The spring breeze warms, the ice melts and the snow melts, and Chagan Lake, which has been lively for a snow season, takes off its white clothes and changes into green clothes. At the turn of spring and summer, Chagan Lake is the most breathtakingly beautiful: the unique natural landscape of rippling lake, soaring waterfowl and swaying reeds makes people feel refreshed and happy; the sound of the piano is far away, the Hada is exhibiting, and the fragrance of milk tea is full of Mongolian humanistic customs, which makes people indulge in intoxication; there are fish, the legend of the holy lake, and the regional stories of increasing income and getting rich every year, which make people intoxicated and reminiscent...... Natural carving, cultural nourishment and people's inheritance and creation make Chagan Lake more and more beautiful and charming.
"Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets." Guarding this clear water, the Songyuan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have always kept in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, resolutely implemented the requirements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, and firmly followed the road of "protecting the ecology and developing eco-tourism to complement each other", which promoted the transformation of Chagan Lake again and again, turning into a butterfly and turning gorgeously.
Landscape architecture with national characteristics.
Strive for 5A level to achieve a new leap
On January 25, 2024, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China publicized the tourist attractions to be determined as national 5A tourist attractions on the official website, and Chagan Lake Scenic Area was successfully included in the public list, and the publicity was successfully completed on February 6, which also marked the successful promotion of Chagan Lake Scenic Area to a national 5A-level tourist attraction.
The creation of a national 5A-level tourist attraction is a process of promoting construction and deepening the integration of culture and tourism.
In October 2018, Chagan Lake Tourism Economic Development Zone officially launched the creation of a national 5A-level scenic spot. Subsequently, the development zone hired Shanghai Tongji University to compile the "Chagan Lake Scenic Area to Create a National 5A-level Scenic Area Improvement Plan", "Chagan Lake Tourism Development Zone Master Plan 2019 Edition Revision" and "Chagan Lake Tourism Economic Development Zone Ecotourism Development Special Plan", and successfully passed the expert review and the county people's congress review. The former Guo County Party Committee and the county government organized a mobilization meeting for the creation of Chagan Lake 5A Scenic Area, established a leading group and a special working class for the creation of Chagan Lake 5A Scenic Area, and issued the "Implementation Plan" and "Task Statement" to comprehensively promote the creation of the work.
From October 2018, Chagan Lake Tourism Economic Development Zone officially launched the creation of national 5A-level scenic spots, to 2020, through the national 5A-level tourist attractions landscape quality expert review, included in the list of national 5A-level tourist attractions, and then to the beginning of 2024, Chagan Lake Scenic Area to achieve the goal of creating a national 5A-level tourist attraction.
Birds gathered.
It is understood that the general working idea of the creation of 5A-level scenic spots is to adhere to the synchronous promotion of "ecological protection" and "development and construction", strictly control the 5A creation standards, comprehensively promote the continuous improvement of the infrastructure of the scenic spots, significantly improve the comprehensive service function, and meet the 5A creation standards.
To this end, the scenic spot has built three new gates, and built the Khitan Island Hundred Gardens, the last fishing and hunting tribe, the ecological waterfront wharf, the parking lot and ancillary facilities, etc., and carried out the ecological, intelligent, standardized, humanized transformation and upgrading; The maintenance and renovation of scenic spots such as Genghis Khan's Summoning and Wangye's Mansion Exhibition Hall have been upgraded, and outdoor rest spaces have been added in the scenic area, and public facilities such as viewing platforms have been added, which have better met the needs of tourists for recreation and viewing.
Visitor Interaction Activities.
At the same time, the internal and external traffic environment has been improved, and a tourism transportation network of "fast forward and slow travel" has been built. In strict accordance with the construction requirements of the characteristic ecological trail, the scenic road has been repaired and updated, and a new slow traffic system of Chaganhu Andai Road, which starts from Chagan Lake Road and ends at Yulong Wetland, with a total length of 8,200 meters, a width of 10 meters, a bicycle path of 2.5 meters and a sidewalk of 2 meters, has been newly built. Coordinate Chaganhu Airport and Songyuan Station to open a direct tourist traffic line to the scenic spot, and set up special external traffic signs along the road leading to the scenic spot at Chaganhu Airport to ensure that tourists enter and exit the scenic spot safely, conveniently and smoothly. Standardize the identification signs of scenic spots, create standard requirements according to 5A, complete the construction of the identification system with high standards and high quality, replace more than 3,000 signs of various types, add 7 panoramas of tour guides, 55 traffic guidance signs (including 10 first-class traffic guide signs), 22 scenery introduction signs (large), 39 guide signs inside and outside the bathroom, and more than 1,400 public information symbols such as safety warnings, so as to achieve four language signs and standard specifications.
