Chuanguan News reporter He Qinhua Liangshan Observation Li Sixing
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On May 20, the 2024 Sichuan Flower (Fruit) Ecotourism Festival and the 9th Soma Flower Cultural Tourism Festival in Jinyang opened at the Folk Tourism Square of the Soma Flower Scenic Area in Bingyidi, Jinyang County. The Soma Flower Cultural Tourism Festival will last for a month, during which there will also be folk customs performances and cultural tourism investment promotion meetings, photography meetings, poetry friends and other activities.
Walking up the hillside near the tourist plaza, rhododendron trees are scattered among the mountains, dotted with Soma flowers, and visitors walk among the flower branches, or take photos, or smell the incense. "Soma flowers are so beautiful." Li Tingting, a tourist, said that the altitude here is high, and the Soma flowers are still in full bloom, which really makes our trip worthwhile.
Soma flower is the rhododendron, called "Soma Weiwei" in Yi language, symbolizing beauty and kindness, diligence and simplicity, tenacity and generosity, and is the welcome flower and auspicious flower of the people of Liangshan. Jinyang County 100,000 acres of Soma Flower Sea, located in Baicaopo Town, Yihaweijue, about 30 kilometers away from the county seat. The total area of the flower sea is more than 100,000 acres, there are 56 kinds of Soma flower varieties found at present, because of its wild Soma flower varieties in southwest Sichuan are the most concentrated, the largest and the most spectacular, Jinyang is listed as one of the "top ten most beautiful flower viewing places in Sichuan Province".
Nowadays, the 100,000 acres of Soma flowers here are in full bloom, the red ones are like fire, the white ones are like clouds, and the pink ones are like xia, stretching all over the mountains.
Jinyang's unique three-dimensional climate and geographical conditions of "one mountain has four seasons and ten miles of different days" not only give birth to the unique Soma flower sea, but also the picturesque Baicao slope, the mysterious and unpredictable Tiankeng group of strange scenes, the deep and dangerous dragon nest swallow cave, and the unique and charming tourism resources such as the place where the six ancestors of the Yi nationality branch first crossed Liangshan and the intangible cultural heritage culture of the Shama Yi nationality.
In recent years, Jinyang has adhered to the strategy of "strengthening the state with cultural tourism" in Liangshan Prefecture, actively integrated into the "East Line" layout of Liangshan's full-time all-for-one tourism, and actively created a diversified cultural tourism picture scroll of "enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sea of flowers, enjoying the scenery of the high gorge, tasting the food of Yixiang, and enjoying the sunshine and health care". The county has held the Soma Flower Festival on May 20 for nine consecutive years, using flowers as a medium and meeting friends with the festival, and sincerely inviting guests and friends from all over the world to go to this romantic flower festival to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Yi District, stay in Yijia Xinzhai, taste Yi family food, and taste Yi culture.
"Through the golden signboard of the Soma Flower Festival, the popularity and reputation of Jinyang have been enhanced, and the cultural stage and economic singing have comprehensively promoted the strategy of Jinyang as a strong county in cultural tourism." Luo Yong, director of the Jinyang County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, said.
In Jinyang, visitors can take a boat on the lake, cross the canyon, and enjoy the beauty of the Soma flowers; You can climb the grassy slope, watch the sea of clouds rolling, and feel the magical charm of nature; You can also taste authentic food, wear exquisite Yi costumes, and feel the unique customs of the Yi people.
The reporter learned that Jinyang will speed up the construction of the millennium ancient Yi Road, Jinsha River high gorge Pinghu and Baicaopo alpine ecology 3 tourism routes, around the "food, housing, travel, travel, shopping and entertainment" full service chain, increase the construction of tourism infrastructure, to expand space, do everything possible to attract tourists, maximize the carrying capacity, to meet the personalized, intelligent, diversified needs of tourists, and strive to create a 4A-level tourist attraction.
The relevant person in charge of Jinyang County said that in the next few years, with the completion and operation of the two expressways of Xizhao and Yipan and the Jinsha River shipping, Jinyang will comprehensively build a three-dimensional transportation network of "two vertical and three horizontal plus water transportation". Jinyang will continue to focus on the "cultural tourism article", continue to dig deep into the characteristic and advantageous cultural tourism resources such as Baicaopo, and strive to build a strong county in cultural tourism.