Beijing's municipal parks and the Museum of Chinese Garden and Landscape Architecture will host 156 cultural activities during the Spring Festival, featuring festive decorations and themed events.

The Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks will present 10 categories of events from Jan. 22 to Feb. 12, spanning flower exhibitions, cultural displays, intangible cultural heritage experiences, science education, artistic performances, patriotic education, winter activities, creative markets and Lantern Festival celebrations. The center has also created a snake mascot called "Lingbao" and related products for the Year of the Snake.

Parks expect about 4 million visitors during the eight-day holiday, with major venues like the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and Beihai Park increasing their activities by nearly 90% from last year, said Miao Xiangliu, director of the center's Service Management Department. Each park is offering six to seven categories of activities ranging from sightseeing and entertainment to food and shopping.

The parks feature more than 6,800 plants representing over 300 indoor flower species across nearly 3,000 square meters. The National Botanical Garden's newly renovated greenhouse will host evening cultural activities, including plant explorations and traditional music performances. Zhongshan Park is showcasing over 20 flower varieties using "Tang Flower" techniques, including plum blossoms, azaleas, winter jasmine and flowering crabapples. Meanwhile, Yuyuantan Park is hosting a cherry blossom market featuring greenhouse-grown cherry blossoms, traditional opera, intangible cultural heritage crafts and snacks.

Parks like Xiangshan, the Summer Palace, Taoranting, and Zhongshan are hosting patriotic education activities, integrating ancient architecture, historic trees and revolutionary history to transform their gardens into "living classrooms."

Famous calligraphers at Beihai, Zizhuyuan, Yuyuantan and Baiwangshan parks will create and give away Spring Festival couplets and traditional decorations, including the Chinese character "Fu" — meaning fortune and luck in English —and paper-cut designs for visitors.

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