The public health facilities have been improved, the construction and upgrading of tourist toilets have been implemented, 11 independent toilets in scenic spots, 9 toilets in visitor centers and transit centers, 18 old toilets have been upgraded and renovated, and 28 AAA standard toilets have been built, accounting for 74%. In addition, according to the layout of the scenic spot, more than 600 four-category garbage bins were purchased in a unified manner, and smoking rooms were set up in public service places to better meet the service needs of special groups......
The improvement of software and hardware facilities has optimized and improved the tourism resources and overall quality of Chagan Lake, providing tourists with more high-quality, diverse and colorful tourist scenery and sightseeing experience.
Great Lake Wetland Scenery.
Protect the ecology and polish the "golden signboard"
"'When nature is systematically destroyed, human survival and development will become water without a source and a tree without roots. We need to protect nature and the ecological environment as much as we protect our eyes. The people of Songyuan are most sympathetic to the General Secretary's entrustment, saying that the fate of a lake and a city is so closely intertwined, and that ecological security and economic development are so inseparable. The main leader of Songyuan City said.
For a long time, Songyuan City and Qianguo County have firmly practiced the concept of "two mountains", combined the ecological protection of Chagan Lake with the creation of a 5A-level scenic spot, and coordinated the promotion of the "three major measures", such as source control, sewage interception, external water diversion, and internal restoration, so as to continuously enhance natural ecological functions, promote ecological governance, and expand ecological space.
Implement engineering measures. Eight water quality improvement projects, including the protection and restoration of Chagan Lake Wetland, Chagan Lake Qijiapao Wetland, and Chagan Lake Wild Duck Bay Wetland Construction Project, have restored 1,045 hectares of wetlands, built 24 kilometers of ecological revetments, 130,000 square meters of ecological slope protection, built 81,042 cubic meters of gabion barriers, and completed the construction of related ancillary facilities. The small circulation system of Chagan Lake water body has been preliminarily established, through the regulation of ecological water replenishment in Hada Mountain, and the water cycle conversion of Chagan Lake water body through Sujiapao and Liujiapao wetlands, so as to continuously build a solid foundation for the ecological protection of Chagan Lake.
Lotus pond.
Implementation of ecological measures. Coordinate and promote ecosystem governance, and solidly carry out the work of "greening", "water purification" and "moisture protection". Vigorously carry out tree planting and greening projects, planting 50 hectares of trees and planting 80 hectares of flowers. More than 7 million aquatic plants such as lotus, water lily and pinny grass were planted to strengthen the ecological function of the wetland. We will continue to carry out breeding and release activities, and release about 10 million fish fry into the lake in spring and autumn every year to achieve "fish farming with water and water purification with fish".
Implement administrative measures. The ecological and environmental protection work and the central work will be arranged and deployed in the same way, and a long-term management mechanism will be established. Fully implement the lake chief system and forest chief system, consolidate responsibilities, carry out regular inspections and inspections, and stop and correct environmental violations in a timely manner. Actively carry out special actions to clean and remediate the lake area, set up patrol teams and cleaning teams, and regularly clean up the lake, lake shore and aquaculture garbage in the jurisdiction. Combined with the improvement of the rural living environment, find out the bottom number of the environmental improvement of the village, make every effort to promote the treatment of garbage and sewage, and improve the appearance of the village. Continuously increase publicity, set up billboards at major intersections and key parts of the development zone, and actively do a good job in publicity and education. Through the comprehensive management of the "three major measures", the ecosystem of Chagan Lake has become more complete and the ecological environment has been significantly improved. The water quality has been continuously improved, and after comprehensive evaluation, it has reached the Class IV standard.
