Source: The Great Wall Network
Live streamers are selling local specialties online. Photo by Wu Peijian from the Great Wall Network
The leaves of the trees on both sides of the Great Wall turn red in September, and the air of the Bohai Sea region smells sweet and fragrant. The 3rd Farmers Harvest Festival and the Great Wall Golden Autumn Carnival, sponsored by the Haigang District Party Committee and Haigang District People’s Government, and undertaken by the Publicity Department of Haigang District Party Committee, the Agriculture and Rural Bureau, the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television Bureau of Haigang District, and Shimenzhai Township Government, was launched in Fangzhuang Village, Shimenzhai Township, Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City on September 29, aiming to share the joy of harvest, inherit the Great Wall culture, and expecting a bright future.
Special local products of Qinhuangdao on the exhibition. Photo by Wu Peijian from the Great Wall Network
The theme of the festival is “Celebrating a good harvest, visiting the Great Wall, and welcoming a well-off society”. Activities of culture and tourism will be launched to show the unique charm of the Ming Great Wall in Haigang District, with the opportunity of the construction of national Great Wall Cultural Park, inherit the Great Wall spirit , promote the Great Wall tour, and deepen and expand the profound connotation of the Great Wall culture with the farmers’ harvest.
The art works exhibition of the Eighteen Sceneries of Linyu. Photo by Wu Peijian from the Great Wall Network
The event was bustling with agricultural products and delicious snacks, tourists enjoyed the harvest together with the natives.
All of the well-known enterprises of agricultural products processing in Haigang District appeared in the enterprise exhibition area, agricultural products turned into industrial products and became popular in the market. The “agricultural + ” model has greatly increased the benefit of agricultural products.
The exhibition area of “Telling Stories of Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers” shows the achievements of the Haigang District during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, in implementing the rural revitalization strategy, advancing agricultural supply-side structural reforms, living environment governance, and poverty alleviation. The numbers and pictures show the fruitful results of the beautiful village construction in Haigang District.
20 internet influencers sold characteristic agricultural products online in the live streaming area, to improve the reputation of the agricultural products’ brands, and help farmers increase their income.
In the Great Wall Cultural exhibition area, the intangible cultural heritage exhibition, the Great Wall photography exhibition, the picture exhibition of the “Eighteen Sceneries of Linyu” and the Great Wall painting exhibition reproduced the magnificence, rich heritage and beautiful scenery of the Great Wall.
Theatrical performance at the Farmers Harvest Festival. Photo by Cao Jianxiong
In recent years, fruitful results have been achieved in the construction of new countryside in Haigang District. Agriculture bloomed with the support of tourism. Villages such as Fangzhuang, Beiweizhuang, Dongjiakou, and Pantaoyu have become must-go tourism attractions with the Great Wall culture and rural tourism.
Integrating with the industry, the brand effect of agricultural products has continued to enlarge. The chestnuts of Zhucaoying, the Boluo Pie of Shimenzhai, and the clams of Haidongqing are popular in the domestic market, and exported abroad.
Taking the opportunity of the rural revitalization, a large number of villages, such as Beiyangzhuang, Liutiaozhuang, and Shanqian, become more beautiful, which has greatly improved the living environment in the countryside, and gave birth to the new economic and business format such as live streaming and online shopping.
Farmers live a happy life in the new era. The living environment governance, the toilet revolution, the water landscape construction, the road improvement projects, and large-scale afforestation make the countryside more beautiful and civilized.
The Great Wall is majestic and picturesque. Different types of Great Wall buildings in different periods built in the Ming Dynasty were distributed in Haigang District. The Great Wall in Haigang District is approximately 110 kilometers long, with 291 beacon towers, 24 gateways, 14 castles, and 5 barbicans. The Ming Great Wall in the Banchangyu Scenic Spot is hailed as the “Living Fossil of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall” by cultural relic experts. Zimutai Platform, Jiumenkou Stone Gate, Dongjiakou Castle, Banchangyu Volcano Great Wall, the Upside Down Great Wall, the Great Wall Brick Kiln Group, Ancient Volcanic Crater and other cultural and natural heritage are extremely precious.
Haigang District launched the Great Wall Golden Autumn Carnival while holding the 3rd Farmers Harvest Festival, to support the deployment of the Central Party Committee to build the National Great Wall Cultural Park, to show the charm of the Great Wall, so that more people can approach the Great Wall, discover the Great Wall, inherit the Great Wall culture, and promote the Great Wall spirit.
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