Flowers adorn streets for Party anniversary

Beijing's Chang'an Avenue, a major street in the city, has completed the decoration of 10 themed flower terraces featuring the history and modern development of the nation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

"Of the 10 terraces, five on east Chang'an Avenue tell of the key historic events of the Party over the past 100 years while the other five on west Chang'an Avenue show the achievements of the Chinese people in building the nation into a modern country," said Lan Hailang, designer of the terraces and head of a fine garden studio at Beijing Institute of Landscape and Traditional Architectural Design and Research.

Lan said the design of those terraces took more than six months and that he started the work last year, researching materials and collecting suggestions from Party history experts, social science scholars and garden specialists.