Source: Qinhuangdao News Network
October is the golden season when the hawthorns are ripe. The trees are full of big, round and red hawthorns everywhere in Chapeng Township, Funing District. On October 17, the 7th Hawthorn Cultural Festival was held as scheduled. Villagers and tourists from downtown and surrounding counties gathered in Nanshan Village, enjoying the fun of picking while admiring the fruitful harvest.
Tourists are happy with a basket full of red hawthorns. Photo by correspondent Li Yan
At 9 o’clock in the morning, the event starts with the dance Greeting the Motherland, followed by other 21 programs such as Butterflies and Singing for the Motherland, which were performed by villagers. Tourists were fascinated by the wonderful performances which made this golden autumn in October even more exciting.
The wonderful performances at the Hawthorn Festival. Photo by correspondent Li Yan
Many tourists went to pick hawthorns after watching the performances. “The hawthorns are big, red, and delicious too.” Mr. Li from Haigang District said while taking pictures with the hawthorns. Other tourists bought sweet potatoes, apples, canned hawthorns and other agricultural products.
Tourists take pictures while enjoying the fruitful harvest. Photo by correspondent Li Yan
Some Party member volunteers wearing “red vests” were busy at the festival. The theme of the Hawthorn Festival is “Red Party Building Leads to Rural Revitalization”. About 10 Party member volunteers help each village pick, pack, and transport the hawthorns. Liang Zhigang, the Party branch secretary of Nanshan Village, is one of them. He told reporters that the volunteer activity of Party members is a long-term activity. They help villagers prune branches in spring and sell fruits in autumn, and they all hope to make their contribution to the revitalization of the village.
Wu Wenjun, head of Chapeng Township, said that Dasuo Village 1, Dasuo Village 2, Dasuo Village 3, Xiaosuozhuang Village and Nanshan Village in Chapeng Township are the main areas of hawthorn production, where the soil is suitable for hawthorn growing. There are more than 1,000 mu of hawthorn orchards since the first hawthorn tree was planted in 1983, with an average of 300 to 400 hawthorn trees per household, and a total output of 600,000 kilograms.
At present, there are mainly two kinds of fresh varieties, “Xiaojinxing” and “Dajinxing”, with round and tasty fruits, which are good for making sugarcoated hawthorns, hawthorn chips, hawthorn cakes, and hawthorn juice. At the beginning of this year, the bright-colored and larger “Golden Star” variety was introduced for trial planting.
In recent years, Funing District has always attached great importance to the work of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”, and vigorously implemented the activity of “Laying foundation for village revitalization”, aiming to create an all-for-one tourism demonstration zone, upgrade traditional advantageous industries, and integrate agriculture, culture, and tourism. A number of boutique tourism routes such as Tianlu Road and the Jielingkou Great Wall were developed. The Tianlu Road is 10.1 kilometers from Yangzhuangtou Village in Fentuo Administrative District to Suozhuang Area in Chapeng Township, which has greatly promoted the development of surrounding villages.
Wu Wenjun said that since March this year, Funing District has invested more than 1 million yuan to improve the living environment of villages along the Tianlu Road, promote infrastructure and village construction, build dams and fences, and renovate courtyards. The environment has become more beautiful, which attracts more tourists, and in turn benefits the villagers. Nanshan Village was entitled as the first batch of national forest villages by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration.
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