Full of trees and delicate red, ten thousand branches of dancai scorching spring melting. On April 2, the 2023 Peach Blossom Festival of "Peach Blossom Affectionate Wengyang Invitation" was held in Wengyang Village, Soapjiaoping Street, Yuping Dong Autonomous County. The event used "peach blossoms" as the medium and "festival" to meet friends to promote the integrated development of agricultural and tourism industry and help rural revitalization.
Walking into the yellow peach base of Wengyang Village, the peach blossoms scattered all over the mountains are full of branches and competition, attracting many tourists from the surrounding areas, or strolling to enjoy the flowers, or stopping to take photos, the cheerful and joyful atmosphere of spring is permeating the peach forest.
Peach blossoms bloom. Photo by Ge Yongzhi
"Peach blossoms are in full bloom, trees are in full bloom, and the beautiful environment is pleasant, and we will come back next year for the Peach Blossom Festival." Tourist Yang Fan said.
In order to allow tourists to have a better playing experience, this Peach Blossom Festival also set up a wealth of themed activities, such as "Swimming in the Sea of Flowers and Leaving Beautiful Photos" photography activities, "Bumping out of Peach Blossom Luck" networking activities, Dong family barricade wine, long table banquet, fishing competitions and dance performances.
Live at the event. Photo by Ge Yongzhi
In the square of the village activity room, the hospitable children of the Dong family dressed in traditional costumes sang Dong songs, and welcomed distinguished guests from afar with barrage wine, long table banquets and other methods. At the scene, tourists and the children of the Dong family gathered together to share the beautiful spring day and taste the unique plum fragrant running pig together. A unique Dong family characteristic of the door wine and long table banquet activities, allowing tourists to experience the unique customs and folk feelings of a jade screen.
Tourist Wu Zhiyong said: "We are from Xinhuang, and the Dong friends here are very enthusiastic about us, and we will come next year to continue to show our Dong folk songs." ”
Subsequently, 20 square dance contestants dressed in full costumes, full of spirit and radiant, integrated elements such as blessing their hometown and rural revitalization into the program, and brought a wonderful visual feast to the audience with beautiful dance postures.
This peach blossom festival also set up an agricultural and sideline products exhibition and sales area, and the gourmet products such as dried yellow peaches, yellow peach wine, peach blossom cake, peach blossom tea, Tiejiaxi canned oil tea, and vegetable dumplings were sold on site, taking advantage of the popularity of the peach blossom festival to further promote Yuping Dongjia cuisine.
Live at the event. Photo by Ge Yongzhi
Yao Yuanchang, secretary of the party branch of Wengyang Village, said: "This peach blossom festival activity not only enhances the popularity of our village, but also drives the sales of Yuping agricultural and sideline products and the popularity of surrounding tourist attractions. Next, we will also hold a series of wonderful activities with the theme of 'peach' to promote the integration of rural tourism and cultural industry. ”
In recent years, in accordance with the development idea of "one village, one product", Wengyang Village has given full play to its own resource advantages, focused on cultivating and developing agricultural characteristic industries, and has more than 1,800 mu of high-quality fruits (yellow peaches, strawberries, cherries, etc.) planting area, and more than 2,000 Wengyang ecological characteristics Meixiang running pigs and other village collective industries.
"Industrial revitalization is the top priority of rural revitalization, and we will use the advantages of the Peach Blossom Festival activities and platform to build the Yuping 'Yellow Peach Town' eco-tourism brand." Tian Jiangling, member of the party work committee of the Soap Jiaoping Subdistrict Office and member of the committee for organizing the propaganda of traditional warfare, said. (Zhang Dingxu, Zhang Jinfang)