Field of tulips at flower show in China raided by visitors wanting free bouquets
Dozens of attendees of a flower show in east China waded into a field of freshly planted tulips and yanked them out by the handful, despite signs urging people to leave the display alone, mainland media reports.
The tulips were among 200,000 flowers planted for the annual spring expo in Jiujiang in Jiangxi province, according to a report on the Sina.com portal.
Xinhu Properties, a developer, was sponsoring the event and had posted no trespassing signs throughout the area.
But this past weekend, visitors waded into the sea of pink, yellow and black flowers to gather up bouquets, with some people ripping the flowers out by the roots.
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They ignored the signs reading: “The tulips are only for viewing and please do not take them home.”
Domestic media reported earlier that people admiring cherry blossom trees in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province shook the branches to make the petals fall so they could take photos.
Such behaviour is not uncommon on the mainland, where standards for etiquette are still developing. In February, two peacocks at a zoo in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, died after visitors picked them up to pose with them for photos and plucked out their feathers, the newspaper WCC Daily reported. It is believed the animals died from the shock of the experience.
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In a bid to improve how people behave in public, both at home and overseas, Beijing has launched a tourist blacklist after a series of events that sparked an outcry, including major safety scares aboard airlines.
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In February last year, a Chinese passenger aboard a domestic flight opened an emergency door while the plane was preparing to take off. He said he was trying to steady himself and was unfamiliar with how the latch worked.
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