"We sincerely invite guests from all over the world to walk on the high Xing'an Mountains, travel to Longjiang in the Year of the Dragon, see the Northern Lights in the polar regions, and meet the summer of 19 degrees Celsius!"
At 8 a.m. on April 25, the press conference on the promotion of consumption of cultural and tourism products during the second polar forest ecological health season and the "May Day" period in the Daxinganling area was held in Jiagedaqi.
The reporter learned from the press conference that in 2024, the Daxinganling area will focus on the overall tourism goal of "all-for-one development and prosperity in all seasons", continue to optimize the industrial layout, enrich product formats, build the "four-season tourism" brand, and strive to build a new pattern of all-region and all-season characteristic cultural tourism development. With the theme of "Visiting Longjiang in the Year of the Dragon, Watching the Northern Lights in the Polar Region", 33 series of brand activities such as the "2nd Polar Forest Ecological Health Season", "The 3rd Polar Forest Ice and Snow Carnival", as well as "Polar Flowers Blooming" and "'Drunk' Northern Golden Autumn" were planned and launched. Launched the "Ten Routes" such as Exploring the Source of the North, Chasing the Light and Seeking Love, Summer Retreat, Extreme Cold Challenge Tour, and Polar Research Tour; Launched the "Ten Ways to Play" such as Exploring the Aurora, Stargazing in the North, Range Rover on the Jiejiang River, Wetland Sightseeing, Martial Arts Trace, Finding Love in the North, Stone Forest Exploration, Reindeer Travel Photography, Extreme Cold Challenge, and Splashing Water into Ice; "Top 10 Delicacies" such as stewed pork ribs with Laoshan celery, dumplings stuffed with herbs, Baiyinna flatbread, and steamed buns at 22 Post Station; "Top 10 must-visit places" such as Arctic Village, Longjiang First Bay, Luding Mountain, Baiquan Valley, and Guanyin Mountain; "Top 10 Souvenirs" such as birch bark handicrafts, Xing'an prints, Oroqen roe deer horn hats, northern red agate, wild blueberries, allspice essential oil, and Yan pine nut were launched.
The meeting was presided over by He Guihua, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Daxinganling Prefectural Committee, and Yang Ying, director of the Daxinganling Regional Bureau of Culture and Tourism, made a keynote announcement. Xu Haiwei, member of the Standing Committee of the Mohe Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor, released the "Shenzhou Arctic Summer Tourism Route". Lu Ying, member of the Standing Committee of the Huma County Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, released the "Huma County Summer Tourism Resources and the 11th Kaijiang Theme Cultural Week of Huma County and the First Sino-Russian Cultural Exchange Week Series Activities".
Located in the "crown of the golden rooster" on the territory of the motherland and the "head of the swan" in Heilongjiang Province, Daxinganling is the northernmost and highest latitude border area on the mainland, shouldering the important responsibility of safeguarding national defense security and ecological security. Daxinganling has unique tourism resources such as "large forests, large wetlands, large ice and snow, large boundary rivers, and large oxygen bars", with 83,000 square kilometers of land, and 92% of the area of forests and wetlands; the content of negative oxygen ions in the air is as high as 50,000 per cubic centimeter, which is 38 times higher than the WHO clean air standard; the average temperature in summer is 19 °C, refreshing and pleasant, it is a must-choose place for forest health care, the best destination for ecological health tourism in China and the best destination for self-driving and outdoor sports tourism in China.
The press conference announced 17 series of activities of the "Second Polar Forest Ecological Health Care Season" in Daxinganling. Among them, the 34th Northern Lights Festival of Mohe, the 7th National Forest Cycling Race of Tahe, the Mohe Polar Day Marathon and other brand festivals and events favored by tourists, and 12 scenic spots such as Luding Mountain Scenic Area in Huma County, Eighteen Stations of Oroqen Ethnic Customs Garden in Tahe County, and Cangshan Stone Forest in Huzhong will provide tourists with preferential policies for ticket reduction.
As the host of the Northern Lights Festival, Mohe City has prepared a sumptuous cultural and tourism feast for tourists, and launched four high-quality routes, including "Watching the Most Beautiful Starry Sky and Enjoying the Magical Aurora", Forest Ecological Health Tour, Blessing Source Boundary River Tour, Polar Science Popularization Research Tour, and three self-driving routes such as G331. "Mohe Story" Competition, the 3rd Cooking Competition of Mohe City, the "National Walking Fitness and China Tourism Day" activity of the Rhododendron Viewing Week, the National Outing Activity, the Northern Lights Festival and the "Mass Cultural Stage" series of performances, the "Aurora Night" normalization activities, the 3rd Mohe Food Festival, the China Arctic Mohe Polar Day Marathon, Mohe Original Song Concert and a series of activities.
Visitors can participate in the "Spring Water of a River, Resonance on Both Sides of the River - Literary and Artistic Performances", Chinese and Russian painters painted the Kaijiang River, thousands of people tasted Kaijiang fish, Sino-Russian agricultural products exhibition, Sino-Russian literary and artistic group performances, bonfire party and other wonderful activities.