2015年电大专科《绿地规划》期末复习重点检测题及详细参考答案.doc

电大绿地规划期末复习重点检测题及详细参考答案一、名词解释1.园林绿地面积：指城市中各类公园、街头绿地、居住区绿地、单位附属绿地、道路绿地、生产绿地、防护绿地、风景林地等绿地面积的总和。2.人均绿地面积：指市民平均可分享的绿地面积，即每人平均可拥有的绿地面积（单位：m2/人）。3.绿地率：指在城市一定区域范围内，园林绿地面积占该区域总面积的百分比。4.绿化覆盖面积：在城市一定范围内所有乔木、灌木、地被和多年生草本植物的垂直投影面积。乔木树冠下的灌木和地被草地不得重复计算。5.绿化覆盖率：在城市一定区域范围内绿化覆盖面积占该区域总面积的百分比。6. 公共绿地面积:指城市建成区内各类公共绿地的面积之和。7.人均公共绿地面积：指市民平均可分享的公共绿地面积，即每人平均可拥有的公共绿地面积（单位：m2/人）。8.公园服务半径：指公园为市民服务的距离，即公园入口到游人住地的距离。9.城市绿线：指规划的城市公园及其他绿地的外围边界线。10.道路红线：规划的城市道路路幅的边界线。11.建筑红线：城市道路两侧控制沿街建筑物或构筑物（如外墙、台阶等）靠临街面的界限。又称建筑控制线。12.城市广场：是为满足多种城市社会生活需要而建成的，以建筑、道路、山水、地形、植物等围合，由多种软、硬质景观构成的，采用步行交通手段，具有一定的主题思想和规划的结合型城市户外公共活动空间。13.城市小游园: 也叫游憩小绿地，是人们休息、交流、锻炼、夏日纳凉及进行一些小型文化娱乐活动的场所。14.花园带：指在城市道路或河流旁边布置的一定宽度的绿地花园带，宽度宜15100m。花园带用地位于道路红线和建筑红线之间，计入城市公共绿地。15.城市绿化：城市中栽种植物以改善城市生态环境，为居民提供游憩场地和美化景观的活动。16.行道树：按一定方式种植在道路的两侧，造成浓荫的乔木，称为行道树。行道树是道路绿地最基本的组成部分。17.花园道路：指在城市干道一侧或两侧布置有较宽的园林绿地。18.道路花园带：指与道路平行并具有一定宽度的带状绿地，也可称为带状街头休息绿地。19.安全视距: 为了保证行车安全，在进入道路的交叉口时，必须在路转角空出一定的距离，使司机在这段距离内能看到对面开来的车辆，并有充分的刹车和停车的时间而不致于发生撞车。这种从从发觉对方汽车立即刹车而刚够停车的距离，就称为安全视距。20. 热岛效应：城市中心地区近地面温度高于周边地区以及郊区的现象，称为热岛效应。21. 花园道路：是指在城市干道一侧或两侧布置的较宽的园林绿地。22. 防护绿地：是出于卫生、隔离、安全要求，有一定防护功能的绿地。23.道路绿地：道路红线之间的绿化用地，包括人行道绿化带、防护绿带、分车绿带、街头休息绿地、绿化停车场、交通岛绿地、立体交叉路口的绿化等多种形式。二、城市园林绿地指标计算方法1.城市园林绿地总面积（hm2）公共绿地居住绿地附属绿地交通绿地风景区绿地生产防护绿地2.城市绿化覆盖率（）3.市区绿地率三、填空题1.城市景观的五大要素为道路 边界 区域 节点 标志物。2.城市园林绿地可分为公园绿地、生产绿地、防护绿地 、附属绿地及其它绿地。3.我国城市绿地的布局形式有块状绿地、带状绿地布局、楔形绿地布局和混合形绿地布局布局。4.综合性公园除具有绿地的一般作用外，在政治文化方面、游乐休憩方面、科普教育方面对丰富城市居民的文化娱乐生活更为突出。5.综合性公园按照在城市中的服务范围可分为全市性公园、区级公园两种。6. 综合性公园根据公园的活动内容，进行分区布置，一般可分为文化娱乐区 观赏游览区 安静休息区 儿童活动区 老人活动区 体育活动区 园务管理区 及服务设施。7.市级综合性公园服务半径约为23km。区级综合性公园服务半径约为11.5 km。城市小游园服务半径约为135270 m。8公园景色分区的形式可按景区环境的感受效果划为开朗的景区 雄伟的景区 清静的景区 和幽深的景区等。9综合性公园的主要出入口的位置应设在城市主要道路和公共交通方便的地方，但不要受外界过境交通的干扰。10.小游园在城市中的作用是弥补公园不足，为广大市民提供高质量的游憩环境；发挥园林的生态效益，改善城市环境；装点街景，美化城市；节省投资，方便市民。11.按城市广场的功能、性质，可将城市广场绿地分为集会广场、交通广场、商业广场、文化娱乐休闲广场和纪念广场 五大类型。12.花园道路根据其周围环境不同，可分为 道路花园带、滨河花园 两种形式。13.道路花园带的三种形式分别为设在 街道中间的道路花园带、设在街道一侧的道路花园带、设在街道两侧的道路花园带。14.居住区绿地主要类型有.公共绿地、宅旁绿地、公建设施绿地和道路绿地 等。15.居住区绿地定额指标是指指居住 区内每个居民所占的园林绿地面积；用以反映一个居住区绿地数量的多少和质量的好坏以及城市居民的生活福利水平；也是评价城市环境质量的标准和城市居民精神文明的标志之一。16.目前我国衡量居住区绿地的几个主要指标是 居住区人均公共绿地面积指标、居住区绿地率和居住区绿化覆盖率。17.居住区小游园中主路宽3 m左右 ；次路宽1.52m。18.居住区小游园平面布置可分为 规则式 自由式 混合式 三种 。19.大学校园绿地一般分为 教学科研区绿地、教职工住宅区绿地、校园道路绿地 、学生生活区绿地 四种类型。 20.工厂绿地规划设计的主要依据包括 自然条件、社会条件和工厂特点 三个方面。21. 工厂绿地规划设计的主要指标通常用 绿地率 来衡量。从总体来说，城市工业用地的绿化率应为 30 左右。22.道路绿地是指指道路红线 之间的绿化用地，包括 人行道绿化带 防护绿带 分车绿带 街头休息绿地 绿化停车场 交通岛绿地 立体交叉路口的绿地等多种形式 。23.道路绿地的断面布置形式有一板两带式 二板三带式 三板四带式 四板五带式等。24.在三角视距之内的布置植物时，其高度不得超过0.650.7m，或者不布置任何植物。25.我国城市规划有关标准规定：园林景观道路，绿地率不得小于40。 红线宽度大于50m的道路，绿地率不得小于30。红线宽度4050m的道路，绿地率不得小于25。红线宽度小于40m的道路，绿地率不得小于20。26.防护绿地根据其位置的不同、功能的不同，可以分为城市防风林带 工业卫生防护绿地 道路防护绿地 铁路防护绿地 生态防护绿地等类型。27.防风林的结构一般有透风林 半透风林 不透风林三种。28.行道树的种植方式有_树带式、 树池式_两种。