Recently, a new way of decompression has become popular among young people: office workers have chosen to go into the park to "relax" during the break, even if it is just to look at flowers and listen to birdsong, it can also relieve emotions and quickly restore "energy value". This way of self-relaxation is known on social platforms as the "20-minute park effect". Is this effect effective? Why is it popular? The reporter visited it.
At 1 o'clock at noon, I walked into the Ming City Wall Ruins Park in Beijing, and the spring color hit people. In Yutang Square, more than half of the people are dressed in formal clothes or wearing badges. Some of them sit and rest alone, some in pairs, and some in groups. At the Pavilion Pavilion Combination, the four ladies sat around to exchange small things in life, and bursts of laughter were heard from time to time.
Turning around the southeast corner tower of Beijing, there is a rest area, and a woman in a shirt and trousers sits alone on a public seat, looking at her mobile phone intently, looking relaxed and natural. At 13:20, she stood up, patted the dust on her black trousers, stretched, and walked quickly out of the park area and in the direction of the office building.
"Unlike the rituals of visiting the park on a day off, the park where you can come during the lunch break saves a lot of time and costs, and it is easy to get a sense of relaxation that can be reached by lifting your feet. There is no need to plan in advance, just listen to the song and walk aimlessly, look at the flowers and plants full of life, and the fatigue of work will dissipate in an instant. Ms. Yang, who had just finished a walk in the park, said.
Yuyuantan Park during the lunch break on weekdays has also become a spiritual "fast charging station" for office workers. Next to the East Lake in Yuyuantan Park, a row of young people are leisurely basking in the sun. The lake in front of you is open and calm, the breeze is blowing, the weeping willows are still hanging overhead, and the crisp birdsong is heard in your ears from time to time.
Mr. Wang, sitting on a bench by the lake, is quietly enjoying his alone time. "I had a morning meeting in the office, and I sat in the park for a short time or two or two at noon, even if I was just in a daze, I could feel relaxed and happy, which was the most precious time to relax in a busy day. ”
"The park next to the unit is really a 'treasure'!" Ms. Wu is a faithful practitioner of the "20-minute park effect" this spring. As long as she doesn't work overtime, she will walk into Yuyuantan Park during her lunch break. "Walking around the park and taking pictures, my mood really improved, and I got to know a lot of flowers that I couldn't name before. Ms. Wu said with a smile.
If you want to better practice the "20 minutes in the park", you need the park to be "within reach". It is understood that in recent years, Beijing has built a number of urban leisure parks, pocket parks, small and micro green spaces, and village forests, and the total number of parks in the city has exceeded 1,000. This year, Beijing will also build 15 new leisure parks and urban forests, 50 pocket parks and small green spaces, etc., to weave dense green spaces, so that more and more citizens can enjoy the beauty of nature and create more "happiness around them".
Source: Beijing Daily client reporter Shi Yue intern Hou Guodi
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