China News Service, Jilin, July 10 (Chai Jiaquan Li Hui) The pale yellow tiles and white railings are exquisite and beautiful in architecture full of Russian style, like a miniature castle. Beside the road, painted matryoshka dolls guide visitors to "Sophia Manor", "Volga Manor" and other places with a smiling face.

Li Jian tidy up the rooms in the house. Photo courtesy of Li Jian

　　In Nanyangtun, Sihe Village, a small town in Shulan City, Jilin Province, the reporter felt a strong "exotic color." After a lapse of half a year, this "Russian town" has finally reopened to welcome guests.

　　Nanyang Tun is surrounded by mountains and water and has a simple folk customs. The local villagers are keen to go to Russia to work hard and start a business. 60% of the villagers in the village work and do business in Russia. Relying on this unique human resource, Shulan City has concentrated its efforts on building a Russian town in Nanyang, showing Shulan's new tourist attractions, new rural highlights, and new consumption hot spots.

Li Jian returned from Russia and returned home to start a business. Photo courtesy of Li Jian

　　In order to better receive tourists, more than 140 families in Nanyangtun set up cooperatives, each of which contributed 20,000 yuan, and with the assistance and subsidies of the Shulan City Government, they soon dressed Nanyangtun from an ordinary village full of rich Exotic styles, tall Russian towers and doll models next to the village often attract passersby to stop and watch.

　　42-year-old Li Jian is an entrepreneur who returned home from Russia. She converted her house according to the designer's requirements and learned many recipes from her family to provide better services to tourists. "September and October are the peak tourist seasons every year, and the business is still good. Guests staying here, eating here, and playing here can provide us with income of tens of thousands of yuan a month." Li Jian said.

The houses in Nanyangtun were transformed into Russian style. Photo by Chai Jiaquan

　　Since 2018, the reputation of the Russian-style town of Nanyang has become increasingly popular, attracting many tourists to visit. Just as the town was preparing to increase investment, the new coronary pneumonia outbreak suddenly broke out, and the local had to press the pause button.

　　"Although we cannot accept tourists, there are still many things we can do. The reception capacity of the town is still inadequate. In the peak season, we are not able to deal with many customers. We seize the opportunity to transform the town and wait for the epidemic to subside. "" Li Jian said.

　　Painting the house, building a new Russian stove, and decorating the village with some exquisite decorations, Li Jian and other members of the cooperative continued to transform the town.

　　Finally, as the summer heat approached, Nanyang Tun ushered in the dawn of restart. Xu Zhaodong, the mayor of the small town in Shulan City, said that after the epidemic prevention and control work has been completed, Nanyangtun’s homestay tourism has gradually recovered, and the laughter of tourists once again floated over the town.

　　"I am still confident in the future. Although it is a lot more difficult, the epidemic will not make our town silent forever." Li Jian said. (Finish)