Chrysanthemum Festival (Xiaolan-Zhongshan)
chrysanthemum festival festival held town xiaolan november zhongshan sometimes called chrysanthemum city chrysanthemum culture ming dynasty people planted chrysanthemum gathered together appreciate also wrote poem drew picture drank liquor later gathering grew chrysanthemum festival held every year qing dynasty people started holding grand chrysanthemum festival held every year chrysanthemum festival held every year draw visitor around world legend say song dynasty imperial concubine ran away palace several people traveled xiaolan fascinated fertile land mild climate beautiful chrysanthemum decided settle plant chrysanthemum time people adept chrysanthemum planting like appreciating chrysanthemum much chrysanthemum planting prevailing chrysanthemum bloom people liked gathering together enjoying beautiful flower liquor kangxi period people experienced chrysanthemum planting complete technique shaping maintaining chrysanthemum also chrysanthemum diverse color shape pedal result introduction new breed shanghai place local rich power people obsessed chrysanthemum appreciation chrysanthemum planting industry started boom qianlong period people xiaolan started hold chrysanthemum planting contest people gathered chrysanthemum together saw whose best judge decided one winner criterion shape blossom density leaf five year later instead contest people started hold chrysanthemum gathering family close friend gathered together chrysanthemum planted time people drew picture blossom write read poem blossom drink liquor together gathering got larger people hold together larger gathering people start decorating house chrysanthemum making beautiful chrysanthemum tower chrysanthemum terrace jiaqing period honor former generation achievement people held grandest gathering called chrysanthemum festival also decided hold grandest festival like every year grandest festival held whole city decorated chrysanthemum celebrate th anniversary founding people republic china first chrysanthemum festival modern china first time chrysanthemum used make giant picture peace dove lot medium report xiaolan hailed chrysanthemum city whats special chrysanthemum festival year attracted oversea chinese many returned china first time see beautiful chrysanthemum arranged different shape oversea chinese returned zhongshan made tremendous contribution local development year grandest chrysanthemum festival held almost whole town covered beautiful chrysanthemum chrysanthemum exhibition area took area square meter many street decorated chrysanthemum total length kilometer number pot chrysanthemum reach many arranged tall tower great white peony broke guinness record chrysanthemum festival special theme held memory respectively th anniversary reform open policy th anniversary forming people republic china asian game held guangzhou th anniversary victory antifascist war two major kind exhibition festival—chrysanthemumplanting contest chrysanthemum modelling chrysanthemum piled arranged pattern object chrysanthemumplanting contest similar older event section people show others best chrysanthemum chrysanthemum judged based shape petal figure whole blossom density leaf etc large modeling exhibition modern development chrysanthemum piled large scale chinese character lifesized animal big building people xiaolan love chrysanthemum pas technique chrysanthemum planting generation generation innovation technique many world record broken especially grand festival held every ten year grandest festival held every sixty year chrysanthemum culture important part local culture facilitate cultural exchange outside world help improve people cultural cultivation xiaolan well known nickname chrysanthemum city china first got nickname first chrysanthemum festival modern china held first time people used chrysanthemum make beautiful meter long meter tall picture—the peace dove documentary chrysanthemum made wide range nationwide medium coverage xiaolan got famous chrysanthemum hailed chrysanthemum city since xiaolan people deep relationship chrysanthemum love eat created special xiaolan chrysanthemum food although chrysanthemum colorful small number edible usually use yellow edible chrysanthemum make food sweet smell bright yellow color chrysanthemum smell look food improved lot famous chrysanthemum food chrysanthemum bran made chrysanthemum sugar usually people heat dried chrysanthemum petal sugar little water together paste cool smash piece basic ingredient chrysanthemum food chrysanthemum meat actually meat chrysanthemum fat pork usually crystal fat pork cured together chrysanthemum bran plenty sugar chrysanthemum glue pudding glue pudding chrysanthemum bran red bean paste filling often served chrysanthemum soup