China News Service, Beijing, February 17 (Reporter Xu Jing) The 17th is the last day of the Spring Festival holiday in the Year of the Dragon. The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Landscaping and Greening Bureau that during the Spring Festival holiday (from the first to the eighth day of the first lunar month), parks in Beijing received a total of 10.9276 million visitors, an increase of 117.85% compared with the same period last year. During the holidays, the city's parks operated smoothly, safely and orderly.
On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the national intangible cultural heritage Baizhifang Taishi Team performed a lion dance performance for the first time in Beijing's Beihai Park. Photo by reporter Sheng Jiapeng
On February 17, citizens' enthusiasm for visiting parks continued unabated. The city's parks received a total of 1.1711 million tourists, an increase of 57.83% compared with the same period last year. With the help of continuous good weather, the enthusiasm of citizens and tourists for visiting the park has continued to rise over the past eight days. Parks across the city have also shown off their "unique skills" and organized 109 special cultural activities focusing on cultural tours, natural science popularization, flower exhibitions, folk experiences, New Year garden parties and other themes to meet the diverse needs of citizens.
Among them, there are "blessing" activities in the Temple of Heaven Park, Zhongshan Park, Beihai Park, Beigong National Forest Park, Lianhuachi Park, Fengtai Park, Changxindian Erqi Park, Nanyuan Park and Wanfangting Park. Traditional folk cultural activities such as throwing pots, making lanterns, welcoming the God of Wealth, and guessing riddles have attracted many citizens to participate. The "Winter Birds Welcome Spring" ecological science popularization experience activity in Yuyuantan Park allows citizens to experience the ideological wisdom of "the unity of nature and man" ; Longtan Zhonghu Park, Olympic Forest Park, Yuanmingyuan Heritage Park, Qinglong Lake Park, Beijing World Park, Canal Park, etc. hold New Year garden parties that integrate folk activities, New Year markets, food and entertainment, allowing citizens and tourists to "walk around, Feel the strong flavor of the New Year while eating, playing and shopping.
During the Spring Festival holiday, the Beijing Landscaping and Greening Bureau continued to strengthen the safety management of production safety, festival landscapes, cultural activities and other places with densely populated areas such as parks and scenic areas, and investigated and managed various safety hazards. The bureau collaborated with the public security, urban management and law enforcement, transportation, Capital Civilization Office and other departments to activate the park holiday emergency mechanism to respond to and divert large passenger flows. (over)