China News Service, Liancheng, Fujian, October 29 (Zhang Jinchuan, Gong Wen, Yan Xu) "More and more tourism and research teams are being received." Located in the Peitian Ancient Village Scenic Spot in Xuanhe Township, Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, The tour guide Wu Kaimei took a tourist team to visit the ancient houses.
The quaint Hakka architecture, enthusiastic Hakka people, strong Hakka customs and farming and studying civilization arouse the interest of tourists.
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With the recovery of tourism in the post-epidemic era, the ancient village of Peitian has attracted tourists.
Wu Kaimei has been working as a tour guide in her hometown for 7 years. She laughed and said that she liked the job very much. Compared with working outside before, she can now take care of her family and promote her beautiful hometown.
The entrance of Peitian Ancient Village Scenic Spot.
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Peitian Village has a history of more than 800 years. So far, it has preserved more than 30 "Nine Halls and Eighteen Wells" pattern Gaotang Huawu and 21 ancestral halls. It is called "Hakka Manor" and "Folk Forbidden City". It is a well-known Chinese history. Cultural village.
In recent years, Peitian Village has protected, developed, and utilized ancient villages, revived the culture of farming and reading, integrated culture and tourism to attract tourists, and at the same time promoted poverty alleviation through industry and promoted rural revitalization.
Many villagers who went out went back to their hometowns to live and work in peace and contentment and participate in the joint creation of the village.
"Passion fruit not only brings economic income, but also brings happiness." Wu Wanfang, a villager who relies on the passion fruit industry to support poverty alleviation, said his personal experience.
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"Let's take a look at the local products." Wu Huayu, a villager who returned to his hometown last year, opened two "Hakka souvenir" shops in the village.
When the reporter saw her, she was warmly greeting the visitors.
This year's "Double Eleven" is approaching, and she has also started to promote her hometown's native products in WeChat Moments, rushing to grab the "Double Eleven" online shopping opportunities.
With working experience as a store manager in a supermarket, she has managed the small store very well.
She also lived in a new house, bought a new car, and enjoyed the current slow life. "Life is comfortable, leisurely and free, and she drives out to travel when she has time."
Wu Wanfang works in the passion fruit garden.
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According to Wu Zaiyang, secretary of the Party branch of Peitian Village, the new life of the villagers benefited from the protection and development of the ancient village.
Since 2000, Peitian Village has repaired the streets, side ditches and old houses of the ancient villages, built tourist roads, improved environmental sanitation, and continued to promote the comprehensive improvement projects of the ancient villages.
In order to solve the problem of overcrowding in the village and the protection of ancient houses, Peitian Village concentrated on building new villages outside the ancient villages to guide villagers to open homestays and operate "farmhouses".
The ancient village of Peitian Village attracts many tourists to visit.
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"At the beginning of development, tourists came here for simple sightseeing, and they couldn't keep them when they came. Later, we realized that we needed to show tourists the historical culture and cultural customs behind the ancient buildings to make the ancient village alive." Wu Zaiyang said.
Peitian Village has deeply explored the Hakka culture and red culture of the "Heirloom of Farming and Reading", enriching the elements of folk culture in the scenic area, and establishing Hakka community colleges, restoring the traditional Spring Plowing Festival, and opening public cafeterias for the elderly to realize the living inheritance of Hakka style.
Wu Zaiyang told reporters that Peitian research tourism products that focus on visiting ancient buildings, experiencing ecological farming, experiencing intangible cultural heritage projects, and understanding red history are popular, with more than 10,000 research visitors each year; in 2019, Peitian Ancient Village Scenic Spot Over 200,000 tourists have been received.
At the same time as tourism development, Peitian Village is planning the third phase of the construction of new villages, research and education bases, and commercial streets, and promote the cultivation of rapeseed, sunflower, lotus and other ornamental crops and passion fruit in accordance with local conditions to cultivate new growth points for villagers’ income.
After graduating from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics in 2016, 28-year-old Wu Jianxin chose to return to his hometown to engage in e-commerce, selling local agricultural products such as passion fruit and dried sweet potatoes.
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In 2016, Peitian Village established a passion fruit industry support base to provide seedlings, planting technology and financial support to poor households.
Benefiting from this, villager Wu Wanfang planted 10 mu of passion fruit, increasing his income by tens of thousands of yuan a year (RMB, the same below). “Passion fruit not only increases income, but also brings happiness.”
Once the ancient village is alive, the villagers' lives will pass the better.
In the village, there are 10 poor households like Wu Wanfang who planted passion fruit to get rid of poverty, and more than 70 villagers run "farmhouses."
Wu Jianxin, 28, returned to Peitian after graduating from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics to engage in e-commerce, selling passion fruit, dried sweet potatoes and other local agricultural products online.
"In the peak season, the income is more than 5,000 yuan a month." He is full of confidence and is ready to participate in the live broadcast of the goods. "Peitian Village is getting better and better, and the development of youth returning to the hometown has become a trend." (End)