The six-day 2024 Gangu County Daxiang Mountain Sightseeing Experience Tour is in full swing, this activity is mainly to show and promote traditional folk culture, focusing on Gangu folk products, agricultural products, Qin dialect, intangible cultural heritage culture and special food, creating a wonderful folk culture feast for the people of Gangu County and foreign tourists, evoking the memory of traditional folk customs, but also stimulating people's enthusiasm for consumption, setting off a "April 8" upsurge of the integration of folk culture and consumption economy.
In the early morning of the eighth day of April, Daxiangshan Park is verdant and full of flowers. At the foot of the mountain, the vendors have already arranged all kinds of goods and waited for the arrival of tourists early. The masses come and go in groups of three or five, or bring the old to help the young, or walk together, climb the steps along the winding stone steps, everyone climbs the heights to enjoy the scenery at the same time, some take pictures, some indulge in singing, some talk and laugh, lively and extraordinary.
As an important window to promote and display Gangu, the sightseeing experience tour of Daxiang Mountain in Gangu County plays a pivotal role in promoting the development of cultural tourism in Gangu County. Every "April 8th", not only the local residents of Gangu, but also the people who have heard of the reputation of "April 8th" in the surrounding districts and counties have come to Daxiangshan from all over the world to participate in this festive folk festival.
Huang Jiangmin, a tourist from Wushan, a neighboring county, said, "It has been five or six years since the last time I came to Daxiangshan to visit 'April 8'. ”
In addition to the Qin dialect performance, tourists can walk to the opposite Wulipu food street and cultural tourism characteristic block, along the way there are a dazzling array of food, folk goods, clothing and department stores, shouting and shouting are continuous, tourists are shopping and buying, the atmosphere is very lively. There are also cheerful merry-go-rounds, young children digging sand and "fishing", bustling crowds, and beaming smiling faces, making the "April 8" folk culture tourism festival a sea of joy.
"Today is our April 8th, very lively, lead the doll to the big mountain waves, let the doll see the Tang Dynasty Buddha, so nostalgic for the fried potatoes and cold noodles in my hometown, I must eat enough today." Zhang Jin, who married Pingliang far away, brought his family to his hometown and specially let the children feel the atmosphere of the traditional culture of "April 8" in Daxiang Mountain.
Gangu chili, Gangu hemp shoes, Gangu aged vinegar, golden silk chrysanthemum and other special products also appeared one by one in the Daxiang Mountain sightseeing experience tour. In Daxiangshan Park, the neat and cheerful Guozhuang dance and the unrestrained and heroic modern dance danced up, and the beautiful dance attracted many people to stop and watch. In the Daxiangshan Gallery, it is also crowded, and a strong artistic atmosphere is blowing in the face, and various calligraphy and painting works come into view, attracting many calligraphy and painting lovers to watch and exchange, so that everyone can feel the charm of calligraphy and painting art.
"Recently, there have been a lot of peers who have come to the gallery to communicate, and there are also a lot of people who look at calligraphy and paintings, and I am very happy that my calligraphy and painting works can bring spiritual enjoyment to everyone." Mr. Li in the gallery said proudly as he showed off his calligraphy works.
It is reported that this year's Daxiangshan "April 8" event aims to do a thorough and thorough "cultural and tourism integration" article through the festival as the medium, the cultural and plastic tourism, and the tourism to highlight the culture, and strive to maximize the "flow" of tourists into the "increment" of the cultural and tourism economy. Gangu County closely follows the responsibilities and missions of "raising the flag, gathering the hearts of the people, educating new people, revitalizing culture, and showing the image", and focuses on the theme of "eating Tianshui Malatang and visiting the first county in China", and adopts a combination of online + offline, traditional + modern, government services + enterprise operations. It leads visitors to perceive and experience the rich cultural history and charming cultural heritage and natural scenery of Gangu.