CCTV News: The countryside is full of vitality in May, and various places are exploring innovative models of "ecology + cultural tourism", deeply integrating natural beauty with folk culture, and injecting new vitality into rural revitalization.
Xiangdong, Jiangxi: When thousands of acres of tung flowers bloom, enjoy the flowers and exercise without delay
In May, the flowers are gone, and the tung flowers are in full bloom. In Baizhu Township, Xiangdong District, Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, tens of thousands of acres of tung flowers bloom in the wind, like snow and clouds. The local area uses flowers as a medium to innovatively launch the "Flower Appreciation Healthy Season" series of activities, integrating sports such as hiking, cycling, water sports into the sea of flowers, allowing tourists to enjoy flowers and exercise at the same time. Along the 2-kilometer tung flower trail, there are clusters of tung flowers on both sides, tourists shuttle through it and walk forward with the colorful fallen flowers.
A tung flower strings tourism, ecology and health. It is understood that since the event was held, Baizhu Township has received more than 60,000 tourists, driving the revenue of surrounding catering and homestays to increase by 25%, and sales of agricultural and special products increased by 30% year-on-year.
Lanzhou, Gansu: 200,000 peonies bloom, bringing a "variety" economy
In Fanjiaying Village, Heping Town, Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, more than 200,000 peonies of various types bloom. The local area explores the new model of "yard + industry-tourism integration" to broaden farmers' income channels, and transform the farmyard into a check-in place for tourists' "poetry and distant places".
Develop the "variety" economy and activate a new engine for rural revitalization. In recent years, the local area has deeply explored the value of peony in multiple fields, extended the peony industry chain, and achieved a "beautiful butterfly transformation" from "one flower" to the entire peony industry chain.