29._ 园林绿地指标_是城市园林绿化水平基本标志，它反映着一个时期的经济水平、城市环境质量及文化生活水平。30. 1992年的城市绿化条例中规定城市建城区绿地包括_公共绿地 居住区绿地 单位附属绿地 防护绿地 生产绿地 风景林地_六类。31. 城市居民游憩空间至少包括三个层次：居住区邻里交往空间 城市的公共空间 城市郊区游憩地。32. 城市园林绿化的功能包括：保护城市环境功能 文教和游憩功能。33.城市园林绿地的布局基本要求是达到以下所述的条件布局合理 指标先进 质量良好和改善环境。34.休闲娱乐广场具有特点是参与性 生态性 、丰富性和灵活性。35. 高速公路绿地设计以安全、实用、美观 为宗旨，以 绿化、美化、彩化为目标。36. 工厂企业的组成部分包括场前区 生产区 露天堆料及仓库区和绿化美化地段四个方面。37.城市园林绿地的布局基本要求是布局合理、布局合理、质量良好和改善环境。38.城市园林绿地系统规划工作阶段一般分为现场调查、规划方案或纲要和规划成果等3个阶段。四、单项选择题1.下列有利于城市通风、有利于城市艺术面貌的体现绿地布局形式是（C 楔形绿地布局）。2.下列用于政治、文化集会、庆典、游行、检阅、礼仪、传统民间节日活动的广场是（A 集会游行广场）。3. 综合性公园中起辅助性作用的，是为附近局部地区居民服务的出入口为（ B 次要出入口）。4. 居住区的小游园中次路宽（B 1.52km ）。5.安全视距一般采用（ B 3035m）。6.市级综合性公园服务半径约为（ B 23km）。7.下列的哪种绿地布局形式可以做到城市绿地点、线、面结合，组成较完整的体系。（ D 混合式绿地布局）8.下列哪种防风林带是由乔木、落叶乔木和灌木相结合组成的，防风效果好，但是气流越过林带会产生涡流，会很快恢复原来的风速（ C 不透风林）。9.区级综合性公园服务半径约为（ A 11.5 km）。10.下列哪类广场是为了缅怀历史事件和历史人物，在城市中修建的一种主要用于纪念性活动的场所（B 纪念广场）。11.居住区的小游园中主路宽为（ A 3m）。12.综合性公园为公园管理工作需要而设置的出入口是（C 专用出入口）。13. 在行道树的种植设计时，最小株距为（C. 4m ）。14. 城市小游园的服务半径约为（A.135270m ）。15. 下列不属于衡量居住区绿地的指标为（D 居住区每人树木的占有量）。 五、问答题1.简述城市园林绿地系统的布局原则。 （1）城市园林绿地系统规划应结合其它部分的规划，综合考虑、全面安排。（2）城市园林绿地系统规划，必须因地制宜，从实际出发。（3）城市园林绿地应均衡分布，比例合理，满足全市居民休息游览的需要。（4）城市园林绿地系统规划既要有远景的目标，也要有近期的安排，做到远、近结合。2.简述综合性公园的种植规划原则。（1）全面规划，重点突出，远期和近期相结合。（2）突出公园的植物特色，注重植物品种搭配。（3）公园植物规划注意植物基调及各景区的主配调的规划。（4）植物规划充分满足使用功能要求。（5）四季景观和专类园的设计是植物造景的突出部分。（6）注意植物的生态条件，创造适宜的植物生长环境。3.园林绿地系统规划包括哪些层次？ （1）城市园林绿地系统规划。 （2）城市园林绿地系统分区规划。 （3）城市园林绿地系统控制性详细分区规划。 （4）城市园林绿地系统详细分区规划。 （5）城市园林绿地设计。 城市小游园的定义是什么？在城市中有哪些作用？城市小游园，也叫游憩小绿地，是人们休息、交谈、锻炼、夏日纳凉及进行一些小型文化娱乐活动的场所作用：1）弥补公园的不足、为广大市民提供高质量的游憩环境。2）发挥园林的生态效益，改善城市环境。3）装点街景，美化城市。4）节省投资，方便市民。4.试述城市小游园的规划设计要点。（1）特点鲜明、布局要简洁明快。小游园的平面布局不宜复杂，应当使用简洁、肯定的几何图形。（2）因地制宜，力求变化。若地段面积较小，地形变换不大，周围是规则式建筑，则游园内部道路系统则以规则式为主，若地段面积稍大，又有地形起伏，可以采用自然式布置。（3）小中见大，充分发挥绿地的作用。布局要紧凑。空间层次丰富。建筑小品以小取胜。（4）植物配置。要与周围环境结合。要体现地方风格。植物选择时要严格选择主调树种。要注意时相、季相、景象的变化、统一。要乔、灌、草结合。（5）组织交通、吸引游人。在道路设计时将通过绿地的穿行人流与使用绿地分割开来，采用脚穿的方式使穿行者从绿地的一侧通过，保证绿地的游人活动的完整性。（6）要兼顾硬质景观和软质景观。采用人工材料塑成的硬质景观和利用绿地应与水体造型软质景观要兼顾，要按互补原则恰当处理。（7）动静分区。在空间处理上要注意动观、静观、群游与独处兼顾，使游人都可以找到自己所需要的空间类型。5.在综合性公园的规划设计过程中，如何进行景区的规划？公园中若干个景点相互联系组成景区，按公园的规划意图，组成一定范围各种景色地段，现成各种风景环境和艺术境界，以此划分成不同的景区，称为景色分区。（1）景色分区的形式按景区环境的感受效果划分为开朗的景区、雄伟的景区、清静的景区、幽深的景区等。（2）按复合式的空间组织划分为园中之园、水中之水、岛中之岛等相对独立的空间类型。（3）按不同相季组织景区，根据春花、夏荫、秋叶、冬干的植物四季特色分春景区、夏景区、秋景区、冬景区。（4）按不同的造园材料和地形为主体构成的景区有沼泽园、花卉园、树木园、假山园、水景园、岩石园、山水园等。6.简述城市绿地系统规划中树种选择的原则。（1）要基本切合森林植被区域自然规律。 （2）以乡土种树为主。 （3）选择抗性强的树种。 （4）速生树种与慢长树种相结合。 7.城市防护绿地有哪些类型？ （1）城市防风林带。 （2）工业卫生防护绿地。 （3）道路防护绿地。 （4）铁路防护绿地。 （5）生态防护绿地。 8.行道树的树种选择有哪些要求？ （1）能适应当地的生长环境，移植时容易成活，生长迅速而健壮的树种。 （2）要求树龄长，材质优良的树种。 （3）树干挺拔、树形端正、体形优美、树冠冠幅大、枝叶茂密、遮荫效果好的树种。 （4）要求深根性、无刺、无毒、无臭味、落果少、无飞毛的树种。 （5）要求早发芽、展叶、晚落叶而落叶期整齐的树种。 （6）要求管理粗放、对土壤、水分、肥料要求不高，耐修剪、病虫害少的抗性强的树种。 9.试述道路花园带的规划设计要点。 （1）游步路的设置，花园带宽达8m时，可设一条游步街，大于8m时，设两条以上路为宜，游路宽1.5m左右。（2）车行道与花园带之间，要有浓密的绿篱和高大的乔木组成绿色屏障相隔，一般立面上布置成外高内低的形式。