320 kinds of Chinese roses were planted at the door of a florist’s house.

  Residents take photos and smell the fragrance among the rose flowers. Reporter Wang Liting photo

  Longsha Gem, Juliet, Royal Rouge, Eve Wine Cellar … … In front of an open courtyard in Huilong Garden Community, Houhu Street, Jiang ‘an District, 320 kinds of Chinese roses compete for beauty. On the morning of the 13th, residents shuttled among the rose flowers to take photos and smell the fragrance, as if they were in a small rose garden. In the richness and profusion of flowers, the neighborhood relationship in the community is also more harmonious.

  She is like collecting stamps.

  Collect 320 kinds of Chinese roses

  The reporter walked into the rose garden along the stone road, and the mixed flowers came to my face. Vines, shrubs and miniature roses came into view, with flowers and fragrance.

  "I am 47 years old. After my daughter went to college in 2020, I began to grow Chinese roses." Chen Ting introduced, "There are not only many varieties of roses, but also a long flowering period, which is very suitable for flower arrangement, so I began to plant roses."

  "I tried to plant 20 pots at first, and the results were very good, which gave me confidence." Chen Ting told reporters that she often watches flowers growing videos online, learns how to grow Chinese roses, and becomes more and more skilled in flower growing technology. Every time the nursery grows new roses, she always buys a few. "This feeling is like collecting stamps, more and more. Later, I couldn’t stop, and before I know it, there were 320 varieties."

  Only one plant is left for each variety, and the rest are given to friends. This is Chen Ting’s principle of raising Chinese rose flowers. "I like to try new varieties and want to see the difference between new varieties and classic varieties." Chen Ting said that due to the limited space, the remaining roses were carefully screened.

  "It is hot in Leng Xia in winter and short in spring. European and European varieties such as juice balcony, parade and Miranda are very suitable for planting here." Chen Ting introduced that different varieties of Chinese rose have different requirements for light and temperature, and they have to buy them for trial planting to know whether they are suitable for Wuhan’s climate. In daily observation, she has summed up the rose varieties that perform better and have good skin and good nutrition under the climatic conditions in Wuhan. "I often share my planting experience and experience with flower friends, hoping to make them take fewer detours in the process of planting roses."

  Watering, fertilizing, spraying, pruning, cleaning yellow leaves and pulling branches, Chen Ting works in the garden for at least 6 hours every day. After a long period of work, Chen Ting’s arms were covered with scratches of different lengths. "There are many thorns in the rose, and it is common for the arm to be scratched." With a photosensitive skin disease, she often relapses dermatitis, but she is still enthusiastic about raising flowers.

  Residents and properties

  Help manage the "Rose Garden"

  "When the flowers are in full bloom, she will invite us to enjoy the flowers and often cut them for us." Resident Zhang Ping said that with this garden, neighbors often walk around, enjoy flowers, walk and take photos, and the neighborhood relationship is more harmonious. "We will also bring friends to enjoy the flowers, and residents in the nearby community will come to punch in."

  During the flower viewing, Chen Ting will explain the varieties and characteristics of flowers. "She is a flower grower in our community, and we often turn to her when we are confused in the process of growing flowers ‘ Learn from the scriptures ’ 。” Resident Zhou Cuiping told reporters that flower friends usually go to the flower and bird market to choose flowers and see flowers.

  "I have only moved to the community for two years. I have met many neighbors through raising flowers and made many flower friends." Chen Ting recalled that at the end of 2021, Tan Heqing, the master gardener of the property, and the community flower friends spontaneously came to help prune the Chinese rose in winter. "The task of pruning and clearing the garden originally took two weeks, but it was all completed in two days."

  Chen Ting named the garden "Ian’s Rose Garden", symbolizing beauty and happiness. "I feel very comfortable enjoying flowers, drinking tea and chatting with flower friends in the garden on weekdays."

