Tourists are enjoying the sightseeing in the ancient town of Xizhou.
In August, the ancient town of Xizhou is surrounded by endless green rice paddies, and the fragrance of rice is wafting in the air. Walking through the crisscrossed streets and alleys, surrounded by a green tile and white walled Bai residential compound, there is a kind of illusion of turning back the clock.
With a history of more than 2,000 years, Dali City, Xizhou Town, adhere to the development of "tourism to live town" idea, vigorously develop sightseeing agriculture, tourism services, special catering and other industries, to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the countryside tourism. 2020, the town received about 2 million tourists.
Tie-dye allows thousands of families to live a prosperous life
Tie-dye workshops like Dali Blue continue in Zhoucheng village **** 15 or 16 households, driving Zhoucheng and neighboring villages 3,000 to 4,000 times a year, white women involved in the work of tying and dismantling flowers. The products produced by these tie-and-dye workshops are sold to the outside world through 50 or 60 stores scattered in Zhoucheng, Xizhou, Shuanglong, Dali Ancient City, Lijiang Ancient City, etc., and the annual output value of the whole industry chain can reach more than 70 million yuan. "The Bai tie and dye technique has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, and Bai women in Zhoucheng and neighboring villages can earn from 1,000 to 1,500 yuan a month by participating in tying and dismantling flowers." Dali Bai Tie and Dye Association, Dali Pu Zhen Bai Tie and Dye Co., Ltd. general manager Duan Shukun introduced the development of the tie and dye industry, but also led to the rise of more than 30 restaurants around the Zhoucheng gourmet food is now known far and wide.
Tourism, sightseeing and agricultural efficiency **** win
The fields around the ancient town of Xizhou, picturesque all year round. The sea of golden rape flowers in spring and the yellow rice paddies in autumn are especially popular with tourists, and have become "net red hit points".
"From 2017, Dali Tourism Ancient Town Development Co., Ltd. in Xizhou Town transferred more than 3300 acres of land, in accordance with the traditional mode of farming, small spring planting rape, big spring planting rice, accidentally harvested the idyllic landscape." Dali Tourism Ancient Town Development Co., Ltd. Xizhou field branch staff Yang Zhaokui introduction, the company planted more than 1,000 acres of organic rice and more than 2,000 acres of green rice in more than 3,300 acres of idyllic fields, do not apply pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Spring canola planting amounted to more than 2700 acres, for tourists to enjoy while also producing organic rapeseed oil "happy oil".
"Villagers can earn 2000 yuan per mu of land transfer rent per year, and according to the proportion of 15% per annum year by year. The villagers after the transfer of land and then hired to plant the land, 100 yuan per day labor." Yang Zhaokui said, Dali Tourism Ancient Town Development Company usually fixed daily labor of about 100 people, increased to about 400 people during the busy season, the amount of labor about 20,000 times a year, all from the surrounding villages of middle-aged women. 2020 annual production of more than 1,000 tons of grain and oilseeds, pay the wages of migrant workers more than 2 million yuan, the output value of more than 3 million yuan. The development of green agriculture for the tourism industry to add color, the old town has increased the cafe, experience store and other foreign business, the field side of the residents have opened a small store, life is getting better and better.
"In recent years, the town of Xizhou vigorously implement the structural adjustment and transformation and upgrading of the agricultural industry, has transferred 13,000 acres of land, the introduction of a number of the development of ecological recycling agriculture, tourism, agriculture, mainly new agricultural business subjects, the formation of the government to guide, market-oriented operation, industrialized management, social services, a new pattern of agricultural production, to achieve the characteristics of small town tourism and tourism, and the introduction of a number of new agricultural business subjects. Sightseeing and agricultural efficiency, rural labor transfer **** win." Xizhou town deputy mayor Li Kaida said.
Protection and rational use of ancient buildings
"Into the town, as if to Cambridge, England, the streets are flowing everywhere with living water; a go out, you can wash vegetables and laundry, and dirt immediately with the flow. The streets are neat, and there are many stores. There are libraries, with marble pagodas in front of them, and the characters are gold-plated! There are deep houses like royal palaces, all with carved beams. There are many ancestral halls, all of which are gilded." This is the famous writer Lao She in the "Dianxing Manji" in a description of the ancient town of Xizhou.
In recent years, Xizhou Town, relying on the well-preserved 110 ancient residential buildings, cultivated the development of a number of specialty inns. The "Xilin Yuan" area represents the idyllic Netflix spot, the "Xizhou living room" represents the traditional courtyard revitalization model, and the "harvest set" represents the white farming culture exhibition hall, which is the best way to remember the past. The cultural exhibition hall of the Bai ethnic farming group represented by the "harvest collection" has become a destination for people to recall their nostalgia. A large number of tie-dye, clay sculpture, wood carving, Karma and other non-heritage projects representative of the inheritors have settled in the ancient town of Xizhou, for tourists to open the non-heritage skills experience "convenient door".
"It is the cultural heritage and humanistic environment of Xizhou that attracts us." From the provincial intangible cultural heritage of Dali City, Fengyi Town, mud sculpture inheritor Su Longxiang couple in Xizhou ancient town opened a tile cat mud sculpture experience store, the door to experience a steady stream of tourists. "Living in Xizhou Ancient Town, you can find new inspiration every day. In the morning I went to the market to buy food, saw the old man playing chess, I compared to do a few tile cat, the old people playing chess scene to show. In the future, we will also build a tile cat theme park in the ancient town." Su Longxiang said.
In the late 1930s, by the then Xizhou town education committee member Yan Zizhen donated funds to build the Xizhou ancient town history of the first library - Cangyi library, Yunnan and even the country's famous township folk library, still well preserved the original main building. In July this year, the library was revitalized by the Dali Tourism Ancient Town Development Co., Ltd. and generous bookstore jointly created a "modern version" of the Cangyi Library, open to the public free of charge, and become a tourist card and the locals leisure, a good place to read.
"Xizhou ancient town is rich in history. In recent years, through the protection and maintenance of the ancient architecture of the Bai people's houses, enhancement and transformation of the ancient town style, digging the cultural connotation, to achieve the purpose of protection and rational utilization, and promote the sustainable development of the tourism industry." Xizhou ancient town style enhancement transformation expert group leader Zhang Shen introduced.