（3）花园带中可设置小型的儿童游戏场、休息坐椅、花坛、喷泉、阅报栏、花架等建筑小品。（4）花园带可在75100m处分段设置出入口，各段布置要突出特色，在重要建筑的入口处可设出入口，在两端出入口处，可将游步路加宽或设小广场。（5）植物配置要丰富多彩、层次丰富，利用绿篱植物、宿根花卉、草本植物形成大色块绿地景观。广场道路不宜超过总面积的25，道路花园带内以植物为主。（6）花园带可利用周围的地形现状，形成自己的景观特色。10.试述城市防风林带规划设计。 （1）城市防风林一般有几带组成，分为主林带和副林带。（2）主林带每带宽度不少于10米，副林带的宽度不少于5米。（3）副林带与主林带垂直布置，以便阻挡从侧面吹来的风，（4）防风林设在被防护的上风方向，并与风向垂直，如果受地形或其它因素限制，可有30度偏角，但不大于45度。（5）防风林的树种选择，一般选用深根性的或侧根发达的乡土树种，同时要选择展叶早的树种。（6）防风林带可结合地形、环境和当地的实际情况，建立成市郊公园、果园，或与农田防护林结合，达到“一块绿地，满足多功能功用的综合功能。11.工厂企业绿地规划设计的依据和指标是什么？ 依据：自然条件、社会条件和工厂特点。 自然条件：自然条件、土壤条件、植被情况、地形、地质等。 社会条件：指工厂与城市规划的关系、与地方居民的关系、与工厂员工的关系、与其他企业的的关系等。 工厂特点：指主要技术经济指标、“三废”污染情况、生产特点、建筑空间特点、绿地现状等。指标：绿地率和绿化覆盖率。 12. 城市道路绿化有哪些作用？ （1）卫生防护作用 （2）组织交通的作用 （3）美化市容 （4）防灾、减灾、战备防御作用 13. 目前采用的城市绿地的指标有哪些？ （1）城市园林绿地总面积 （2）每人公共绿地占有量 （3）市区公共绿地占有量 （4）城市绿化覆盖率 （5）苗圃拥有量 （6）每人树木占有量 （7）市区绿地率 14. 试述滨河花园带的规划设计要点。 （1）滨河花园带绿化一般在临近水面设置游步街，要尽量接近水面，因为行人喜欢靠近水边行走。（2）如有风景点可观时，应设计小广场或突出水面的平台，以供游人欣赏和摄影。（3）根据滨河地势的高低设计12层平台，以台阶或踏步相连，使游人更接近水面，以满足人们的亲水性。（4）滨河水面较为开阔，可以划船和游泳时，可考虑布置游乐园或公园。（5）滨河花园带规划形式要因地制宜。若湖岸线变化丰富地势自然起伏，可结合功能进行自然式布置，若地势平坦，岸线齐整，则以规则式为好。15. 试述居住区绿化植物配置和树种的选择。（13分）（1）要考虑绿化功能的需要，以树木花草为主，提高绿化覆盖率，以起到良好的生态环境效益。（2）要考虑四季景观及早日普遍绿化的效果，采用常绿与落叶，乔木和灌木，速生树与慢生树，重点与一般相结合，不同树型、色彩变化的树种的配置。（3）树木花草种植形式要多种多样。（4）植物材料的种类不易太多，但要避免单调，力求以植物材料形成特色，使统一中有变化。（5）树种要选择生长健壮、管理粗放、病虫害少、有地方特色的优良树种。（6）要多用攀援植物，以绿化建筑墙面、各种围栏、矮墙，提高居住区立体绿化效果，并用攀缘援植物遮丑。（7）在幼儿园及儿童游戏场忌用有毒、带刺、带尖、以及容易引起过敏的植物。（8）要注意与建筑物、地下管网有适当的距离。16. 简述工厂企业绿化的意义及特点？ 意义：有利于环境保护功能价值； 有利于创造精神财富精神价值；有利于创造物质财富经济价值。 特点：环境较差不利于植物生长；用地紧凑，绿化用地面积少；绿化要保证工厂的生产安全；工厂绿地的服务对象以本厂职工为主。17. 城市道路绿地主要有哪几类断面布置形式？分别论述各类断面的组成？形式：一板两带式、两板三带式、三板四带式、四板五带式 一板两带式：一条车行道，两条绿带一板二带式。中间是车行道，在车行道两侧的人行道上种植行道树。 两板三带式：单向行驶的两条车行道和两条行道树，中间以一条绿带分隔开。三板四带式：两条分隔带把车行道分成3块，中间为机动车道，两侧为非机动车道，车道两侧有两条行道树。 四板五带式：利用3条分隔带将车道分成4条，在加上车道两侧的行道树，共四板五带式。 儿童游戏场地的设计要符合儿童的心理、兴趣爱好、游戏玩耍的特点，使之对儿童有一定吸引力。活动场地的布置、内容、形式、造型和色彩等都要符合儿童的好奇心、求知欲、富有幻想的心理。平面设计要与周围的建筑空间相协调，使创造的空间富于艺术效果。形状可以是规则也可以是不规则的。植物绿化可以是乔木、灌木、绿篱、草皮、花卉等，但不要带刺的、有毒的树木。可以设置道路、场地、沙坑、涉水池和游戏墙，也可以不同的年龄的特点，设置游戏器件，如千秋、滑梯等等。42. 试述城市园林绿地指标的作用？（1）可以反映城市绿地的质量与绿化效果。是评价城市环境质量和居民生活福利水平的一个重要指标；（2）可以作为城市总体规划各阶度调整用地的依据。是评价规划方案经济性、合理性的数据；（3）可以指导城市各类绿地规模的制定工作。如推算城市公园及苗圃的合理规模等，以及估算城建投资计划；（4）可以统一全国的计算口径，为城市规划学科的定量分析、数理统计、电子计算技术应用等更先进、更严密的方法提供可比的数据，并为国家有关技术标准或规范的制定与修改，提供基础数据。请您删除一下内容，O(_)O谢谢！2015年中央电大期末复习考试小抄大全，电大期末考试必备小抄，电大考试必过小抄Many people have the same mixed feelings when planning a trip during Golden Week. With heaps of time, the seven-day Chinese请您删除一下内容，O(_)O谢谢！