Early in the morning of April 13, Liu Yan, a citizen of Lanzhou, took her family to the ancient pear orchard of Shichuan in Gaolan to enjoy the flowers. "In the past few days, I have been swiped by Shichuan Pear Blossom in the circle of friends, and this weekend, I came early. The reporter learned that with the blooming of 10,000 acres of pear blossoms in the world's first ancient pear orchard in Shichuan Town, coupled with the publicity and drainage of the 2024 Pear Blossom Meeting, the ancient pear orchard in Shichuan in Gaolan was listed as a popular destination for this weekend's outing. According to data from the tourism department, the Ewha Festival is expected to receive more than 150,000 tourists on the first weekend of 2024, and a total of nearly 20,000 tourist vehicles and 76,000 tourists (times) will be received on the 13th.
Shichuan Town, Gaolan County, since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, planted forest fruits, more than 10,000 acres, has a history of more than 500 years, the existing pear orchard area is nearly 10,000 acres, nearly 10,000 ancient pear trees are more than 100 years old, it is a rare "living plant specimen" and a rare "pear orchard museum" in the world. The scenic spot has successively won the honorary titles of "the world's first ancient pear orchard", "national ecological township", "China's first batch of important agricultural cultural heritage", "national leisure agriculture and rural tourism demonstration site" and so on.
The reporter saw in the ancient pear orchard of Shichuan Town, the pear blossoms are like stars, dotted on the branches, beautiful and moving, this picture is particularly moving in the lens of photography enthusiasts, they have taken out their cameras, and recorded this natural and beautiful scene with their lenses.
Photo by Hu Miaoshan
"I came from Puyang, Henan, I heard that now is the best time for pear blossoms in Shichuan Town, Gaolan County, as a photography enthusiast, I came here to collect the wind, although I saw the pictures of pear orchard flowers on the Internet before, but after arriving at the scene, I was still shocked by such a scene, and it was indeed worth the trip. Tourist Wang Wenjie said.
Compared with previous years, in order to give tourists who come to Shichuan a better experience, Shichuan Town has planned 33 projects such as the transformation and upgrading of scenic spots, infrastructure support, and tourism industry development around the main line of expanding the economy of the pear orchard, with a total investment of 1.358 billion yuan. At present, 36 leisure resorts and 112 characteristic farmhouses have been built with high standards, 52 shops in the folk culture street have been revitalized, and 10 homestays and farmhouses are being renovated and upgraded. At the same time, 2 million yuan was invested to build the Shichuan smart rural tourism service platform, and tourists can search for the "Shichuan Ancient Pear Garden Shangche Village" applet on WeChat, providing tourists with integrated services of "food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment".
Photo by Hu Miaoshan
"Although I come every year, Shichuan has changed a lot this year, the environment is cleaner, the service is more intimate, parking, dining, and toileting are very convenient, and the scenery is of course needless to say, and the government has also held some supporting activities during the Ewha Festival, which is very interesting. Will come back next year. Lanzhou citizen Huang Qianyan said. (Lanzhou Daily all-media reporter Anna text/photo)
(Source: Guanlan News)