"As the sweet-scented osmanthus quietly blooms in the evening, its faint shadow is reflected on the curtain, forming a poetic autumn landscape." The sweet-scented osmanthus scents the air in Yubei District as the flowers are now in full bloom, giving the locals a relaxed and delightful feeling. The flowers' fragrance is the highlight of this season, in which everything withers gradually. This time, iChongqing would like to recommend some destinations for enjoying the beauty and scent of the sweet-scented Osmanthus!

Chongqing Garden Expo Park

The main square of Chongqing Garden Expo Park is lined with osmanthus trees laden with faint yellow flowers. Numerous lovely buds have sprouted among the branches and leaves, looking incredibly gorgeous against the green leaves. Strolling in the woods, you can smell wafts of perfume, refreshing and intoxicating. The light petals flutter to the ground as the wind blows, perfuming the garden with the sweet scent!

Besides the main square, other areas of the park-like Xingguang Forest, Bayu Garden, Longjing Academy, and the east entrance are also planted with Osmanthus fragrans var. thunbergii, Osmanthus fragrans var. latifolius, Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus, and Osmanthus fragrans var. semperflorens. The total number of osmanthus trees in the park tops 50,000, including more than 2,000 ones with the diameter exceeding 15 cm, over 5,000 trees with the diameter exceeding 8 cm, and quite a few shrub species like Osmanthus fragrans var. semperflorens. In addition to the sweet-scented Osmanthus, garden views of other cities and even various foreign countries could also be found in the park.

Ticket: 15 yuan/person.

Address: No. 1 Longjing Road, Yubei District

Routes: Take CRT Line 3 or Bus No. 384, get off at the Expo Garden station, or drive along the Inner Ring Expressway—Airport Road—Jinxing Avenue—Chongqing Garden Expo Park.

Bijin Park

The sweet-scented Osmanthus is surely delicate and elegant. If it's not for its fragrance, I'm afraid that few people can understand its beauty. Its flowers are in full bloom in Bijin Park, Yubei District. They are twinkling like little golden stars among the green leaves.

Their smell pervades the park in the moist air as the autumn wind blows gently. If you take a closer look at them, you will find the rice-shaped light yellow flowers hidden in the leaves, like shy maidens who are partly concealed. Some passing tourists would be attracted by the fragrance and take some pictures of these unique gifts given by autumn.

Address: No. 172 Shengli Road, Lianglu Town, Yubei District, Chongqing

Route: Take CRT Line 3, get off at the Bijin station, and then walk 500 meters to the park.

Chongqing Central Park

As the most extensive urban central park in Asia and the third-largest in the world, Chongqing Central Park is a combination of Chinese and Western cultures. Relying on the landscape features of Chongqing, it embodies the beauty of natural harmony. Both sides of the main road and square in the park are planted with a mass of osmanthus trees. While walking in the park, the sweet, refreshing smell of osmanthus flowers will be bound to make you feel comfortable and intoxicated.

As the osmanthus trees sway in the wind, the flowers would fall like rain or dance like beauties with a strong fragrance and a faint murmur.

Address: Gongyuan Road West, Yubei District, Chongqing Routes: Take CRT Line 10, get off at the Central Park station, or take Bus No. 689 and get off at the Central Park West station.

Longtou Temple Park

Being shaded by trees, the park is popular with the citizens because everything needed is available, such as fitness centers, wetlands, entertainment venues, original ecological lakes, and all kinds of landscapes. The park also boasts China's largest "grove of trees planted by academicians" to commemorate the Annual Meeting of China Association for Science and Technology held in Chongqing in 2009. Academicians planted more than 140 osmanthus trees at that time, hence the name. Under each tree, there is a landscape stone engraved with the name of the academician who planted it. Academician Yang Zhenlin and his wife planted one of these trees.

Several landscapes with distinctive cultural features also lie in the park, including the monument of the "grove of trees planted by academicians," the "grove of trees for heroines," the "grove of trees of deputies to the National People's Congress," and 18 couplets at nine pavilions and corridors. The sweet scent attracts numerous visitors to the park to take pictures and admire the beauty of the osmanthus flowers. Some people also collect fallen flowers for making the osmanthus jelly. This grove of osmanthus trees presents a feast of both sight and smell and creates a healthy cultural atmosphere.

Address: Wuhuang Road (near Xingsheng Road), Longta Subdistrict, Yubei District, Chongqing

Routes: Take CRT Line 6 at the Wulidian station and get off at the Hongtudi station, and then walk to the park, or drive to the park under the guidance of the navigation system.

Charming sweet-scented Osmanthus along the roadside

Osmanthus trees in Yubei District are mainly planted along the Airport Road, Jinshan Road, Longhua Avenue, and Yusong Road. Standing in a row along both sides of these roads, the osmanthus trees form several corridors with their crowns linked together. With trees lush in spring and summer and dotted with flowers in autumn, the "Corridor of Osmanthus" becomes known far and wide.

Wandering on the sidewalk, you will smell the fragrance. When the breeze blows, the flowers will fall on you, just like giving you a hug, which sounds lively. It's time to go outside and bask in the sweet-smelling autumn!