Henan Economic Daily reporter Gina correspondent Song Yanfei
In April, the rhododendrons in Lushan County bloomed like pink brocade and were as gorgeous as xia, and Lushan County used flowers as a medium, and the industry followed. On April 15, Lushan County held the "First Lushan Rhododendron Festival and Special Agricultural Products Promotion Meeting", according to the release, the first Lushan Rhododendron Festival will be held in Pinggou Village, Sikeshu Township, April 18 to May 6, for a period of 19 days.
The theme of the Rhododendron Festival is "Four Trees of Great Beauty, Flying Song Rhododendron Sea". During the period, a series of cultural, tourism and business negotiation activities such as "Special Food Festival", "Tourism Products and Characteristic Agricultural Products Promotion and Negotiation", "Rhododendron Photography Contest" and "Rhododendron Festival Essay Contest" will be organized. During the event, Sikeshu Township will take measures such as restricting the flow of people, improving protective measures, strengthening disinfection and sterilization, and comprehensive monitoring and registration, and effectively strengthening the prevention and control of the epidemic during the Rhododendron Festival. Friends from all walks of life are reminded to wear masks when they come to watch the rhododendrons, and cooperate with the staff to do a good job in temperature measurement and information registration.
Sikeshu Township, Lushan County, has a pleasant climate and sufficient sunlight, and the Azalea Ridge Scenic Area of Pinggou Village is the main production area of local rhododendrons. The township covers more than 80% of the forest, is a famous original ecological tourism resort in the southwest of Lushan County, and is known as a land of oxygen. The township has promoted the development of planting, breeding, processing, farm stays, homestays and other related industries with tourism development, and has created a number of famous and excellent products. It has launched famous agricultural and sideline products such as Zhanggou grass pig, Hezhuang beef leg goat, Pinggou honey, Tulou Xinyi, Hezhuang red pine mushroom, etc., strengthened dexiu wild mountain wine, Yihua tulip silkworm and other well-known brands at home and abroad, and formed an industrial pattern with tourism as the main body and driving the comprehensive development of breeding, breeding and processing.
It is reported that in recent years, Lushan County has introduced a reward and compensation policy to encourage the masses to develop tourism, guiding and encouraging the masses to increase their income and become rich through the development of tourism, engaging in tourism, and relying on tourism. The county has developed 78 "farmhouse" tourist villages, 30 professional villages, more than 2,000 "farmhouses", and more than 10,000 employees. 10 villages, such as Longtan Village in Xiatang Town and Huayuangou Village in Tuancheng Township, have been listed in the national tourism poverty alleviation key villages for special support, and 24,500 poor people have achieved increased income and become rich through tourism.