Capital cuts down on holiday gardens for Tian’anmen

By XINHUA National Day visitors to Tian'anmen Square will see smaller and simpler l ower gar- dens than in previous years.迷你倉最平Decorations for parterres, which are ornamental gardens arranged to form patterns, are usually an important part of preparations for the weeklong National Day holiday, which starts on Oct 1, and those fea- tured at Tian'anmen Square are major tourist attractions.h is year, however, in a bid to implement the central lead- ership's guidelines on curbing extravagance, the city govern- ment will slash its spending on decorations, said Yang Zhihua, an official with the Beijing Bureau of Landscape and For- estry, on Wednesday.There will be an 18.2-meter-high parterre in the center of the square, but no such plant arrangements on the sides, while those near the Monument to the Peo- ple's Heroes will be smaller than 迷你倉sual, Yang said.Ten parterres will be set up along Chang'an Avenue, the city's main street, but none in front of any city government buildings, he said."We have selected more l ow- ers of local species that survive Beijing's fall weather and bloom longer," the official said. "In some locations, we will replace flowers with green plants to reduce the cost of maintenance and save on manpower."h e country is in the middle of a campaign to excise unde- sirable work habits such as for- malism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance.Last week, the Central Com- mission for Discipline Inspec- tion issued a circular urging officials to refrain from luxu- rious banquets and git -giving ahead of the Mid-Autumn Fes- tival, a traditional mooncake- eating occasion that falls on Sept 19 this year, and the National Day holidays from Oct 1 to 7.儲存