China News Service, Beihai, April 27 (Zhai Liqiang) After night fell, an "ancient port" by the Lianzhou Bay in Beihai, Guangxi, was lit up with lights. Citizens dressed in ancient costumes came and went, and businessmen from various countries in strange costumes walked through it. , boats travel in the harbour.

The harsh eunuchs were intimidating and making things difficult for the people selling dustpans in the block, and the angry tourists had itchy teeth.

This is the "world fireworks" presented at the first port of Haisi in the Beihai Sea on the evening of the 26th, reproducing the prosperous market of Hepu as the departure port of the Maritime Silk Road thousands of years ago. It is like traveling through time and space.

Photo by Zhai Li Qiang when an exotic caravan arrives in Hong Kong

　　Hepu was the starting port of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty. According to historical records, the land route started from Chang'an (now Xi'an), passed through Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and then entered the Xiangjiang River from Hunan, and then went to Guangxi, through the Lijiang River and the Nanliu River, to Hepu. Sail out to sea through Hepu Port and start a sea silk journey.

As a result, Hepu Port has developed into one of the necessary ports for China and even the entire East Asian mainland to the coastal routes of Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Tourists interact with "vendors".

Photo by Zhai Liqiang

　　The first port of the Maritime Silk Road, with a total investment of 3.9 billion yuan, is a key project of Beihai City to develop a cultural and tourism industry of 100 billion yuan. With the Han Dynasty Maritime Silk Road starting port of Hepu as the core of construction, it integrates the cultural experience of the Maritime Silk Road, panoramic interactive life performances, A national AAAA-level tourist attraction integrating leisure tourism and eco-tourism, it has created a variety of formats such as night tours, night performances, night banquets, night shopping, and night entertainment with Haisi culture and local characteristics.

　　In the streets, shops, plazas, docks, etc. of Haisi First Port, actors, merchants, and staff are distributed freely, and they are integrated into the port market in the form of life.

Around the tourists, there are close-range theatrical performances that appear from time to time, telling stories about "Silk Road trade, port life, and the return of Zhuhai to Hepu". Tourists can participate and interact at any time, and experience the prosperous market life of the thousand-year-old departure port at close range.

"Hepu Prefect" petitioned for the people.

Photo by Zhai Liqiang

　　Beihai is a well-known coastal tourist city. In recent years, the local area has given full play to its advantages in cultural and tourism resources, and promoted the development, transformation and upgrading of the cultural and tourism industry at a high level.

　　It is understood that Beihai is currently focusing on building an international coastal tourist resort, improving the development level of the cultural tourism industry, cultivating and expanding the "tourism +" business format, and promoting the construction of a high-quality Beihai and a charming Beihai.

In the past five years, Beihai has dug deep into the open historical and cultural resources, built the "Silk Road Ancient Port" brand, supported the development of the coastal cultural tourism industry with project construction, and vigorously promoted 94 cultural tourism projects with a total investment of more than 150 billion yuan. Brigade project construction new climax.

"Fisherwoman" dressed in ancient costumes in Haisi Shougang Photo by Zhai Liqiang

　　Cai Jinjun, Secretary of the Beihai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, introduced that the Beihai Silver Beach Scenic Spot, which has been renovated and upgraded to a high standard, has created the first Haisi first port in the country for interactive and immersive panoramic performances, Weizhou Island, which has successfully created a national 5A-level scenic spot, and the Yinji Cultural Tourism Project. The new pattern of Beihai tourism has been fundamentally changed over the years.

In the past five years, Beihai has received a total of 215 million tourists, an average annual growth rate of 17.77%, and tourism consumption of 274 billion yuan.

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