Going green

In metropolitan Shanghai, residents say it's hard to find a good place to take a deep clean breath, and green has become a rare color in the city. That probably explains why so many flock to the Chenshan botanical garden during the Spring festival holidays.

After four years of hard work, Shanghai Chenshan botanical garden finally finished its landscaping makeover and opened its doors to the public just before the lunar new year break.

The gardens cover 207 hectares of green fields, mountains and plant exhibition areas. With 26 different themes in the exhibition rooms, Chenshan botanical garden has collected more than 9,000 species of plants.