Introduction of Yingtaogou Scenic Area:
Zhengzhou Yingtaogou Scenic Area is located in the south of Houzhai Township, Erqi District, with Yingtaogou as the center and stretching for15km. The mountains are rolling and the ravines are criss-crossing. The deep ditch is covered with lush cherry trees and the scenery is very pleasant. Cherry has been planted here for thousands of years. Due to the suitable climate, shelter from the wind in the ditch and special soil, the cherries produced are large, thick, rich in color and sweet in mouth, which can nourish the middle and nourish the skin. Therefore, it enjoys a good reputation both inside and outside the province.
Zhengzhou Yingtaogou Scenic Area has a beautiful environment and fresh air, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city and in the embrace of mountains. Every March, it becomes a sea of cherry blossoms, with birds and flowers singing. At the end of April, the fruit is ripe. Against the backdrop of green leaves, a string of cherries is like crystal red agate, which makes people feel excited. People can enjoy it while watching it, which is very interesting.
Up to now, there are still some old trees that have survived for more than 100 years, which bloom and bear fruit year after year and become a big landscape. The beautiful, colorful and intoxicating cherry ditch is composed of many ditch groups of different sizes. Its unique geographical advantages and rich natural resources make you feel the immortal realm of returning to nature and returning to nature everywhere. With beautiful environment and convenient transportation, Yingtaogou is gradually becoming a multifunctional, all-round and comprehensive eco-tourism scenic spot integrating leisure, vacation, catering, entertainment and fitness.
Cherry Valley Scenic Area holds the Cherry Blossom Festival every year from 1999. In recent years, * * * has received more than 800,000 tourists. The holding of the art festival has really turned the origin of Cherry Valley into a market and achieved good economic and social benefits. It not only completely solved the problem of farmers selling fruits, but also became a highlight of sightseeing agriculture in the suburbs of the provincial capital and a good opportunity and window to show the new image of Houzhai Township in Erqi District.
1999 Zhengzhou Cherry Valley Cherry was rated as one of the top ten historical famous products in Zhengzhou. In March, 2000, Yingtaogou Scenic Area was awarded the certificate of tourist attraction by the Municipal Tourism Bureau and was identified as the key tourist attraction in Zhengzhou. Today, the planting area of cherries in Houzhai Township has reached more than 4,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 1 10,000 kg, more than 20 new varieties, and the market share of Zhengzhou has reached 70%, among which the scientific and technological content has increased year by year, and the contribution rate of science and technology has reached 80%.
At present, eco-tourism and leisure tourism are being built in Yingtaogou Scenic Area, and a large number of leisure sightseeing parks with farmers' characteristics have emerged, such as Guo Mancang Jiayuan, Chaojun Ecological Park, Sakura Tribe, Liang Jinyu Garden, Green Villa, Sakura Valley Style Garden, etc. These parks operate farm meals, hunting, picnics, bonfire parties, farm work experience, amorous feelings caves, top-level training, agricultural park maze, fruit picking and so on.
In addition, Cherry Valley Scenic Area has also set up a cherry association with professional villages, characteristic parks and cherry fruit companies as members, to strengthen the protection and rational planning of tourism resources, continuously increase infrastructure construction, enrich tourism projects, deepen the connotation of tourism culture, make the scenic area develop in the direction of ecological and sustainable development, and strive to build the scenic area into the back garden of Zhengzhou City and a famous leisure and sightseeing agricultural tourist resort in Henan Province!
On April 30, 2006, the first Zhengzhou Cherry Blossom Festival opened in full dress. Zhengzhou Cherry Blossom Valley Eco-tourism Scenic Area is welcoming guests from all over the world with a brand-new look, enjoying the pastoral scenery, natural feelings, simple folk customs and the fairy fruit on earth.