Opening of the first Qingxian Tourism Festival (Photo: Feng Ganyong)
Beijing, April 13 (Reporter Feng Ganyong) On April 11, 2015, the "First Qingxian Tourism Festival and Pangu Pear Flower Festival and Qingshui White Rape Flower Festival" in Hebei Province was grandly opened in Pangu Park, Qingxian County. At the opening ceremony, Tong Yun, manager of Pangu Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot in Qingxian County, Hebei Province, and Sun Yu, general manager of Huayu Holiday International Travel Service Co., Ltd. delivered speeches successively. Finally, with Wang Chunjie, general manager of Qingshuibai Leisure Agriculture Tourism Park in Qingxian County, Hebei Province, announcing the opening of the "First Qingxian Tourism Festival, Pangu Pear Flower Festival and Qingshuibai Rape Flower Festival", the curtain of this tourism festival was officially opened.
After the launching ceremony of the opening ceremony, thousands of tourists from all over the country and central and local media reporters from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei enjoyed the wonderful performances of martial arts in Qingxian County and Hebei Bangzi. And successively visited and tasted Qingxian’s characteristic tourism products, and visited Pangu Temple and 10,000 mu pear garden. It can be said that at this year’s Tourism Festival, the general public tourists watched thousands of acres of pear flowers and rape flowers, and the unique Pangu culture and original ecological rural tourism products were the biggest highlights of this Tourism Festival.
Leverage the advantages of resources to develop leisure tourism
At the opening ceremony, this year’s tourism festival is based on "Jiaoli makeup spring?" The theme of "Golden Everywhere" will last until the end of April. During this period, a series of tourism festivals will be held, such as Pangu Pear Blossom Festival and Qingshui White Rape Blossom Festival. The general public can not only enjoy 10,000 mu of pear blossoms and 100 mu of rape blossoms, but also visit Pangu’s hometown and taste unique ecological farm dishes.
Qingxian county is located in Cangzhou city, Hebei province, 182 kilometers away from Beijing, about 2 hours’ drive; 80 kilometers away from Tianjin, about half an hour’s drive; Beijing-shanghai railway, Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, National Highway 104, Jinbao Highway and Canglang Expressway pass through the territory, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south. In recent years, the tourism industry in Qingxian County has developed rapidly, and the tourism resources based on Pangu culture, Grand Canal culture, Laozi culture, martial arts culture, religious culture and mahogany culture are rich in connotation. The tourist attractions represented by Pangu cultural scenic spot, Sima Manor scenic spot and Qingshuibai leisure agriculture sightseeing park are changing with each passing day, and they are increasingly emerging into a tourist town integrating "City of Love", "City of Good People" and "City of Ecology".
This year’s Tourism Festival is jointly sponsored by Pangu Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot in Qingxian County, Hebei Province, Sima Manor Scenic Spot in Qingxian County and Qingshuibai Leisure Agriculture Tourism Park Scenic Spot in Qingxian County, co-organized by Beijing Huayu Holiday International Travel Service Co., Ltd. and Beijing Yuchuang International Car Rental Company, and planned by Beijing Yuchuang International Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Sun Yu, general manager of Beijing Huayu International Travel Service, said that in order to prepare for this event, the organizers have carried out preliminary research, stepping on the line and discussion for half a year. According to the market demand and characteristics of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei tourists, combined with the advantages of green tourism resources, efforts will be made to build leisure tourism routes such as weekend parent-child tour, health leisure tour, Pangu cultural tour, visiting relatives and worshipping ancestors in Qingxian, and combined with the characteristics of the four seasons in Qingxian, theme routes such as spring outing tour, summer vacation tour, autumn picking tour and winter popular science tour will be launched.
A New Choice of 10,000 Mu Pear Orchard and 100 Mu Rape Flower Appreciation in Spring
Blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees, beautiful scenery comes uninvited. The first pear flower festival in Qingxian County, Hebei Province is really not blowing. When tourists look at the endless ocean of pear flowers, the scenery of the flower sea that is difficult to describe in words is really shocking.
"It’s so beautiful!" Zhang Xingfang, a tourist from Beijing, couldn’t help but pay tribute. "It’s incredible that such a large piece of pear blossoms is not available!" Before her eyes, the scene of "blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees" came true. In the season of spring breeze, we walked into the 10,000-mu pear garden in Pangu Village, Qingxian County, and the endless pear blossoms seemed to enter the world of romantic fairy tales intertwined with white.
Walking into Qingshuibai Leisure Agriculture Sightseeing Park, a golden yellow rape flower is in the early stage of full bloom, which has already formed an enviable landscape in spring. "The viewing and picking of Pangu pear flower and Qingshui white rape flower has become a classic tourism project with great plasticity and development." Sun Yu, general manager of Beijing Huayu International Travel Service, said that due to weather conditions and other factors, the flowering period of pear flowers and rape flowers this year has been extended compared with previous years, and the flowering period of rape flowers will last until May Day.
Backed by the Beijing-Tianjin market, relying on the geographical advantages of the urban life circle, coupled with the beautiful scenery of 10,000 mu of pear blossoms and 100 mu of rape blossoms, people in the industry believe that Qingxian will soon become a new choice for citizens and tourists in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to enjoy flowers and spring.
