Source: China News Network
Jinhua, China, November 20 (Trainee reporter Dong Yixin) The continuous green mountains and faint medicinal fragrance are the "first impression" given by Pan'an County in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province.
Pan'an is one of the main production areas of Chinese herbal medicines in China, with a total of 1219 species of wild medicinal plants, forest coverage rate of more than 80%, excellent air quality rate of more than 98%, PM2.5 per year average of 25 mg per cubic meter... With the rich cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine and the high starting point of ecological resources, the construction of local beautiful towns has quite a cultural characteristic of "medicinal incense".
Jiangnan Medicine Town Expo Center. Photo by Dong Yixin
"Awaken" cultural treasures to create beautiful towns
Pan'an has many reputations such as "National Ecological County", "National Ecological Demonstration Area", "National Forest Tourism Demonstration County", "Hometown of Chinese Medicinal Materials", "Hometown of Chinese Shiitake Mushrooms", "Hometown of Chinese Ecological Longjing Tea" and so on, among which "Hometown of Chinese Medicinal Materials" has the longest history.
According to historical records, the history of chinese medicinal material cultivation in Pan'an can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, and there were "medicinal flowers blooming with Ruo xiaqi, Xuan ginseng white art and white peony, and more Yuan Hu, all countries came to the city." It is said that jiangnan medicine town in its territory is the only characteristic town in Zhejiang Province that relies on the historical classic industry of Chinese herbal medicines.
In Xinwo Street, Pan'an County, there is the free-to-open Jiangnan Medicine Town Expo Hall, which details the "past and present life" of local Traditional Chinese medicine culture, which is a unique and beautiful business card of Pan'an.
A one-to-one reduction of traditional Chinese medicine shop in jiangnan medicine town expo museum. Photo by Dong Yixin
Hong Meifang, a docent at the Jiangnan Medicine Town Expo Museum, said: "There are hundreds of kinds of Chinese herbal medicines on display in the museum, which restore all aspects of the production of Chinese herbal medicines such as grasping medicines, weighing medicines and processing them one-to-one. ”
With the town as the carrier and the "treasure" of Chinese herbal medicine culture, Pan'an has created a beautiful town with local characteristics.
Lu Jianjun, secretary of the Party Committee of Xinwo Subdistrict, said that from the Jiangnan Medicine Town Expo Hall to the Zhejiang Eight Flavor Medicinal Materials City, you will pass by "Yuanhu Road" and "Beimu Road" and see the architectural complex with the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine culture.
"The construction of beautiful towns is not blindly demolishing the old for the new, and the cultural memory of 'where we come from' cannot be forgotten." The person in charge of the Office of the Leading Group for the Construction of Beautiful Towns in Pan'an County said that the local government is focusing on building a beautiful town with "the beauty of enjoying the environment, the beauty of convenient life, the beauty of cluster industry, the beauty of leshan and humanities, and the beauty of governance for the people", with the characteristics of the times, modern quality and distinctive characteristics.
A 100-year-old Chinese medicine box. Photo by Dong Yixin
Build a happy life together and enjoy the beautiful results
The improvement of human settlement environment is one of the links in the construction of beautiful towns.
In recent years, Pan'an has highlighted the concept of "grasping the middle of the two heads", "doing beautiful" 25 "demonstration villages", upgrading and consolidating 191 "upgrading villages", and making up for shortcomings for other "backward villages"; strengthening ecological protection and restoration, highlighting the cultural history of rivers, and building beautiful rivers at the provincial level of Xixi and Jiaxi; adhering to "culture + agricultural activities", completing the cleaning and upgrading of 125 beautiful pastoral gardens, so that local people can "live beautifully".
For example, the first sunken cultural park built in Pan'an, Xingzhi Cultural Park. In the early design, the park retained the ancient trees and ancient rivers in the planned land to the greatest extent, and designed a sunken park according to the terrain, providing a place for leisure and entertainment for nearly 6,000 residents relocated to the vicinity.
Baiwei Chinese medicine on display in the Jiangnan Medicine Town Expo Museum. Photo by Dong Yixin
The head of the design team of Xingzhi Cultural Park said: "'Orogenic water' parks are very common, but Pan'an has green mountains and green water, and it is only necessary to make good use of this ecological advantage." ”
In June this year, construction began on the Xingzhi Cultural Park, and the original garbage dumps on both sides of the river were "transformed" into fitness and leisure places. Several farmers near the park saw that the surrounding environment was becoming more and more beautiful, and also took the initiative to participate in the construction of beautiful towns.
Wang Guifeng, a resident next to Xingzhi Cultural Park, said: "Now there are many people from surrounding cities coming to Pan'an for the weekend, I am planning to open a homestay, the park is in front of the door, such a good supporting facilities, the business must be good." ”
The person in charge of the Office of the Leading Group for the Construction of Beautiful Towns in Pan'an County said: "Whether it is the independent promotion of the people or the unified transformation of beautiful towns, it is hoped that everyone can share the landscape dividend while 'living beautiful'. ”
An ancient tree in the Xingzhi Cultural Park. Photo by Dong Yixin
The Landscape Dividend also includes gifts from nature. Relying on the natural advantages of green water and green mountains, the local people have long planted the "Golden Mountain and Silver Mountain".
In recent years, relying on the advantages of many authentic medicinal material resources and long-standing medicinal food cultural resources, Pan'an has further excavated and rationalized the traditional culture of "Pan'an Medicinal Diet", explored the "good medicine bitter mouth" as "good medicine delicious", and also designed medicinal food production games, etc., extending the industrial chain of Chinese herbal medicines, enhancing added value and also launching the regional brand of Pan'an medicinal food.
Up to now, Pan'an has developed a variety of tourism routes such as study tours, pastoral vacations, and health experiences, and the local government has vigorously developed "beautiful undertakings" while protecting the ecological resources of landscapes and rivers. (End)