Tips: Please vary your visiting hours to avoid overcrowding for a better and safe experience.

Chrysanthemums decorating the city

　　The 39th Wuhan Chrysanthemum Exhibition kicked off on Nov. 1 and will last  for one month. Starting from Moshuihu Park Hanqiao Square, the 60,000 pots of  chrysanthemums form an exhibition line stretching 1.8 kilometers. Hankou  Riverside Park, another site of the exhibition, also attracted many citizens to  appreciate the flowers.

The 39th Wuhan Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Hankou Riverside Park

East Lake Chrysanthemum Exhibition

　　The East Lake Chrysanthemum Exhibition is also going on. The  2,500-square-meter exhibition area is displaying more than 500 varieties of  chrysanthemums.

The 26th Dongxihu Chrysanthemum Exhibition

The 39th Wuhan Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Jiefang Park

　　China Rose Garden opens

　　The China Rose Garden, located on the east side of Jinyin Lake in Dongxihu  District, has recently opened to the public free of charge. With an area of more  than 110,000 square meters, it is currently the largest rose garden in  Wuhan.

Newly-opened China Rose Garden

　　There are more than 190 species in the garden, of which 108 are China  roses. Flowers of different colors and shapes are arranged to form the  Chinese-style and European-style rose areas.

　　In addition to flower exhibitions, at times a variety of recreational  activities are held on the garden's large lawn. In the commercial zone, visitors  can buy roses and other horticultural products

　　Hibiscus mutabilis in Shahu Park blooming

　　The hibiscus mutabilis on Furong Island of Shahu Park has been in full  bloom since the end of October.

Hibiscus mutabilis in Shahu Park

　　The flowers are large and numerous, colored from dark red to light pink;  they shine on their branches. From a distance, you will see clusters of pink  flowers on green leaves fluttering in the wind, smelling sweet with  fragrance.

　　Hibiscus mutabilis is also known as Mulian (woody lotus) because the  flowers are "as beautiful as lotus flowers." Their colors are white or light red  at the beginning and turn dark red later on.

　　Reeds in Chenhu Wetland

　　More than 1,333 hectares of reeds in Chenhu Wetland in Caidian District are  waving in the wind, like a sea of waves. They provide a perfect and beautiful  shelter for the over 30,000 wintering waterfowl there. A number of triggered  infrared cameras are set up in the bushes to take pictures of the birds and  animals 24 hours a day.

Reeds in Chenhu Wetland

　　The thriving reeds are the result of years of management and ecological  restoration. The wetlands in the whole district yield 13,000 tonnes of reeds  every year, 60 percent of which comes from Chenhu Wetland.