In order to enrich tourists’ choices and enhance tourists’ experience, the tourism department of Qingxian County, together with relevant tourist attractions, travel agencies and rural tourism reception units, has made great efforts to achieve new promotion in improving tourism reception service facilities, improving tourism reception environment and improving tourism service quality, so as to provide more comfortable experiences and thoughtful services for tourists to get close to nature and travel with their parents.
Pangu’s hometown and three religions culture serve a grand cultural meal.
Pangu Temple is one of the most important scenic spots in Qingxian’s religious and cultural tourism resources. The legend of "Since Pangu opened the world, three emperors and five emperors have come to the present" is well known by the world and passed down from generation to generation.
"The myths and legends of Pangu’s creation are also very attractive to domestic and foreign tourists." Tong Yun, general manager of Pangu Cultural Tourism Scenic Area, said that the reconstruction project of Pangu Temple has been basically completed, and there are supporting attractions such as Pangugou, Pangu Tomb, Pangutan, Pangujing, 100-acre jujube tree and 1,000-acre pear garden nearby. The traditional temple fair on March 3 and September 9 constitutes the main attraction of Pangu culture. At that time, tourists from all over the country will gather in Pangu’s hometown to share the feast of Chinese culture.
In order to fully explore the connotation of Pangu culture and make use of the tourism elements of Pangu Temple, the scenic spot continuously enriches the cultural remains of Pangu Temple and strengthens the construction of Pangu cultural infrastructure. Tong Yun introduced that the scenic spot is currently planning to build a Pangu cultural and commercial street from Pangu Temple to the county seat, and build Pangu Temple into a comprehensive tourist area integrating religious activities, commercial operations, culture and entertainment.
"By constantly excavating the richness and inclusiveness of Pangu culture, we will carry out activities of seeking ancestors and offering sacrifices, so as to promote the development of religious cultures such as Qingxian Juedao Zhuangqingyunguan, Gengguantun Dizang Temple and Kannonji, the tomb of the dutiful son, and create a religious and cultural shrine in North China." Tong Yun said.
More than 20 kinds, receiving nearly 300,000 tourists and diners each year. Wen Jiaxue, manager of the scenic spot of Sima Manor, said that tourists can not only watch the vegetables in each season, but also pick them themselves and feel the joy of harvest. Not only can you feel the idyllic scenery, but you can also taste healthy and pure delicious food at the farm table.
Since 2009, on the existing basis, the park has continued to develop vegetable varieties in vegetable gardens, expanded the organic planting area of vegetables, planted ornamental plant varieties such as rape blossoms, expanded the scale of the park, and increased the routes and activities of visiting and picking. Wen Jiaxue introduced that the scenic spot has continuously strengthened the construction of tourism infrastructure, standardized the signs of scenic spots, and built a standard parking lot for 4A scenic spots; Building tourist service centers, tourist hotels, conference reception centers, etc. Do a good job in attracting investment and developing water tourism projects in Sima Zhuang.
Located in the easternmost part of Qingxian County, Qingshuibai Leisure Agriculture Sightseeing Park is based on its own agricultural natural resources, production resources and rural traditional culture, relying on the existing special dishes and melon and fruit planting, and through the construction of pits and ponds, melon and fruit vegetable bases and rural tourist attractions in the village, it creates a rural tourism sightseeing park integrating ecological sightseeing, rural tourism, experience of agricultural production and life and leisure and entertainment functions.
Wang Chunjie, general manager of Qingshuibai Leisure Agriculture Sightseeing Park, said that at present, the scenic spot has taken initial shape. In addition to picking various vegetables and fruits, animal breeding and ornamental plants, 50 Japanese-style wooden houses are currently under construction, and the artificial beach water play project will be put into use this summer.
In addition, in Qingxian County, visitors can also try original ecological leisure agricultural products such as special vegetables, Pangu Yali pear, Yangjiao Crispy, Jinsixiaozao, Dongzao, Xiaofang Niudong dish, Erbao chicks, a drop of fragrant sesame oil, Tongjuxiang Kaitian wine, and small pieces of mahogany furniture.
Department linkage, planning ahead of time, safe order is guaranteed.
"In order to ensure the smooth development of this year’s Tourism Festival, the relevant departments of the Qingxian government in Hebei Province have worked together to formulate a scientific and perfect festival activity plan in advance." The relevant person in charge of the Qingxian government introduced that during this tourism festival, the tourism department of Qingxian cooperated with public security, transportation, fire protection and other relevant departments to carry out all-weather patrols in key areas, key time nodes and passenger flow gathering places, and to prevent, plan and nip in the bud all security risks in advance, so as to provide the general public with a distinctive, safe and orderly holiday feast.
At the same time, in order to welcome tourists from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other parts of the country, during the Tourism Festival, various departments of Qingxian County carried out comprehensive inspections and trainings on fire protection, hygiene, safety and service in advance in various scenic spots, rural tourist spots and homestays, which further improved the service awareness and level of tourism-related employees and ensured that tourists enjoyed a safe, warm and happy journey in Qingxian County.