it was the year when the grandest chrysanthemum festival was held. almost the whole town was covered with beautiful chrysanthemums as the chrysanthemum exhibition area took up an area of 10,000 square meters. many streets were decorated with chrysanthemums, with a total length of 16 kilometers. the number of the pots of chrysanthemum reach 820,000, and many of them was arranged into a tall tower, the great white peony, which broke a guinness record.