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the zinnias in the old summer palace ruins park are in full bloom, attracting many citizens to come and enjoy the flowers. the reporter saw at the scene that from time to time, tourists walked directly into the flowers to take pictures, and even trampled out paths in the flowers, causing the branches to fall down in patches. the staff said that they would consider leaving more paths when planting next year.

entering the yuanmingyuan zaoyuan gate and walking north for about 200 meters, you will see an overwhelming sea of ​​chrysanthemums on the roadside. in the nearly 100-meter-long sea of ​​flowers, flowers of various colors are blooming in clusters, and forty or fifty tourists are taking photos in the sea of ​​flowers in groups of three or two. on the roadside, the sign "protecting a piece of green, adding a bit of beauty" is clearly visible. the garden has also deliberately left a path more than two meters wide for tourists to enter the flowers, but many tourists still ignore the sign, saying "everyone is walking, so i can walk too", while walking straight into the flowers along the path about 20 centimeters wide that was trampled by tourists before. on these paths, many branches of flowers have fallen in clusters, petals have fallen, and branches of flowers have been trampled underfoot, withering prematurely.

about 10 minutes later, the park's security guard came to dissuade the tourists. "let's go out and see, the people are beautiful and the flowers are even more beautiful." the security guard got off the battery car and walked towards the tourists, saying, "don't go inside, you'll get trampled." some tourists then realized that these 20-centimeter-wide paths were not left by the park, so they quickly stopped taking pictures and walked out. "only those wider dirt roads are left for tourists." the security guard told reporters that the paths in the flowers were all trampled out. "the park is quite large, and we can only dissuade people when we patrol here, and it's difficult to keep watching." he said.

"zinnias are also called zinnias, and the flowering period is expected to last until mid-october." park management staff said that zinnias are annual flowers, and the park will replant them every year, so trampling will not affect the growth of flowers next year. in addition, the staff also said that they will consider leaving more paths when planting again next year.

source: beijing daily client

reporter: huang pinchao

process editor: u028