As a northern city, Beijing does not have the advantage of developing the flower industry.
But now, this city not only blooms with flowers in all seasons, but also becomes a national flower technology research and development highland. Fruits such as flower breeding and flower bed design are being exported to the whole country.
How did Beijing develop this beautiful fragrance industry?
Spring is in full bloom, and flowers are in full bloom.
Although Beijing is located in the north, it has become a garden city with a hundred flowers blooming.
With the continuous upgrading of urban functions, Beijing's flower economy is now developing across borders and industries.
Flowers play a flexible role in the construction of ecological civilization in Beijing, and are also a green power to promote industrial development and rural revitalization.
Li Meixia, senior engineer of the Industrial Development Department of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscaping, said that the Beijing flower industry will coordinate the promotion of flower research and development innovation and achievement transformation, high-end and efficient flower production, creative upgrade of flower cultural activities, preparation for major national flower events, and construction of a modern flower trading service platform. and other work to help the high-quality development of landscaping in the new era.
The research and development strength is remarkable
The innovation of flower varieties has always been the theme of flower research and industrial development.
At present, the total number of new flower varieties with independent intellectual property rights in my country has increased significantly, and the competitiveness has been continuously enhanced.
"Beijing is one of the hubs of flower distribution in my country. The flower industry is mainly concentrated on the innovative R&D end and the market consumption end, which has a greater impact on the Northeast, North China and Northwest regions. The research and development and application of flowers in Beijing are based on varieties, technologies and designs. The whole industry chain of application innovation." said Yu Xuebin, chairman of Beijing Huamu Co., Ltd.
Li Meixia told reporters that in recent years, Beijing has realized the innovative development of flower seed industry by building a platform for the transformation of flower scientific and technological innovation achievements. The "Jinghua" brand created by Beijing contains huge production potential and market potential. Industrial Development.
Since 2006, Beijing has been relying on the expert teams of scientific research institutions in Beijing to develop new varieties of self-bred flowers, and now it has become the highland of flower research and development in my country.
In 2021, at the Beijing Autumn Flower New and Excellent Variety Exhibition and Promotion Conference, a total of 380 new and excellent flowers and native plants with Beijing's independent intellectual property rights, good autumn landscape effects, outstanding local stress resistance and great market promotion potential will be exhibited.
In recent years, Beijing Huamu Co., Ltd. has also made great progress in the introduction of new varieties of flowers, the breeding of new varieties with independent intellectual property rights, and the production of seedlings.
"The company has introduced a total of 3,800 varieties of flower beds and 1,500 varieties of perennial flowers, and successfully promoted more than 600 new varieties. It is one of the professional flower seedling manufacturers in China. Modern seedlings have been established in Beijing, Xi'an, Yangzhou and Dali. The production base has an annual sales of 140 million seedlings. It also has long-term cooperation with 12 units such as the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Forestry University to carry out research and development and transformation of achievements." Yu Xuebin said.
"In the independent breeding of new varieties, our garden chrysanthemum has reached the international advanced level in terms of ornamental and adaptability, and has established a domestic commercial chrysanthemum breeding system. At present, the company has obtained national new varieties rights such as chrysanthemum and daylily. 21 items." said Chen Ju, deputy chief engineer of Beijing Huamu Co., Ltd.
As a national science and technology center, Beijing's flower and seedling breeding strength is remarkable.
"The cultivation and promotion of Chinese peony has gone global," said Cheng Fangyun, a professor at the School of Landscape Architecture of Beijing Forestry University and dean of the Peony International Research Institute.
The 500 mu of peony planted in Dayushu Town, Yanqing District is the research and development base of Beijing Forestry University and the National Flower Engineering Technology Research Center National Peony "863" project. There are more than 600 varieties, with an annual output of more than 3 million seedlings, and it has become the largest new peony variety cultivation and cultivation center in North China.
"We have successfully cultivated 12 new peony varieties with independent intellectual property rights, including 'Jinglong Wangyue', and have a national comprehensive standardization demonstration area for peony cultivation (Beijing), and have also compiled 9 technical standards and 8 management standards. Up to now The planting area of peony has reached 25,000 mu in Tongzhou District of Beijing, Kelan County and Xiangyuan County of Shanxi, Tang County of Hebei, Xi'an City of Shaanxi, Hefei City of Anhui and other places. Various peony seedlings are sold in the United States, Japan and Europe. countries and regions." Cheng Fangyun said.
"Beijing Botanical Garden Plum Garden and Reclining Buddha Temple Plum Garden, Xiangshan Park Plum Blossom Valley, Beijing Xishan National Forest Park Plum Garden, Beijing Huairou Xiangshui Lake Great Wall Plum Garden, etc. are all scenic spots for plum appreciation." Vice President of China Flower Association Plum Plum Branch , Li Qingwei, a professor at the School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, has a lot to say about Beijing's plum appreciation.
Beijing Forestry University builds a plum blossom germplasm resource bank in Beijing, and relies on the cold-resistant plum blossom germplasm resource garden of Beijing Jiufeng National Forest Park to carry out quality evaluation and nutritional analysis of the cold-resistant plum blossom fruit, so that the new varieties of cold-resistant plum blossom and fruit can be selected. New breakthroughs have been made in education.