National Day holiday could be the best occasion to enjoy a destination. However, it can also be the easiest way to ruin how you feel about a place and you may become more fatigued after the holiday, due to battling the large crowds. During peak season, a dream about a place can turn to nightmare without careful planning, especially if you travel with children and older people. As most Chinese people will take the holiday to visit domestic tourist destinations, crowds and busy traffic are inevitable at most places. Also to be expected are increasing transport and accommodation prices, with the possibility that there will be no rooms available. It is also common that youllwait in the line for one hour to get a ticket, and another two hours at the site, to only see a tiny bit of the place due to the crowds. Last year, 428 million tourists traveled in China over the week-long holiday in October. Traveling during this period is a matter that needs thorough preparation. If you are short on time to plan the upcoming Golden Week it may not be a bad idea to avoid some of the most crowded places for now. There is always a place so fascinating that everyone yearns for. Arxan is a place like this. The beauty of Arxan is everlasting regardless of the changing of four seasons. Bestowed by nature, its spectacular seasonal landscape and mountains are just beyond word. Arxan is a crucial destination for the recommended travelling route, China Inner Mongolia Arxan Hailar Manzhouli. It is also the joint of the four prairies across the Sino-Mongolian border, where people gravitate towards the exotic atmosphere mixed with Chinese, Russian, and Mongolia elements. As a historic site for the Yitian Battle, Arxan still embodies the spirit of Genghis Khan. Walking into Arxan, you will be amazed by a kaleidoscope of gorgeous colors all the year round - the Spring azaleas blooming red in the snow, the Summer sea wavering blue in the breeze, the Autumn leaves painted in yellow covering volcanic traces, and the Winter woods shining white on the vast alpine snowscape. Hinggan League Arxan city is situated in the far eastern area of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Its full name Haren Arxan means hot holy water in the Mongolian language. Arxan is a tourism city in the northern frontier with a blend of large forest, grand prairies, vast snowfield, heaven lake cluster, thermium, as well as volcanic cluster. It is a rare and unique ecotourism base filled with healthy sunshine, clean air and unspoiled green. Nestled close to the countrys largest virgin forest, and known for its spring and ecological environment, Arxan is marveled at by many tourists as the purest land on earth. You cannot miss out the Autumn of Arxan. It is definitely the best with brightly-colored scenery full of emotions. Autumn in the northern part of the country comes earlier than the South. A September rain followed by the footprints of Autumn brings more colors to the once emerald green mountain and blooming grassland. Shutterbugs flock to see for