On April 18th, the first Lushan County Rhododendron Festival was held in Pinggou Village, Sikeshu Township, which was hosted by the CPC Lushan County Committee and the Lushan County People's Government, and co-organized by the Propaganda Department of the LUshan County CPC Committee, the Sikeshu Township Committee of the CPC, the Sikeshu Township People's Government, the Lushan County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, the Lushan County Poverty Alleviation Office, the Lushan County Literary Association, and co-organized by the Henan Channel of Phoenix Network.
Shi Xiaotian, director of the Yaoshan Administration Bureau of Pingdingshan City and deputy governor of the Lushan County People's Government, delivered a speech
Li Huiliang, deputy secretary of the CPC Lushan County CPC Committee and governor of the Lushan County People's Government, announced the opening of the event.
The theme of this year's Rhododendron Festival is "Four Trees of Great Beauty, Flying 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.
Come to Rhododendron Ridge, see the rhododendrons blooming all over the mountains are red and pink, in the shade of red, there are particularly rare purple rhododendrons that surprise tourists from time to time, and people wander among the blooming flowers, picturesque. Selfies, vibrato fun. It is understood that the first Lushan Rhododendron Festival will last for a total of 19 days from April 18 to May 6, so don't miss a good time to enjoy the flowers.
Sikeshu Township, Lushan County, has a pleasant climate, abundant light, and a forest coverage area of more than 80%, which is a famous original ecological tourism resort in the southwest of Lushan County, and is known as a land rich in oxygen. The township has driven the development of planting, breeding, processing, farmhouses, homestays and other related industries through tourism development, and has created a number of famous agricultural products such as Zhanggou wild boar, 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.
The holding of this rhododendron festival is to rely on the advantages of local resources, use flowers as the medium, and use the festival to meet friends, display the natural scenery, thick culture and unique rural tourism style of Lushan and the four trees, and promote green and healthy agricultural and sideline products to help alleviate poverty, promote rural revitalization and promote economic development. (Pictured by Gao Xiaowei)