Tourists take photos on the stone bridge of Lotus Pond in Xiaoxin Wharf Village, Huangzhuang Town, Baodi District, Tianjin, on August 21. In the past, the location of the lotus pond was filled with pig, cow and sheep manure, and in the summer, the village had a serious odor, and everyone did not dare to open the window. In 2018, Xiaoxin Wharf Village implemented the human settlement environment transformation project and took advantage of the momentum to build an eco-tourism village. Nowadays, the construction of Xiaoxin Wharf Tourism Characteristic Village has begun to take shape, and tourist reception facilities such as the Rice Culture Park, the Fan Square, the Caoyun Ruins Park, and the Huancun Water System have been built according to local conditions, and tourism festivals with local characteristics such as the Rice Planting Festival, the Golden Autumn Crab Fishing Festival, and the Huangzhuang New Rice Festival are held every year, with a total of 650,000 tourists, achieving direct tourism income of 15 million yuan, and driving the sales of rice and other agricultural products of more than 30 million yuan. Zhang Yujia/Photo, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
On August 21, tourists from Xiaoxin Wharf Village, Huangzhuang Town, Baodi District, Tianjin, by the lotus pond. Zhang Yujia/Photo, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
On August 21, Li Chao (middle), a post-90s entrepreneurial youth in Xiaoxin Wharf Village, Huangzhuang Town, Baodi District, Tianjin, stood in his farm yard. In 2014, he quit his job in the city and returned to the village to run a farmyard. Today, his farm yard is well-known in the local area, with an annual income of up to 600,000 yuan. Zhang Yujia/Photo, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
On August 21, a child walked out of his home in Xiaoxin Wharf Village, Huangzhuang Town, Baodi District, Tianjin, and hung his own advertisement for local specialties at the door. At present, the village mainly develops tourism, and more than 40 of the 100 households have started businesses. Others are also engaged in work related to rural tourism, some doing greening services for the village, some working in farmyards, and some selling souvenirs on the street. In 2019, the per capita disposable income of the village reached 32,000 yuan. Zhang Yujia/Photo, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
On August 21, in Xiaoxin Wharf Village, Huangzhuang Town, Baodi District, Tianjin, a building with the word "Cang" printed on The Square of Van. The construction of The Fan Square was to commemorate the historical Baodi Zhi County Yuan Huang (袁了凡). During the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Huang (Yuan Yifan), then baodi zhi county, planted rice in the north and south here, educated the villagers, and opened a precedent for rice cultivation in the northern region. Zhang Yujia/Photo, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
On August 21, tourists took photos in Xiaoxin Wharf Village, Huangzhuang Town, Baodi District, Tianjin. Zhang Yujia/Photo, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
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