A chrysanthemum "blooms" into a small town of ice chrysanthemum, and Xiuwu global tourism promotes rural development. The ice chrysanthemum town in Yuntai welcomes tourists, and nearly 10 thousand tourists come to watch it every day.
Jin Ju, the ice chrysanthemum base in Yuntai, Houyanmen Village, is in full bloom. Here, people can swim in the sea of flowers and experience the pleasure of picking ice chrysanthemums themselves. After work, they can also taste exquisite dishes carefully prepared by rural farmers, not only folk culture, but also special food and enjoy the fun of farming culture. A chrysanthemum, a characteristic industry, a characteristic town, a brand-new chain of global tourism.
Chrysanthemum is a characteristic industry. At the critical moment of tourism transformation and upgrading, this chrysanthemum inspired Xiuwu County's thinking. Efforts will be made to turn Yuntai Ice Chrysanthemum Base into a "three-industry integration" green agricultural project integrating efficient agricultural planting, processing, sales and sightseeing, and strive to build the largest green chrysanthemum industrial base in China within three years. Relying on this characteristic industry, Bingju Town came into being. This is an important step to lengthen the tourism chain and support global tourism.
From March 2065438 to March 2006, Bingju Town was officially launched, planned and designed by Shanghai Harmony Urban Planning and Design Co., Ltd., covering an area of 2,000 mu, which is mainly divided into Yuntai Bingju planting and processing base, Rehmannia planting and processing base, agricultural cultural park, large amusement park, homestay resort and so on. Among them, Yuntai Ice Chrysanthemum Planting and Processing Base covers a total area of more than 1 10,000 mu, with a total investment of10.60 billion yuan, including sightseeing area, hotel resort, chrysanthemum tea processing base, constant temperature base and product exhibition hall.
Up to now, Yuntai ice chrysanthemum planting base has been built into the most advanced processing technology in China, with broad market prospects and considerable economic benefits. The estimated annual sales revenue is 58 million yuan.
At the same time, the ice chrysanthemum industry also promoted the employment and income generation of local farmers, and farmers participated in the planting, picking and sales of ice chrysanthemums, which greatly increased their income. In order to strictly control the root causes and resolutely fight the quality battle, Yuntai Bingju adopts artificial seedling cultivation and sorting, and selects the best from the best; In terms of weeding, ice chrysanthemum in Yuntai abandoned relying on mechanization and chemical methods, adopted "primitive" methods, and insisted on manual weeding once, twice, thrice and thrice to ensure that each ice chrysanthemum in Yuntai was green, healthy and environmentally friendly. Statistics show that during the planting and picking season of ice chrysanthemum, there are as many as 65,438 local laborers +0.06 million, and the comprehensive income is about 5.5 million yuan, which greatly promotes enriching the people and helping the poor and enlivens the local economy. Therefore, the ice chrysanthemum base has also been listed as a poverty alleviation employment base.
Qifeng Town has obvious location advantages, profound farming culture, distinctive homestay elements and develops a characteristic town. Qifeng Town has industrial support and cultural accumulation. Over time, it will definitely become the highlight of Xiuwu County's global tourism and create a slow-living leisure area with local characteristics.
Global tourism is a new model of tourism and regional development, which helps to adjust the structure to the mode, narrow the gap between urban and rural areas and win the battle against poverty. "A wisp of chrysanthemum fragrance lasts a long life". Ice Chrysanthemum Base is committed to green planting, advocates healthy living and strives to grow the best chrysanthemums in the world. Its development will certainly be like its advertising words: the more boiling, the more blooming!
Source of information: Henan Provincial Cultural Tourism Department.
Qifeng Town: Qifeng Town is located 6 kilometers southeast of Xiuwu County, bordering Wuzhi County in the south and Huojia County in the east. It governs 19 administrative villages with a total area of 49.2 square kilometers, cultivated land area of 3 133 hectares and a total population of 32,400. The town mainly grows corn and wheat. In recent years, grain production has gradually changed to high yield and high quality. In 2002, the planting area of high-quality wheat reached 25,000 mu, the planting area of high-quality corn reached/kloc-0.8 million mu, and the total grain output was 25,000 tons. In order to increase farmers' income and promote agricultural efficiency, the town party Committee and the town government have increased varieties.