(China Poverty Reduction Stories) Hunan's Millennium Ancient Town "Touch the Net": Scenery Renewed

  China News Service, Xiangxi, July 13 Telegram title: Hunan's millennium ancient town "touch the net": the scenery as old life renovation

  Author Liu Man Xu Zhixiong

  The 26-year-old scenic instructor Qin Xiao will provide explanation services for nearly a hundred tourists a day at the peak tourist season of Furong Town, Yongshun County, Xiangxi, Hunan, a "millennium ancient town hanging on a waterfall."

  "Many of them are young tourists who came to punch cards after seeing them on the webcast and short video APP. I took them to visit the entire scenic area and introduced natural scenery, historical humanities and folk customs along the way." This job can help her every month Bringing more than 3000 yuan (RMB, the same below) income, "Tired and happy."

  Furong Town, formerly known as Wang Village, was the ancient capital of the chieftain before 1135 AD. A waterfall with a drop of tens of meters in the ancient town fell down from it in two levels. Tujia Diaojiaomulou was built next to the waterfall. The natural scenery is beautiful and unique; in the 1980s, the film "Furong Town" directed by Xie Jin was here. It was known to the world for framing, so it was renamed.

  In recent years, Furong Town has fully exploited resources such as nature, history and culture, and joined hands with Hunan Huaxia Investment Group to actively "touch the net" with the help of film and television propaganda and new media channels to develop a characteristic cultural tourism industry. More and more villagers are eating "tourism" at their doorstep rice".

  Qin Xiao’s hometown is in Shidi Town, not far from Furong Town. In the past, a family squeezed into a humble wooden house and depended on their father for farming to support their livelihoods. They often walked a few kilometers more to save the fare. In 2013, she danced in the county art troupe and her monthly salary was less than 1,000 yuan. She married in Furong Town and went to work on the spot.

  "At that time, there were more than 1,000 tourists every day, mainly middle-aged and elderly people." Qin Xiao introduced that as the characteristic beauty of Furong Town was promoted through webcasts and short video websites, more young tourists came to "punch", the day before the outbreak There are more than 20,000 people when the largest number of tourists.

  Qin Xiao also opened a short video account. In his spare time, he made some special cultural performances such as hand-waving dances, slap-ups, crying marriages, and souvenir production. At present, there are more than 3,000 "fans", and the highest video playback is more than 70,000 times. .

  With natural scenery as the main line, spend a lot of money to transform and design the night scene lights of the scenic area, renovate the old Diaojiaolou to open characteristic boutique hotels and restaurants, set up a professional new media team to shuttle daily to produce small videos in the scenic area, and absorb the employment of poor households to the greatest extent...Hunan Zhong Fei, chairman of Huaxia Investment Group, introduced that in 2019, Furong Town has accumulated more than 10 billion hits on major short video and live broadcast platforms; it has received more than 2.8 million tourists and received 100 million yuan in ticket revenue, and more than 400 people Villagers work in scenic spots operating companies, and more than 2,000 villagers benefit from industries such as homestays and restaurants.

  "Now my mother-in-law is engaged in the catering industry, my father-in-law works as a boatman in the "first drift of the world" Mengdong River, and my husband and I work in the scenic area." Qin Xiao told reporters that the family's life is getting better and better, not only adding a car I also plan to buy another commercial house in the town.

  Qu Zhangxun’s boutique bed and breakfast in the scenic area was decorated with nostalgia. Posters of the movie "Furong Town" were published in Chinese, Japanese, English, and German. The movie was screened every day in the open-air cinema in the courtyard, thus becoming a "punch" for netizens. Ground. He said that in the modern online world, Furong Town, which emerged from classic movies, attracted visitors from all directions with its unique charm.

  Today, walking into Furong Town, the winding and deep alleys, the Tujia hanging wooden houses near Yishui River and the Wuli Long Street paved with blue stone plates are full of pure and simple ethnic customs. Young tourists wearing trendy hair bands and holding selfie sticks walked through the path under the big waterfall, and were seated in shops that used prefixes such as "Douyin" and "Net Red". As night fell, the vocals burst into flames.

  Zhong Fei said that in the future, cultural genes and cultural elements will be refined as the core, and the "cultural tourism +" mode will be further opened to release local geographical advantages, integrate surrounding high-quality scenic resources, and make every effort to upgrade to create a tourist destination in northwestern Hunan. (Finish)