China News Service, Beijing, October 13th (Xu Jing) In mid-to-late October, colorful leaves all over the capital have entered the best viewing period one after another.
The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscaping that in order to facilitate the general public to appreciate the reds in the golden autumn, the city has launched 20 red viewing areas, including Ditan Park, Olympic Forest Park, and Badaling National Forest Park, all of which are distributed in 16 districts.
Citizens and tourists do not need to "get together" in the autumn park. They can experience the beauty of the capital's green ecology while visiting nearby places and enjoying the reds at different peaks.
Scientific greening ecological landscape to dress up the capital
In recent years, Beijing has successively implemented a series of ecological projects such as afforestation of colorful leaf species, two rounds of afforestation construction of one million mu and the project of increasing color and extending green.
Since 2002, the color tree species afforestation project has been launched in Pinggu, Huairou, Miyun, Changping, Yanqing, Mentougou, Fangshan and the junction of plains and mountainous areas in the suburbs of Beijing, such as Shunyi, Haidian, Fengtai, etc., and more than 40 color-leaved forests have been planted on a large scale. 10,000 mu, hundreds of colorful landscape spots of more than 1,000 mu are formed in key areas such as scenic spots, front mountain face areas, main roads, and both sides of rivers. Suburban Golden Autumn Appreciation Red offers more choices.
Under the guidance of the scientific greening concept, Beijing has implemented two rounds of afforestation and greening of one million mu and the project of adding color and extending green to enrich Beijing's autumn and winter greening landscape, further expanding the urban green ecological space and significantly improving the ecological function of forest green space .
Following the standards of "local, longevity, stress resistance, food source, and beauty", more than 100 plant varieties with outstanding ecological benefits and good landscape effects have been promoted throughout the city.
Breakthroughs have been made in the breeding and cultivation techniques of 85 new and excellent native plants, such as cork oak, male poplar tomentosa, and "Lihong" Yuanbaofeng. A batch of breeding bases have been built successively, and a large number of high-quality colorful leaf seedlings have been cultivated to enrich Beijing's autumn and winter colors. Guaranteed.
At present, with local colorful-leaf plants such as white wax, ginkgo, and ingot maple as the protagonists, Beijing has realized a beautiful landscape of lush greenery in spring, blooming flowers in summer, colorful autumn and evergreen trees in winter.
The autumn colors are all in the suburbs of Beijing, and the mountains are full of red
Affected by factors such as altitude, the temperature in the mountainous areas of Beijing is lower than that in the urban area, and the autumn colors come earlier.
Citizens and tourists can go to the suburban mountains and forests to appreciate the red and feel the gorgeous autumn colors.
In the golden autumn of the Mutianyu Great Wall in Huairou District, the 3,000-meter red leaf belt is gradually dyed, and the boundless red leaves against the majestic Great Wall outline a picturesque golden autumn scenery; Badaling National Forest Park in Yanqing District is adjacent to the world-famous Badaling Great Wall.
There are more than 50,000 colorful leaf tree species such as sumac, ingot and maple growing in the scenic area.
The red leaves all over the mountains and the plains and the winding Great Wall constitute a magnificent and magnificent scene.
The picture shows Beijing Badaling National Forest Park.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Landscaping Bureau
The Fangshan Mountain National Forest Park in Fangshan District has 5,000 acres of primitive natural forests, mainly arborvitae, oak trees, green sandalwood, and cotinus. The colorful forests have formed an ever-changing forest spectacle according to climate change.
Every golden autumn, more than 170 kinds of flowers, plants and trees in the Ming Tombs National Forest Park (Mangshan Scenic Spot) in Changping District are like an overturned palette.
According to reports, the best route for viewing red leaves in Mangshan Scenic Spot is on the north side of the painted promenade. From the wooden plank road all the way up the ridge, you can stroll in the red leaf forest area, and you can also overlook the panoramic view of northern Beijing from Wuguantai, and have a panoramic view of the autumn colors.
Visit the nearby city and enjoy the red
Compared with the mountainous areas, the color changing time of colored leaves in the suburbs and urban areas of Beijing is a little later.
At present, the coverage rate of the 500-meter service radius of parks and green spaces in the city has reached 86.8%. More and more parks and green spaces bring the colors of the four seasons to the people.
As a famous ginkgo landscape in Beijing, Ginkgo Avenue in Ditan Park is a good place for urban residents to enjoy autumn.
More than 200 ginkgo trees in the park were planted in the late 1950s. Every late autumn, the ground under the trees is golden yellow, and it is very pleasant to walk on the avenues paved with ginkgo leaves; "The ginkgo leaves in the scenic area, the southeast gate and the back mountain area are dyed yellow, the golden fans are full of trees reflecting the autumn sun, and the lawns and garden roads of nearly 1,000 square meters are covered with a layer of gorgeous brocade quilts.
Greenery, yellow leaves, pines and red pavilions add radiance and radiance to each other, adding a touch of colour to Beijing's autumn.
In the Olympic Forest Park in the northern urban area, thousands of acres of colorful leaf trees in the courtyard have begun to gradually change color.
At the beginning of November, the large ginkgo trees on the west side of Aohai in the South Garden and in the south gate area of the North Garden are in their best season.
The picture shows Beijing Olympic Forest Park.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Landscaping Bureau
Baiwangshan National Forest Park and Xishan National Forest Park (Changhua Scenic Spot) in Haidian District will enter the red leaf viewing period in mid-October.
Baiwang Mountain National Forest Park has a total area of more than 1,000 mu of colorful leaf forests. In the inscription area at the highest point of the hillside, you can not only enjoy the natural scenery of the red mountains and forests, but also feel the calligraphy of the forest of steles against the red leaves. Artistic charm; Xishan National Forest Park (Changhua Scenic Spot) has a vast area of red leaves. Hongye Ridge, Siping Platform and Hongye Grand Canyon are good spots for viewing red leaves. The viewing area covers an area of about 2,000 mu. The main color-changing tree species include sumac, ingot maple , Ginkgo biloba, Luan tree, etc.
From this weekend to November, more than 100,000 colorful tree species spread from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the Badachu Park in Shijingshan District.
Citizens can take the cable car to get a panoramic view of the autumn leaves in the entire Xishan area.
A few kilometers south of Badachu Park, the autumn leaves in Yongding River Waterfront Forest Park in Mentougou District are dominated by cotinus, torch tree, ginkgo, ash and golden locust. Red sights such as General Forest, Memorabilia Wall, and Meritorious Wall.
The picture shows the Jinhai Lake Scenic Area in Beijing.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Landscaping Bureau
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscaping reminds the majority of tourists that Beijing has entered a forest fire prevention period. When viewing the beauty of colorful leaves in the mountains, they must strictly abide by the relevant regulations on forest fire prevention.
Tourists should wear masks, keep a distance, and take self-protection measures when visiting the park.
At the same time, pay attention to the prompt information in the scenic spot and cooperate with various garden diversion measures.
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