Chrysanthemum exhibition blossoms in west China’s Chongqing Banan District

 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 -- There are blossoms galore in west China's Chongqing City, a scenic region where the 24th chrysanthemum art exhibition is held in its Banan District until Nov 28.

The exhibition is the largest open professional chrysanthemum feast with the most varieties exhibited in Chongqing. More than two million pots of chrysanthemum are exhibited, featuring almost all the most beautiful varieties from all over China.

According to the Publicity Department of Banan District in a statement, this year's chrysanthemum art exhibition also happened to coincide with the South Hot Spring Lantern Festival, another light feast in the city.

In addition, as an important part of the chrysanthemum art exhibition, the ‘Haday Cup’ 2020 Chinese Cuisine World Championship will also be held in the district for three days, beginning Nov 20.

Banan District is located in the centre of Chongqing's main metropolitan area and the upstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir area. It is a national pilot area for urban-rural integration, an excellent Chinese tourist area known for its hot springs.

Banan is a city of humanity, creativity, openness and ecology. It is the birthplace and inheritance place of the Ba State (BC1122-BC316), whereby the Ba culture has a 3,000-year-old history, nourishing a variety of other sub-cultures like the Bayu and ancient town cultures.

In addition, five major industrial clusters, including trade and logistics, biomedicine, civil-military integration, digital intelligence and ecological innovation, have been growing steadily in Banan.

Chongqing Banan awaits global visitors with enchanting chrysanthemum, delicious food, hot springs, impressive lanterns and other local traditions. More details at www.cqbn.gov.cn/.

-- BERNAMA