Beijing hosts garden expo
Updated: 2013-06-11 10:16
By China Daily (China Daily)
|
||||||||
The Yongding Tower, a landmark building of the expo, has a total floor area of 8,000 square meters. It is the tallest antique-looking tower in Beijing, with a height of 69.7 meters. Photos by Wang Jing / China Daily |
Tourists visit a miniature of the old Summer Palace in the Museum of Chinese Gardens inside the garden expo. |
Visitors pose with the mascot of the garden expo before a flower bed. |
A foreign tourist walks outside the main exhibition hall of the expo. |
A sculpture is seen inside the expo. The event will run until Nov 18. |
People walk out of the gate of the garden expo. |
Visitors tour the "splendid valley", a key project of the expo. The valley was adapted from a section of the Yongding River. |
(China Daily USA 06/11/2013 page7)
- Michelle lays roses at site along Berlin Wall
- Historic space lecture in Tiangong-1 commences
- 'Sopranos' Star James Gandolfini dead at 51
- UN: Number of refugees hits 18-year high
- Slide: Jet exercises from aircraft carrier
- Talks establish fishery hotline
- Foreign buyers eye Chinese drones
- UN chief hails China's peacekeepers
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
Pumping up power of consumption |
From China with love and care |
From the classroom to the boardroom |
Schools open overseas campus |
Domestic power of new energy |
Clearing the air |
Today's Top News
Shenzhou X astronaut gives lecture today
US told to reassess duties on Chinese paper
Chinese seek greater share of satellite market
Russia rejects Obama's nuke cut proposal
US immigration bill sees Senate breakthrough
Brazilian cities revoke fare hikes
Moody's warns on China's local govt debt
Air quality in major cities drops in May
US Weekly
Geared to go |
The place to be |