themselves the marvel of splendid colors around the mountains and waters, many of whom have travel a long distance and even camp here only to capture a moment of the nature wonder. The silver birch turns golden, while the larch is still proudly green. You will find yourself drowned in the intoxicating red of the wild fruits as well as the glamour of flowers in full blown. And your heart will be lingering on the woods as its time for the wild fruits to ripe. The picturesque Arxan in Autumn is indeed a fairyland only exists in a dream that satisfies all your fantasies. If itrains heavily on Saturday night, some elderly Chinese will say it is because Zhinu, or the Weaving Maid, is crying on the day she met her husband Niulang, or the Cowherd, on the Milky Way. Most Chinese remember being told this romantic tragedy when they were children on Qixi, or the Seventh Night Festival, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which is usually in early August. This year it falls on Saturday, August 2. Folklore Story As the story goes, once there was a cowherd, Niulang, who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. But she disliked and abused him, and the boy was forced to leave home with only an old cow for company. The cow, however, was a former god who had violated imperial rules and was sent to earth in bovine form. One day the cow led Niulang to a lake where fairies took a bath on earth. Among them was Zhinu, the most beautiful fairy and a skilled seamstress. The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married. They had a son and daughter and their happy life was held up as an example for hundreds of years in China. Yet in the eyes of the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity in Taoism, marriage between a mortal and fairy was strictly forbidden. He ordered the heaven troop to catch Zhinu back. Niulang grew desperate when he discovered Zhinu had been taken back to heaven. Driven by Niulangs misery, the cow told him to turn its hide into a pair of shoes after it died. The magic shoes whisked Niulang, who carried his two children in baskets strung from a shoulder pole, off on a chase after the empress. The pursuit enraged the empress, who took her hairpin and slashed it across the sky creating the Milky Way which separated husband from wife. But all was not lost as magpies, moved by their love and devotion, formed a bridge across the Milky Way to reunite the family. Even the Jade Emperor was touched, and allowed Niulang and Zhinu to meet once a year on the seventh night of the seventh month. This is how Qixi came to be. The festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Traditionally, people would look up at the sky and find a bright star in the