[Explanation] Linquan County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province has the reputation of "China's Acrobatic Hometown". Acrobatics practitioners are distributed all over the country.
Today, as a national intangible cultural heritage, Linquan Acrobatics has formed an industry. Through market guidance and continuous innovation, it transforms acrobatics cultural resources into tourism products, promotes the development of the local cultural tourism industry, and builds Changguan Town into a unique industry. A characteristic "acrobatic town".
[Concurrent] Cheng Xiaoman, Deputy Mayor of Changguan Town, Linquan County, Fuyang City
Focusing on a cultural core area such as acrobatics town, we are also developing outwards, focusing on building our rural tourism, and also expanding our tourism pattern. This will not only allow our masses to come to the chief (town), but also To experience the acrobatics culture is a kind of enjoyment, and at the same time, it also allows our masses to come to Changguan Town, feel our rural tourism, feel our Changguan Town such a different environment, and a change in various aspects. .
[Explanation] It is understood that the overall plan of the acrobatics town in Changguan Town, Linquan County, Fuyang City is 148.65 mu, with a total investment of 503 million yuan. A multicultural tourist characteristic town with red culture and local opera culture.
At present, the acrobatics town is not only a place for local villagers to settle down, but also a stage for them to show local characteristics and regional culture to the outside world.
[Concurrent] Zhang Lulu, acrobat of Linmei Acrobatics Troupe, Linquan County, Fuyang City
Because I prefer acrobatics, I will stick to it no matter how hard I work. The main thing is to rehearse wonderful performances for everyone to see through my own efforts, so that everyone can feel the unique charm of acrobatics and get a close understanding of our Linquan acrobatics.
[Explanation] According to reports, Linquan acrobatics was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty and prevailed in the Han Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a far-reaching acrobatics team.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Linquan’s acrobatics groups had spread all over China.
In recent years, the county has accelerated the construction of a strong tourism county, promoted the healthy and orderly development of tourism in the whole region, deeply explored the cultural connotation and resource advantages of tourism, based on the rural revitalization strategy, focused on key cultural tourism projects, helped poverty alleviation, strengthened the actual effect of work, and the tourism work has been steadily Advance.
[Concurrent] Cheng Xiaoman, Deputy Mayor of Changguan Town, Linquan County, Fuyang City
The construction of acrobatics towns has also further promoted the sustainable development of our local culture, tourism and business, and of course it has also provided our local people with more opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, and increased the income of our local people. .
[Explanation] Ma Lin is a villager in Changguan Town, Linquan County. He has been engaged in the sales of cooked beef for more than 20 years. He told reporters that in the past, beef sales were limited to a radius of 4 to 5 kilometers, and the income was only enough for daily expenses. The town has opened stores, there are more tourists, and business is getting better every year.
[Concurrent] Ma Lin, a villager in Changguan Town, Linquan County, Fuyang City
In the past two years since the establishment of the town last year, I have personally experienced that the beef in our house has been sold more, and it is like returning from a part-time job. Because there is a small town in this place, they come back to play and give it to the people here. The business has brought about two to three times more sales than in previous years.
[Explanation] According to Cheng Xiaoman, there are currently 25,000 acrobatics practitioners in Linquan County, distributed among nearly 1,000 acrobatics teams across the country.
Since the opening of the Acrobatic Town in 2019, Changguan Town has received nearly 560,000 tourists annually, with tourism revenue of 56 million yuan, and 49,000 tourism-related workers.
[Concurrent] Cheng Xiaoman, Deputy Mayor of Changguan Town, Linquan County, Fuyang City
In the next step, our Changguan Town also wants to use the power of rural revitalization, and to further develop, improve the infrastructure of our Changguan Town, as well as the spiritual outlook of our entire market town and the village, including our environmental improvement. The pattern of global tourism development has been incorporated into the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Changguan Town, and ultimately we want to help the development of our entire Changguan Town's rural revitalization.
Liu Honghe and Li Yang report from Fuyang, Anhui
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]