This park in Beijing is really strange. Chinese roses are all cut, and aunts and grandmothers send passers-by at will.

Go to a friend's house for dinner on weekends, take the subway to Tongzhou, and go for a walk in a nearby park when you have nothing to do. Friends shouted all the way, this community is desolate, there is only one canal park. Just walking on the bridge, I saw the sightseeing boat coming across. The hull is wide and colorful, and many tourists sit on it and look around excitedly. Turn a corner and you will reach the entrance of the park. There is no charge here. Grandpa and aunt who are singing and dancing fly freely under the bridge.

We stopped along the way, but there were not many flowers, all in small clusters. A friend saw the rose on the roadside, and his eyes lit up: Who put the rose on the roadside? We didn't see the Chinese rose along the way. The more we walk, the more strange we feel. There are always people holding Chinese rose flowers among passers-by, and two or three of them bloom beautifully. I also spit: Can I pick this rose at will?

We walked up the steps and finally came to another park, where there were more Chinese roses. The little friend pointed to the front: look! Grandpa and aunt are cutting Chinese roses. Seeing the bright orange clothes in the distance, we quickened our pace and haven't arrived yet. The aunt in the hat waved to her little friend: Come on, girl! Send you a flower. It was a blooming rose, just a small one, yellow mixed with red. We paused, and our companions quickly thanked us.

Go to the back and find a car full of Chinese roses. Grandpa, wearing a sanitation suit, cut off the Chinese rose flowers one by one with neat and busy scissors in his hand. The companion asked curiously, Grandpa, why did you cut off all the roses? Grandpa said: trim! There will be a car later, and flowers are for you. Take it, girl! You can go home and put it in a vase. In a blink of an eye, my friend already has five or six Chinese rose flowers in his hand. No wonder all the pedestrians on the road are holding Chinese roses in their hands.

Why cut roses? I want to know. The little friend said: It should be that the Chinese rose will waste nutrients after eating, and the others will not grow. Only by cutting it off can new flowers grow. I met a similar situation when I was growing flowers before, so I gave up when roses were not easy to grow. I looked at the Chinese rose flowers lying on the ground, and indeed many of them showed signs of withering. Looking up the information along the way, I also found that Chinese rose flowers have the saying that "the longer they are cut, the more lush they will be." No wonder uncles and aunts keep stuffing roses into everyone's hands. It turns out that they are preparing for the next rose blossom.

Stop and go all the way along the river bank and meet the dock where the floats come. The little friend said that he has been in Beijing for so long and has never skated once! Indeed, when traveling in Beijing with friends, she always said that boating was a must-see in Beijing in spring. The boats in Beihai Park are all little yellow ducks, and only Tongzhou Canal can accommodate such a wide boat.

Speaking of it, the Tongzhou Canal is plain, but the water flow is not attractive. However, it is an important part of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Although I lived in Tongzhou for some time before, I didn't know the word Tongzhou. Tongzhou was originally intended for water transportation and economic development. Since ancient times, this place has been responsible for the important water transportation in Beijing. Together with the Great Wall, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is listed as an ancient engineering miracle in China, the longest man-made river in the world, and even listed on the World Heritage List. It may be that there are too many scenic spots in Beijing, and this canal has no shining aura of scenic spots. It's really a pity that there are few tourists here except the residents nearby who fly kites and have a good time.