Urumqi, 4 April (Zhongxin Net) -- "Uncle Hawthorn, pack me another box of hawthorn fruits. ”

"Uncle Hawthorn, do you still have hawthorn paste?"

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The "uncle hawthorn" in everyone's mouth is Dong Shunlun, an employee of the eighth company of the 2016th Regiment of the <>th Regiment of the Second Division of the Xinjiang Corps, and he is also the person in charge of the Hawthorn Customs Garden in Yishouyuan in Tiemenguan City. Since its opening in <>, the garden has been continuously improved to form an ecological estate integrating leisure, sightseeing, picking, catering and accommodation. Dong Shunlun also integrated hawthorn planting and style garden management into a set of ecological "cycling" to get rich.

At present, Dong Shunlun is taking advantage of the sunny weather to prune hawthorn flower buds and clean up dead branches and leaves in the garden in preparation for the first wave of tourists of the year.

The reporter saw that Dong Shunlun's breeding industry is also very rich, with seven or eight kinds of domestic animals, such as cattle, sheep, chickens, and rabbits. "It is mainly to provide catering for the style garden, and tourists come to taste fresh." Dong Shunlun said that to give tourists the best experience, in order to continue to have repeat customers.

During the off-season, Dong Shunlun concentrates on farming, during which he sells free-range chickens and eggs to regular customers. The manure produced by raising livestock can be used as fertilizer in hawthorn orchards.

Since March, Dong Shunlun has planted vegetables in the vegetable garden so that tourists can pick them when they come to play. "From April and May, tourists gradually come to experience it, and after the hawthorn matures in October, many tourists will come to see, taste and buy."

In autumn, tourists play under hawthorn trees (infographic). Photo by Annie Ji

Planting and breeding combined with the development of leisure tours, the cycle repeats every year. Dong Shunlun's ecological hawthorn garden not only satisfies the tourists' experience, but also fills his "pockets".

"Every year, eighty percent of the hawthorn is picked, and I make some hawthorn products for tourists who come to visit. Breeding this area, about 2022,20 chickens can be sold every year. Dong Shun said that the net income in <> will be about <>,<> yuan.

When asked why hawthorn, which was unpopular in the local area, Dong Shunlun said, "In 2005, the company called on everyone to plant fruit trees, and many of them planted jujube, apple, and pear trees. I planted 15 acres of medicinal hawthorn imported from Shandong by the company, and I thought it would sell well. ”

Ba Lian is located on the bank of the Kaidu River, and its natural resources are suitable for fruit tree cultivation. Under the careful management of Dong Shunlun, ripe hawthorn has thick flesh and sweet fruit, and is favored as soon as it is on the market. However, due to the single sales channel, some hawthorn is still unsold every year.

In 2015, after seeing Dong Shunlun's hawthorn garden, the "Visit Huiju" team instructed Dong Shunlun to operate a customs garden here and develop tourism picking. In September of that year, with the help of the task force, Dong Shunlun began to carry out hawthorn style garden picking activities, and the hawthorn was sold out that year.

Dong Shunlun told reporters that after the Hawthorn Customs Garden officially opened, "many local people have not seen the hawthorn picking style garden, and the fruit taste is good, and there are more tourists." ”

In recent years, with the rise of Xinjiang's cultural tourism industry, the local government has increased its support for Dong Shunlun. Every festival such as "May Day" and "Eleventh", the regiment's cultural, sports, radio and television service center organizes staff to open live broadcasts and attract traffic to Hawthorn Garden, attracting tourists from Korla, Tiemenguan and surrounding regimental yards.

"The eighth company plans to build an asphalt road from the company headquarters to the Hawthorn Style Garden to further enhance the experience of tourists coming to the Hawthorn Customs Garden." The relevant person in charge of the regiment said.

To be rich and diligent. Relying on winter breeding and summer tourism, I believe that the "Hawthorn Uncle" Dong Shunlun's road to prosperity has a bright future. (End)