The 22nd Urban Forest Hundred Flowers Exhibition will be held in Shanghai Gongqing Forest Park from today to May 6, and the lively Spring Hundred Flowers Market in the Xiangzhang Square in the park is loved by citizens and tourists, and the fragrance of flowers, cultural creativity and public welfare jointly render a beautiful spring atmosphere.
The cherry blossom season is coming to an end, and the "forest" grass and flowers of Gongqing Forest Park are in full bloom.
In order to let visitors feel the interest of forest oxygen bar and flower meadow, this year's Urban Forest Hundred Flowers Exhibition continues to give full play to the advantages of rich water system and lush trees and shrubs in the park, creating a flower landscape with a hundred flowers in full bloom.
During the flower show, a public welfare theme salon is held every Saturday in Xiangzhang Square.
On the opening day, many tourists have already had the opportunity to learn flower basket flower arrangement for free on Xiangzhang Square.
More citizens and tourists were attracted by the "Spring Flower Market" on the square, and more than 50 booths on the scene set up five exhibition areas, including sports and sports, nature classes, etc., divided into two types: full-time exhibition area and weekend pop-up area.
Among them, the Love Charity Exhibition Area came from the "Sun Charity Market" under the guidance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and about 10 social organizations came to the scene.
It is the first time that some social organizations have entered the Grand Park and interacted with citizens and tourists at such a close distance.
The opening of the market coincided with the "World Autism Awareness Day", and Jiang Limin, founder of Xingyu Children's Health Center, brought their "Star Youth" out to sell cultural and creative products and raise funds for new projects in the pipeline:
"Xingyu Children's Health Center has recovered more than 2,000 children, and when these children have grown up, we want to set up a café career experience project."
We have a 'star youth' who comes over every Saturday and Sunday, and he is still very emotionally stable, setting up stalls for them to experience and contact with society. ”
"We are a warm public welfare company, mainly serving children with disabilities, providing them with professional free art courses."
Hu Jianrong, Executive Director of Shanghai Jing'an Warm Public Welfare Service Center, enthusiastically introduced the children's works to visitors:
"Art therapy not only gives them self-confidence, but also skills. For example, we show jade carvings here, which are the work of hearing-impaired students, some of whom have found jobs and can earn a relatively stable income. ”
The familiar "Shanghai Green Account" not only invited teachers and students of Donghua University to bring their fashion items designed with old clothes, but also brought the new green newsstand project launched this year.
Qu Zhenchao of Shanghai Huizhong Green Public Welfare Development Promotion Center said that citizens can donate children's picture books that are idle at home and share them with children in remote areas.
"The project is in cooperation with Soong Ching Ling Children's Reading Room, which helps build a love library for young children in schools in remote areas, and we collect children's books that are idle in citizens' homes, most of which are picture books, so that love can flow."
In the booths of the market, two wooden houses opened florists, and the unmanned sales model was adopted, and the mascot of Gongqing Forest Park, "Squirrel Brothers and Sisters", met the citizens for the first time as "store managers".
Tourists can scan the code by themselves according to the voice prompts, and they can bring home fresh cut flowers and small potted plants. Tang Wenbin, the relevant person in charge of Gongqing Forest Park, introduced that this is also the first time since the establishment of Gongqing Forest Park to enrich interaction with citizens by creating IP.
"In 2022, an online name call was held to determine our squirrel mascot brothers and sisters, the brother is called 'Songsong' and the younger sister is called 'Guoguo'.
In the future, Songsong and Guoguo will participate in various activities in Gongqing Forest Park, such as park guides, tour route recommendations, and we will also consider launching some plush toys and ornaments. ”
Author: Shanghai Radio reporter Dai Ling