Source: People's Daily - Anhui Channel Original draft
People's Daily Zhongshan, September 23 (Wang Ruihua Chen Ruotian) On September 23, the autumn equinox of the lunar calendar, on the occasion of the fourth Chinese farmers' harvest festival, the annual "Pear Picking Festival" in Lishuwang Scenic Area was officially launched, and the opening ceremony of crisp pear orchards was held at the same time.
The Tozan Pear Picking Festival kicked off today. People's Daily Chen Ruotian photo
According to reports, this year's "Pear Picking Festival" has set up a total of 9 activities in three major sections of cultural tourism, economy and trade, and competition, including the Han Portrait Stone (Brick) Rubbing Exhibition, the "Double Stroke and Double Introduction" Centralized Signing Ceremony, the Northern Anhui Homestay Development Forum, the Pear Garden Sheep Fighting Contest and Folk Performance Activities, the National Photography Famous Artists' Yanshan Wind Gathering Activity and the "Study party history to help revitalize" Harvest Lixiang Excellent Photography Works Tour exhibition, the first national fitness (sports) conference in Yanshan County and other series of activities.
During the Pear Picking Festival, intangible cultural heritage displays and folk customs exhibitions such as The Rock Mountain, the Four Flat Tones of the Mountain, the fighting and the sheep fighting, and the blue printed cloth will be staged in turn. Strolling through it, you can not only feel the joy of harvest, experience the joy of self-collection, but also taste the elegant paintings, melodious sighs, as well as the stable opera singing voice and unique folk art.
Visitors experience the joy of self-picking. People's Daily Chen Ruotian photo
Yanshan County has a long history, with a hundred miles of Yellow River old road and a million acres of contiguous orchards, has always been known as "the world's pear capital, fruit sea oasis".
At present, 700,000 mu of fruits in Lishan County have obtained pollution-free base certification, 60,000 mu of Crispy Pears have obtained green food base certification, and 36 famous fruit brands at all levels have realized the close integration and interactive development of efficient agriculture, eco-tourism and sports.
In recent years, Lishan County has given full play to its resource advantages, explored the "eco-tourism and leisure sports" model of "ecological tourism and leisure sports", and relied on the annual Pear Blossom Festival and Pear Picking Festival to create a pastoral complex integrating traditional agricultural production, pear blossom viewing, pear picking, photography and sketching, tourism, and sports.
Cultural activities are exciting. People's Daily Chen Ruotian photo
According to reports, this year's pear picking festival will last until October 30, during which the majority of tourists can watch wonderful cultural activities while "picking joy and tasting sweetness", and truly feel the nostalgia of pears and live a "cultural addiction".