Rich fragrance of osmanthus in Hong’en Temple Park

Osmanthus blossomed in Banan District (Photographed by Chen Yongxin)

Citizens took a rest in the scent of osmanthus

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “Good morning, we were wakened by the fragrance of osmanthus.” Have you ever seen such a sentence in your WeChat Moments? September in autumn is a good season for osmanthus blooming. You can see osmanthus anywhere, beside the house, road, park... Today, let’s see where we can smell osmanthus fragrance along the rail transit.

A reporter from Chongqing Evening News learned from the Banan District Urban Management Bureau that the osmanthus flowers in Banan District were mainly composed of orange osmanthus, four-season osmanthus, golden osmanthus, and odoratus. More than 2,000 plants have been planted, mainly distributed in main roads and parks such as Longzhou Avenue, Babin Road, Ba Culture Park, and Old Street Park. You can take Line 3 to those places. You can get off at Dashancun Station, and walk about 100m to get there.

Surrounding residents often bring their children to Xiexin Starlight World next to the Hutouyan carousel in Yuzhong District, and the nearby Hutouyan Park is also popular. At the same time, there are many flowers on the large osmanthus trees on the side, and you can smell the fragrance afar. When the weather is good, you can still see the residents sitting next to enjoy the fragrance. There is also the fragrance of osmanthus on Jingwei Avenue in Yuzhong District. You can also smell the fragrance of osmanthus on Jinwei Avenue, Yuzhong District, which is at the Entrance and Exit 6 of Daping Station, Line 2. You need to walk about several hundred meters to arrive Jiukengzi Bus Stop after exiting the station. You can walk about ten minutes to arrive at Zhaomu Mountain Park after exiting from Entrance and Exit 2B of Chongguang Station, Line 5. Osmanthus trees are more concentrated here, so it is a good place to walk. Chongqing Advertising Industrial Park, next to Entrance and Exit 3 of Shangwanlu Station, Line 10, is filled with fragrance of flowers. You can enjoy the creative buildings of the park on foot.

There are many sweet-scented osmanthus along Line 3. If you like sweet-scented osmanthus, you can also go to the campus of Chongqing Technology and Business University and Chongqing Jiaotong University. Hong’en Temple Forest Park is a ten-minute walk from the Entrance and Exit 3A of Dashiba Station, Line 5. Apart from the sweet-scented osmanthus trees, the scenery in the park is also very good. As the back garden of Chongqing, Daxuecheng will not miss the blooming of osmanthus. If you go shopping in Jiugongmiao Pedestrian Street, you can exit from Entrance and Exit A of Xinshancun Station, Line 2. You can go shopping while enjoying the flowers and fragrance. (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)