In the Plum Garden of Xiangshui Lake Great Wall in Bohai Town, Huairou District, Li Hongfei, general manager of Beijing Xiangshui Lake Great Wall Tourism Co., Ltd., pointed to the plum blossoms he had planted and told reporters that since Xiangshui Lake carried out the cold-resistant domestication test of "south plum to the north", 8 years In time, the Xiangshui Lake Great Wall Plum Blossom Exhibition has been upgraded to the "Beijing Great Wall Plum Blossom Festival", which has achieved both economic and social benefits.
How to transform flower scientific research results as soon as possible?
Lin Qiaoling, chairman of Beijing Huaxiang Huamu Group Co., Ltd., bluntly said that the transformation should be based on market demand.
"Beginning in 2019, we have established 2 municipal innovation studios to develop flower research and ecological and environmental protection products, and accelerate the transfer and transformation of key core technological achievements, so as to realize the precise connection between the innovative product chain and the industrial chain."
Beijing Nabowan Horticultural Co., Ltd. focuses on rose planting and research and development. It has more than 3,000 mu of production bases in Beijing, Henan, Shanxi and other places, and produces more than 25 million rose seedlings of various types annually.
Chairman Wang Bo introduced that since the company was established 22 years ago, the park has eight major color systems and 2,560 new and excellent rose varieties, and 510 new varieties are bred each year.
In particular, the research and development of ancient pile roses has reached a new realm of "an old tree with new flowers every year, a kind of spring in front of the wild garden", which fills the gap of my country's bonsai ancient pile roses.
The research and development in line with the market has accelerated the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and has a positive demonstration significance for the local transformation of a large number of flower research and development achievements in Beijing and radiation to the whole country.
Floral design is getting more and more exquisite
With the continuous development and growth of the "Jinghua" brand, Beijing's flower gardening art has also spread to the whole country.
"As the chief designer of Tiananmen flower beds, I have witnessed the development process of Beijing's garden and flower design industry from scratch and from weak to strong for more than 30 years. The flower arrangements along Tiananmen Square and Chang'an Avenue on National Day and other festivals every year have become the most popular flowers in China. The weather vane of the layout." said Lan Hailang, chief designer of Tiananmen flower beds and head of the expert studio of Beijing Urban Construction Garden Group Design Institute.
The design team of Blue Ocean Wave has been responsible for the flower arrangement for National Day many times, and has experienced the experience of major events such as the Asian Games, Universiade, Olympic Games, and Winter Olympics.
The flower arrangements along Tiananmen Square and Chang'an Street are creatively designed every year in combination with the hotspots of major national events. The three-dimensional flower beds with bright themes, novel shapes and colorful colors have become fashionable and lead the development of the domestic flower design industry.
"The flower beds are like imprints, recording the process of my country's prosperity and development. We are deeply honored to be able to participate in it." Lan Hailang said.
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Beijing's traditional garden and flower art shines brightly due to innovation.
Due to the closed-loop management required for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it is difficult for flower bonsai to be transported into the Winter Olympics competition venues.
But how can this ice and snow event be cheered without flowers?
The Garden Science and Technology Department of the Beijing Summer Palace Management Office dispatched the Summer Palace Palace Flower Arrangement Team to solve this problem.
Zhang Ying and Wang Shuang are senior engineers at the Summer Palace Management Office, both of whom have worked in flower arrangements for more than ten years.
In mid-December last year, they received the task of doing flower gardening for Beijing Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing Park Plaza Huayuan Hotel and other Olympic-related hotels, as well as the Wukesong Gymnasium VIP room.
The mission is challenging, requiring only dried flowers, but with bright colors and guaranteed not to wilt for several months.
They worked overtime to design a horticultural flower plan with elements of the Winter Olympics. After 5 days of hard work, they created 9 landscape nodes and completed 17 sets of flower arrangements including "Jade Hall, Rich and Rich," "Splendid Spring and Brightness", and "Dragon and Phoenix Showing Auspicious Spring Over Five Continents". work.
All works are done with dried flowers.
From a distance, it is beautiful and bright, and many foreign friends came forward to take pictures with the floral landscape.
In the environmental exhibition in Yanqing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) and other places, Chinese court flower arrangement and bonsai skills have also become highlights, and the traditional garden and flower art culture of Beijing Summer Palace has once again shined.
Beijing flower gardening is not only at the forefront of design trends, but also handing in beautiful answers on important occasions. What is even more gratifying is that it is still entering thousands of households.
At present, my country's flower consumption market is becoming more and more mature. Flower consumption has changed from group consumption in the past to mass consumption, from festival consumption and periodic consumption to daily consumption and annual consumption. The area of flower consumption continues to expand, and the integration of flowers into people's lives is gradually becoming a reality. .