  Flowers bloom in the garden all the year round. Chen Ting’s enthusiasm also gained a lot of warmth by sending cut flowers every day and cutting branches in winter. The warm greeting when we meet, the flower friends who accompany us to chat when we take care of the garden, and the homemade sauerkraut presented by the neighborhood & HELIP; … Every little bit of daily life promotes the feelings between neighbors a little bit.

  "The beauty of the garden needs to be discovered and appreciated by everyone." Chen Ting said that in the future, she intends to continue to introduce new varieties and improve the scenery of the garden, so that neighbors who also love life can have a more comfortable and beautiful viewing experience.

  Reporter Wang Liting Correspondent Yu Wei Gu Wenjia

Domestic films grow in transformation.

During the Spring Festival this year, there were two war films in the film market, which triggered a movie-watching craze. The Battle at Lake Changjin’s sequel "Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake" is based on large and medium materials, showing the "panorama" of the war; Sniper sees the big picture in a small way, which is more like a local "close-up" of the battle. The same theme of war, choosing the same schedule for release, all showed good box office appeal and word-of-mouth influence, breaking the previous market pattern of leading comedy films in the Spring Festival.

  The theme of war has always been an important theme in film creation. In the film history of China, there have been many creative upsurge of war theme, and a number of well-known works have been born. However, for some time, domestic war films have fallen into a creative bottleneck. Some of them are full of bullets and gunfire, but they make people sleepy. There are also obvious traces of preaching, lacking the power to penetrate the hearts of the people and being "left out" by the market. From the "big" of The Battle at Lake Changjin series to the "small" of Sniper, what kind of transformation has taken place in domestic war films?

  War movies are getting better and better, which is inseparable from the improvement of the film industry in China. The level of film industry is reflected in the typed creation, scientific and systematic production management and the application of new technologies. The creative experience of The Battle at Lake Changjin series shows that the same type of film can follow certain creative rules from script to production according to certain creative standards, and constantly replicate successful experiences to ensure sustainable production. The combination of technology and art is also an important standard of film industrialization. The Battle at Lake Changjin series created a breathtaking audio-visual experience for the audience with the help of high technology, and more than 90% of post-production and special effects technology were completed in China. At present, under the impact of online media, movies need to move towards a higher level of production, and movie audiences hope to get a completely different experience from other audio-visual platforms in the cinema. These changes urgently require filmmakers to lead the development of the industry with scientific and technological innovation. With the further improvement of film technology research and development capabilities, the unique charm of the big screen will further bloom.

  War movies are getting better and better, which is inseparable from the improvement of China’s storytelling ability. Nowadays, war movies pay more and more attention to telling short stories in the big scene. It can not only "get both the big and the small", but also "see the small and view the big", which not only has a panoramic expression of the war process, but also vividly depicts the ordinary soldier. From this point of view, although there is no grand scene in Sniper, its characterization is deeply rooted in people’s hearts. In particular, the use of dialects, with mild comedy to describe the tragic core, so that one by one amiable and respectable image of China soldiers leap onto the screen. The cultural attribute of the film determines that it must bear the national spiritual and cultural value. Therefore, film creation should not only pursue the shock of the scene, but also the shock of the soul. When the technical means that directors can use are more and more advanced, they should also settle down and think about what kind of art form to use to recall the bonfire years and pay tribute to the "most lovely person".

  Domestic films should not only base themselves on the domestic market, but also open their international horizons. What is worthy of recognition is that at present, while the domestic war films are promoting the main theme, the theme is no longer single, and the relationship between war and peace, war and people is deeply considered. Film art is a universal language and one of the best carriers to spread the story of China. China’s films still need to expand the breadth and depth of themes, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, find the code of human empathy, and let the story of China really go to the world.

  The Battle at Lake Changjin series and Sniper show us that war themes have a broad creative space. By February 9, 2022, the total box office (including pre-sale) of national cinema films exceeded 10 billion yuan, which shows the consumption potential of the film market. It is expected that China films will grow in the process of transformation, and achieve a double harvest of social and economic benefits with more acclaimed and well-received art works.