constellation Aquila as well as the star Vega, which are identified as Niulang and Zhinu. The two stars shine on opposite sides of the Milky Way. Customs In bygone days, Qixi was not only a special day for lovers, but also for girls. It is also known as the Begging for Skills Festival or Daughters Festival. In this day, girls will throw a sewing needle into a bowl full of water on the night of Qixi as a test of embroidery skills. If the needle floats on top of the water instead of sinking, it proves the girl is a skilled embroiders. Single women also pray for finding a good husband in the future. And the newly married women pray to become pregnant quickly. Tradition transformed The love story of Niulang and Zhinu, and the Qixi Festival have been handed down for generations. Yet these ancient traditions and customs are slowly dying out. Many modern Chinese, particularly youngsters, seem to know more about St Valentines Day on February 14, characterized by bouquets of roses, chocolates and romantic candlelight dinners, than they do about their home-grown day for lovers. Even Qixi is nowadays referred to as the Chinese Valentines Day. More and more young Chinese people begin to celebrate this day in a very similar way as that in western countries. Fewer people than ever will gaze at the heavens on Saturday to pick out the two stars shining bright on either side of the Milky Way, that is, if people even know on which day Qixi falls. There are ready reminders dotted about, in the form of big ads saying Sales on Chinese Valentines Day! in shops, hotels and restaurants. But few young women will mark the festival with their boyfriends, or take part in traditional activities to pray for cleverness. A large-scale of exhibition on the Silk Road opened to the public in the National Museum on Thursday. The exhibition displays more than 400 treasures from Shaanxi province, Gansu province and 14 other regions. It is largest scale exhibition that shows the history of the Silk Road in recent years. AsAPECis going on in Beijing, the exhibit aims to show the world this brilliant section of history. The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent. It connected the West and East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time. I met my dear hubby in 2009 the second year I was in my school and it was the first year when he came here. We became colleagues. And there was nothing special happening during that year. He was just a kind and humble brother graduated from the same college as me. But we did not know each other till he became my colleague and his office desk was just in front of me. There was only a glass between us. So actually we could see each other when we both look up. But it is