moving "big dragon rouge" and so on, interested citizens and tourists can look for their figures, dipping in the joy of the Year of the Dragon.
Orchid appreciation is not only about flowers, but also about flower pots.
This orchid exhibition can see the orchid pot works of many modern purple sand master craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty and the world, including the ancient pot of Yang Pengnian, the top master of Qianlong pot making in the Qing Dynasty, as well as the orchid pot specially customized by modern purple sand pot masters such as Shi Xiaoma, Zhang Zhengzhong, Yuan Xiaoqiang, etc.
In addition to the orchid feast, the newly decorated West Lake Guozhuang is also full of joy and highlights, and several groups of exquisite, simple and elegant landscape sketches in the park add beauty and charm to Guozhuang: the use of "dead wood, orchids, paper-cutting, fans, lanterns" and other elements, through novel landscaping techniques, presents a beautiful "orchid world", adding a festive atmosphere of the New Year.
It is worth mentioning that the dead trees in this landscape sketch are all taken from the branches pruned during the daily maintenance of the management office, which can be said to be the real "dead wood in spring".
A variety of colorful activities were also launched at the scene, waiting for everyone to participate. For example, the traditional activities of the Lantern Festival are to guess lantern riddles, watch lanterns, and folk activities such as Tuofu characters, making "orchids", and throwing pots.
During the exhibition, there are also activities such as "Top Ten Orchid Selection" and "Orchid Charity Sale", which have a lot of interaction. Friends who want to know the story of orchids can also go to the "Orchid Garden Memory" exhibition area to review the red past of orchids.
Now Guozhuang, camellia, plum blossoms bloom very well, it is really full of spring, interested citizens and tourists may wish to bring their families, to Guozhuang to go to the spring feast.