The seedling opening festival, that is, the first rice planting every year, is a traditional festival that has been passed down from generation to generation in Louna Village, Dingxiao Street, Yilong New District. Every year on the sixth day of the fourth lunar month, the local people will hold the "Seedling Opening Festival" to give thanks to nature and pray for good weather and abundant harvests. On May 13, the 2024 Louna "April 6 • Seedling Opening Festival" was held, and a variety of farming experience activities attracted tourists from all over the world to experience the fun of farming.
Catch a fish competition
Catch a fish competition
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the "every year there are fish" fishing competition started fiercely, with the referee's command, the participating team members plunged into the paddy field together, some took the tools to catch the fish, some touched the fish with their bare hands, everyone showed their skills in the competition, the sound of on-site commentary, cheers, cheers endlessly. During the competition, the commentator also put ducks into the field for everyone to grab, and the lively interactive experience of touching and catching fish pushed the atmosphere to one climax after another.
Everyone happily catches ducks
Wu Fujiang, a member of the Dazhai team of Louna Village, said: "This year's fish feel very naughty and active, we are very happy in the process of catching fish, and we are very satisfied with today's harvest, the most important thing is to be happy." ”
Chen Yan, a tourist, said: "I was excited, I was very nervous, and I wanted to go down and catch them when I saw that they couldn't catch fish." ”
Among the 10 teams participating in the fish touching competition, in addition to the local villagers and surrounding villagers, tourists who came to play enthusiastically participated in the competition, and actively went to the fields to experience the fun of fishing and catching ducks in the rice fields.
Visitors experience touching fish
"After catching it for two hours, I have caught it several times, but they all ran away, I just held it down, this fish has six or seven pounds, anyway, I am very excited, I feel that this trip is worth it." Tourist Fang Mingbo said excitedly.
Wei Maoming, a tourist from Jiangsu who also experienced the field, also said: "I like this activity, it doesn't matter if I catch it or not, the key is to like this atmosphere, I have caught four or five of them, but I am happy." ”
Rice planting competition
On the other hand, the interactive competition of "rice planting" is also being carried out fiercely, and the team members have used their skills to plant rice in the competition. After fierce competition, Hexin Community won the first place in the rice planting competition, and the top effect community won the first place in the fishing competition.
Rice planting competition
Luo Changmei, a tourist, said: "I came to feel this atmosphere, as soon as I came, I saw that everyone was very serious about planting seedlings, excited to catch fish, their attitude of serious life is very infectious, and the most attractive thing for me is the inheritance of traditional farming culture." ”
On the same day, Louna Village also held a grand seedling opening ceremony, ethnic culture performance, food festival, fireworks bonfire light show and other interactive experience activities. The activities promote the exchange and integration of ethnic groups, inherit and protect the excellent ethnic folk culture and traditional customs, and show the outside world the happy life of the farmers in Louna Village and the new style of civilization of the times.
Theatrical performances
Liu Mingzhong, captain of the dragon and phoenix dance team of Shuanghe Village, Longguang Town, said: "Today, people of all ethnic groups have come to participate in the seedling opening festival, everyone is united, cheerful, and hopes that life will be better year by year, and the body will be stronger year by year." ”
Theatrical performance (aerial photography)
In recent years, relying on the advantages of local ecological resources and human resources, Louna Village has identified the path of industrial development and embarked on a road of integrated agricultural and tourism industry development supported by agricultural industry and characterized by rural tourism. At the same time, with traditional festivals as the carrier, rural tourism and agricultural activities are combined to show a new countryside and a new look.
The scene of the seedling opening festival (aerial photography)
"More than 10,000 people came to visit today. In the next step, Louna Village will be guided by party building, dig deep into traditional cultural resources, continue to carry out cultural activities with local characteristics, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses, develop rural tourism, and let Louna Village truly embark on a new rural development path with strong agriculture, beautiful countryside and rich farmers. Chen Zaian, secretary of the general party branch and director of the village committee of Louna Village, said. (Author: Luo Xiaochun, Li Ruili, Zhang Yi Source: Xingyi Rong Media Center)
Preliminary review: Xu Jingjie
Re-examiner: Luo Zhonghua
Final review: Zhou Guochang