Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
Geminid meteor shower over the Star Sky Museum at Etoile Mountain. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Scenery of the tea plantation of Damu Mountain. Profile picture
The old house in Chenjiapu Village, Songyang County, has been renovated and turned into a characteristic homestay built by the mountain. Photo courtesy of Songyang County Bureau of Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports
Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the south of Changsong Mountain and the north of Songyin River, and has the largest mountain basin in southwest Zhejiang. The forest coverage rate here is more than 80%, not only has the ecological landscape of high mountains and lush forests, green water and long flow, but also retains the idyllic traditional villages, known as the original "Jiangnan Secret Land".
In recent years, focusing on the brand building of "China's Natural Oxygen Bar", "Weather and Climate Landscape Viewing Place" and "National Traditional Village", Songyang County has expanded new tourism formats such as outdoor leisure, sightseeing tea gardens and characteristic homestays relying on the original ecological scenery, and has become a "treasure destination" in the hearts of many tourists.
A great place for stargazing and camping
Xingchen Mountain, which is more than 40 kilometers away from Songyang County, has an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters, far away from the light pollution environment, and has a wide field of vision. Whenever night falls, there will be a lot of "long guns and short cannons" aimed at the night sky at the camping base and viewing platform of Xingchen Mountain, and astronomy enthusiasts from all over the country look up at the starry sky here, looking forward to the appearance of starry sky.
"Xingchen Mountain's 'mountain is as its name suggests', and the stargazing conditions can reach the silver standard of the International Dark Sky Park, and such stargazing is very scarce in the Yangtze River Delta region. Pan Bangxian, chairman of Xingchen Mountain Cultural Tourism Company, told reporters that the unique landscape advantages have attracted many tourists from Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places to Xingchen Mountain. "The stargazing camps during the May Day holiday were fully booked in early April. Pan Bang said first.
In recent years, Xingchen Mountain has continued to expand the new gameplay of Starry Sky IP and create an outdoor camp of "not an isolated island", which can not only meet the needs of camping enthusiasts who set up their own tents, but also provide stargazing enthusiasts with a camping experience of "moving in with a bag". It is understood that the camping positions of Xingchen Mountain Camping Base are distributed in different locations such as mountaintop lawns and alpine forests, allowing tourists to immerse themselves in the natural scenery such as the sea of clouds, sunrise, pine waves, and birdsong.
In addition to outdoor recreation, Xingchen Mountain has also launched tourism products such as astronomical research and interesting handicrafts for parent-child tours and research tours. "Last year, we built and operated a starry sky museum, and launched a series of activities such as starry sky observation, astronomical science popularization, starry sky theme summer camp, and photo check-in. Pan Bangxian introduced that there are 7 stargazing tubes in the Star Museum, which can show the changes of light and shadow and the trajectory of the stars, even in the weather conditions that are not suitable for stargazing, visitors can still feel the charm of the starry sky in the museum.
"100 miles of village 100 miles tea"
Walking into the Damu Mountain Tea Garden in Songyang County, the fresh air and the fragrance of tea are intertwined. "Sporty tourists can ride bicycles on the tea field trails, and casual visitors can enjoy freshly picked and fried tea leaves in the tea room. According to the relevant person in charge of Damu Mountain Tea Garden, with 8.3 kilometers of leisure cycling trails and tea garden sightseeing, tea tasting, tea picking and other experience activities, the theme spring outing launched by the tea garden is quite popular, and many tourists come from Jiangsu, Shandong, Hunan and other places to experience tea culture and feel the life of tea garden.
It is understood that Damushan Tea Garden continues to innovate the integration of tea and tourism, receiving more than 650,000 tourists annually, building more than 60 tea-themed homestays, and with an annual income of more than 8 million yuan. In Xinxing Town, where the Damushan Tea Garden is located, 80% of the town's farmers' income comes from the tea industry.
From the plains to the mountains, "Baili Village Baili Tea" is the characteristic of Songyang. As one of the top ten ecological tea-producing counties in China, Songyang County has a total of more than 120,000 acres of tea plantations, and the output value of the whole industrial chain exceeds 10.4 billion yuan. In recent years, Songyang County has vigorously developed tea tourism, promoted the organic integration of tea culture and tourism, successfully created a national demonstration park for the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries of green food, launched 9 tea tourism routes, and won the title of "National Tea Tourism Gold Medal Route".
The renovation of the old house attracts visitors
In Songyang, the ancient villages hidden in the folds of the mountains have different styles, interpreting the different customs of the "secret land of the south of the Yangtze River".
In Jieshou Village, the ancient post road of about 500 meters long passes through the village, and the buildings such as houses, ancestral halls, inns, shops and other buildings are arranged on the side of the road, looking from a high place, the front and back are narrow, and the middle is wide, it is a typical "boat-shaped ancient village";
In Songyang County, there are hundreds of traditional villages, of which 78 are national-level traditional villages. In order to improve the living environment of villagers and revitalize the resources of ancient villages, since April 2016, Songyang County has launched the "Save Old Houses Action" to systematically promote rural ecological restoration, and create "old houses + homestays", "old houses + workshops" and "old houses + studios" according to village conditions to develop rural tourism.
In Chenjiapu Village, the height difference between the mountains and the canyon has created a misty village beauty. Since the introduction of homestays, bookstores and other formats, this left-behind village, which originally had less than 40 people, has now more than 200 people living in it for a long time. In 2023, Chenjiapu Village will receive more than 600,000 tourists and achieve a tourism income of more than 30 million yuan.
According to the data, more than 60% of the traditional villages in Songyang County have been implanted with new business formats such as homestays, research and research, and cultural creativity, and the average annual income of villagers living in the mountains has exceeded 20% through the renovation of old houses. "Songyang is one of the counties with the largest number of traditional villages and the most complete style in China, and we will continue to explore effective ways to protect and develop traditional villages, so as to make Songyang a base for artistic creation, a folk experience resort and a leisure and health destination in China and the world. The relevant person in charge of the Songyang County Government said. (Reporter Zhu Jinyi)
People's Daily Overseas Edition (2024-04-24 12th Edition)