In the past five years, the average precipitation in the region has increased by 94.7 mm compared with the previous 10 years, the relative humidity of the air has increased by 1% compared with the previous 10 years, the average wind speed has decreased by 0.22m/s compared with the previous 10 years, and the annual soil erosion can be reduced by 98,000 square meters.
Specialty: Fish stew in an iron pot.
Do a good job in tourism, clear water for "gold and silver mountains"
The "May Day" holiday is approaching, and a series of activities will be held in the Chagan Lake Scenic Area, so that tourists can enjoy the love of spring and get drunk on Chagan Lake. It is reported that the scenic spot will launch a series of activities such as the "Township Kitchen and Hometown Flavor" food competition, Cha Xiaoyu Music Festival, car drift performance, sports and fitness performance, roller skating performance, iron pot fish stew, "Bowl Troupe" parade, etc., and at the same time launch the cruise ship navigation in the north and south scenic spots, large net open water fishing and other projects, so that tourists can not only enjoy the water and sky of the big lake landscape, but also feel the fishing and hunting culture of Chagan Lake at close range.
Spring has the light of vitality, summer has the beauty of the good environment, autumn has the taste of poetry and painting, and winter has the wonder of fishing and hunting - the scenery of Chagan Lake is different from time to time, but each has its own charm. At the turn of spring and summer, the unique landscape of the large lake full of green and hundreds of birds gathers enthusiastically awaits the arrival of tourists.
Ao Bao prayer flags.
In order to let the tourists who come to Chagan Lake feel the sincere service, Chagan Lake Scenic Area has strengthened the construction of smart scenic spots and official websites, provided a self-service audio guide system, realized the simultaneous ticketing of the official website, WeChat public account, and third-party ticket sales platform; In the offline training method, 5A creation knowledge and related service training have been carried out for many times, which has effectively improved the service awareness and service quality of the practitioners in the scenic spot.
It further enriches the cultural and creative products, carefully designs the Chagan Lake LOGO logo, and adds a special sales counter for tourism commodities and souvenirs in the visitor center and scenic spots, providing special tourist souvenirs, native products and daily necessities, etc., with clear prices for tourists to buy. In addition, postal services and theme post offices are also set up in the visitor center to provide tourists with commemorative stamps, scenic commemorative envelopes, postcards, commemorative stamps and other postal commemorative services, and a sufficient number of public telephones have been set up in the visitor center and tourist post stations, realizing full coverage of mobile, telecommunications and Unicom signals. Safety guardrails and water dragnets are set up next to the water area and trail areas, and sufficient safety warning signs and warm reminder signs are set up in conspicuous positions along the tour routes, important tourist nodes, tourist distribution places, water surface waterway areas, traffic nodes and dangerous areas; The implementation of cable relocation, façade renovation projects, vigorously carried out illegal buildings, stalls, signboard demolition and cleaning, the implementation of landscape, ecology, cultural relics, building management and protection measures, so that the appearance of the building and the natural landscape in harmony, maintain the good overall appearance of the scenic spot. Vigorously rectify the order of production and operation, and implement relevant policies such as opposing food waste and restricting disposable plastic products in scenic hotels, restaurants and other business venues.
Convention and Exhibition Center.
The beautiful landscape and intimate service have made Chagan Lake an important tourist attraction in the western part of Jilin, and the economic and social benefits have been continuously revealed. In 2023, the Chagan Lake area will receive a total of 1.9 million tourists, and the annual per capita income of the 31 villages around the lake will increase by about 2,500 yuan, achieving a comprehensive tourism income of 1.672 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.43%, and the fishery and tourism industry will drive tens of thousands of jobs and income.
"We will further improve the quality of service, prepare fresh fish, let tourists eat and have fun, and leave a good experience, and we are ready to welcome tourists this 'May Day' holiday. Yu Yanjie, the operator of the Holy Lake Fish Village, said.
Today's Chagan Lake, the protection of ecology and the development of eco-tourism complement each other, and the "golden signboard" is getting brighter and brighter.
Source: Jilin Daily reporter Wang Xinxin
Editor in charge: Chi Ruibing