Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin opened the 2008 Calla Lily Festival in Yangmingshan National Park at a ceremony last month.
The annual blooming season of the calla lily in a secluded valley in Zhuzihu, or Bamboo Lake, will run for 33 days until April 30. The event is expected to attract over 700,000 visitors.
Hau walked into a flower field, together with underprivileged children from the Taipei Municipal Yangming Home for the Disabled, and plucked bundles of calla lilies and distributed the flowers among guests.
According to the Beitou Farmers' Association, the festival, held in about 13 hectares of calla lily fields owned by 30 farming households in the Zhuzihu Valley, will remain open daily until 8 p.m. throughout the season to allow visitors to pick the flowers they like.
The association indicated that the flower fields will produce some three million calla lilies this year, and that the current price is around NT$100 for a dozen, about 33 percent to 50 percent cheaper than last year, mainly because of a good harvest.
Calla lilies grown at Bamboo Lake are mostly pristine white. They are chalice-shaped with a strong stem and are a favored choice in flower arrangements because they are long lasting.
Festival activities include a landscape show featuring the use of calla lilies, a photography contest and live music every afternoon from 2 p.m.
The annual blooming season of the calla lily in a secluded valley in Zhuzihu, or Bamboo Lake, will run for 33 days until April 30. The event is expected to attract over 700,000 visitors.
Hau walked into a flower field, together with underprivileged children from the Taipei Municipal Yangming Home for the Disabled, and plucked bundles of calla lilies and distributed the flowers among guests.
According to the Beitou Farmers' Association, the festival, held in about 13 hectares of calla lily fields owned by 30 farming households in the Zhuzihu Valley, will remain open daily until 8 p.m. throughout the season to allow visitors to pick the flowers they like.
The association indicated that the flower fields will produce some three million calla lilies this year, and that the current price is around NT$100 for a dozen, about 33 percent to 50 percent cheaper than last year, mainly because of a good harvest.
Calla lilies grown at Bamboo Lake are mostly pristine white. They are chalice-shaped with a strong stem and are a favored choice in flower arrangements because they are long lasting.
Festival activities include a landscape show featuring the use of calla lilies, a photography contest and live music every afternoon from 2 p.m.
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1.This artical is about the calla lily Festival in Yangmingshan National Park.
2
a.pristine (adj.) 純樸的；原始的
chalice (n.) 酒杯；酒杯狀物
b.
flower arrangement 花卉擺飾；插花擺飾
long lasting 持久的；耐久的
3.I chose this artical because Zhuzihu is near by our school. Although I did not go to see the lily in Calla Lily Festival ,my parent had went there. They picked lots of flowers and took photos. Next year I will go there with my senior high school friends. i think it must be fun.
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