not the main reason that really draws us close. How we become close to each other was something seems quite natural. We went out to play badminton with other colleagues and we sometimes chatted for a while. He is a man of few words but somehow sometimes will say something really humorous. Then one day, to my great surprise, I found a pot of beautiful flower on my desk. It was just the flower I had talked about with my colleague the other day, and I thought it was her who put the flower there. But the truth is not. It was the humble guy sitting in front of me. He just simply said ,”well, I caught sight of this flower and thought that its beautiful and you may like it”. I wonder why I was moved because of these simple words and present. Maybe it is the sincerity and the true self that impress me. I thanked him and some colleagues walked past my desk would appreciate the beautiful flower and they noticed that something romance happened there. Then later on, there were some little surprises once in a while. Once, there was something wrong with my drawer and I had complained about it unconsciously. And he fixed it for me. Then the other day, he placed several pink diamond roses beside the flower with a piece of paper saying” I love you more than I can say! Diamond stands for marriage, rose stand for love. I hope you are mine, become my wife. You are the only girl who I really want to spend the rest of my life to stand by.” Although there were some grammar errors but I got what he meant. He meant so clear and so direct. And actually, I accepted him some days earlier. I was just waiting for him to break the ice. So finally, the common interests and the common understanding brought us together. Some people say the relationship and the feeling will change after getting hitched. You will find that love is no longer strong and there is always lack of passion and whats worse you may find out many bad habits of your partner, which never appear when you are first in love before the marriage. It seems that many faults turn up after you truly living together and see each others face the moment you open your eyes in the early morning. But after almost 4 years from now, I do not feel any negative change in our relationship. During all these years, we know each other better and we become more tolerant about each other and I realize that if you really love a person you will accept his imperfect. And what is the qualification of a good husband? Once I was chatting with my colleague about this issue. And one of the qualifications I thought was that he must be a good cook. But to my surprise, my colleague said that a good husband must be someone who makes big money. What made her think so was quite beyond me. Maybe