In recent years, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscaping and Greening has cooperated with Beijing Park Management Center, Beijing Flower Association and other units to innovate the form of flower culture service, and increase the original "three festivals and one exhibition" traditional flower event into Spring Festival Flower Show, Tulip Flower Show Cultural festivals, peony cultural festivals, rose cultural festivals, lily cultural festivals and chrysanthemum cultural festivals are "five festivals and one exhibition". The creative activities of flower culture are constantly enriched, and the horticultural culture is truly integrated into the life of citizens.
The industrial chain is getting longer and longer
In Beijing, the most complete flower industry chain is the rose industry chain in Mentougou District.
Mentougou rose cultivation has a history of more than 500 years. The main production areas are located in Jiangou Village and Chanfang Village, Miaofengshan Town, Mentougou District, Niuzhan Village, Zhaitang Town, and Tianzhuang Village, Yanqi Town. million kilograms.
Affected by the epidemic, the Miaofeng Mountain Rose Garden Tour has been suspended in the past two years, but the income from rose planting and derivatives is still considerable, and the rose industry has become a characteristic industry for the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.
Li Kai, deputy mayor of Miaofengshan Town, Mentougou District, introduced that in 2021, Miaofengshan Town will rely on roses to drive the village's collective tourism income of more than 1.8 million yuan, and farmers' personal income from selling rose products will reach more than 1.6 million yuan, which has effectively driven the employment and income of local farmers. .
Mentougou's traditional rose industry derivatives include rose sauce, scented tea, flower wine, skin care products, essential oils, etc. Among them, rose sauce is mainly supplied to Beijing Gongyifu, Guixiang Village, Tianjin Guishunzhai and other brands.
The rose processing industry has also been extended in depth. Beijing Rose Valley Fragrance Dew Co., Ltd. (Beijing Miaoyi Rose Planting Professional Cooperative) has cooperated with Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Beijing Shengzhuangjiahua Co., Ltd. to conduct innovative research and development, and produce more than 30 essential oils, pure dew, etc. Products related to roses.
Rose leisure agriculture is also in the ascendant.
The Rose Valley in Tianzhuang Village, Yanchi Town, Mentougou District is 5 kilometers long.
Based on the advantages of resource endowment, Yanchi Town integrates creative agriculture, farming and tourism experience, and science education, integrates agriculture, culture, education and tourism, develops characteristic industries of "one village, one product" according to local conditions, and develops and strengthens the collective economy of the village.
In terms of extending the flower industry chain, the exploration of Beijing Huaxiang Huamu Group in Fengtai District is also eye-catching.
With the World Flower Grand View Garden as the core plan, they plan to create "one core, multi-point vitality streamers", and lay out "Flower +" characteristic industrial clusters such as "Flower Street", "Flower Food", "Flower Market", "Flower Art", "Flower Shadow", etc., and radiate and drive the surrounding areas. Beijing's unique "flower economic business district".
During the Qingming holiday this year, the World Flower Grand View Garden held the 2nd Hua Dynasty Hanfu Culture Festival, which was full of national trends and youthful elements, and swiped the screen on the Internet.
From the Tulip Flower Festival, the Landscape Art Festival, the Night Tour Festival, to the "World Flower Grand View Garden Chrysanthemum Competition" held every winter, the World Flower Grand View Garden has launched a number of festivals around the theme of flowers throughout the year.
"In every event, we focus on the integration of flower culture with traditional culture and fashion culture. Exploiting the consumption potential of the flower industry has always been an important task for us to do well," said Shi Wenfang, director of Beijing World Flower Grand View Garden.
"Caoqiao·Flower Grand View Garden area is one of the dynamic centers of Fengtai District. Its goal is to build an influential modern flower trading center and a horticultural complex centered on modern flower services." Lin Qiaoling said.
Beijing Huaxiang Huamu Group Co., Ltd. is currently building a digital platform for the Beijing flower industry chain, formulating flower transaction service standards, and realizing linkage flower auctions with Yunnan Kunming Flower Auction Center, trading the independent intellectual property rights of flower scientific research results, and trying the flower cloud exhibition, cloud live broadcast etc.
The flower industry is blooming in various districts and counties in Beijing, and the pace of lengthening and extending the industrial chain has never stopped.
In Xibaidian Village, Daxingzhuang Town, Pinggu District, the "Chrysanthemum Banquet" is famous far and near.
The promotion of self-bred edible chrysanthemum varieties in the village not only increased farmers' income, but also created the "Pinggu Xibaidian Edible Chrysanthemum Food Culture Festival" brand.
Huang Conglin, director of the Beijing Functional Flower Engineering Technology Research Center and secretary-general of the Aromatic Plant Branch, introduced that he and his team are promoting the transformation of scientific research achievements in the flower industry in Beijing to provide new momentum for rural revitalization.
The team cooperated with the Beijing Sihai Planting Professional Cooperative in Caishihe Village, Sihai Town, Yanqing District, and adopted the "cooperative + farmer" to produce 3 million seedlings of self-bred tea chrysanthemum annually, plant 1,000 mu of tea chrysanthemum annually, and create a "Sea of Four Seasons Flowers" Landscape brand.
The "Jinghua" brand is exuding its own unique fragrance, and practitioners are also working hard to make the "soil" that breeds it more and more fertile.