China News Service, Jiaxing, March 16 (Hu Fengsheng and Huang Yanjun) How many emotions can a fruit carry?
It can be the nostalgia of "sweet as wine" written by Jin Yong, or the melancholy scratches left on Xi Shi's fingertips, and witnessed the ancient wars between Wu and Yue for hegemony and hand-to-hand combat.
This "living fossil" of fruit that has been cultivated for more than 2,500 years is known as the "most romantic fruit".
On March 16th, with the warmth of spring and the flowers blooming and the orioles flying and the grass growing, thousands of acres of cypress trees in Taoyuan Village, Wutong Street, Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province ushered in the flowering season. The interesting and informative 6th Tongxiang cypress tree cultural festival opened, attracting tourists from all over the world to go to the "Spring Festival". "Come about".
The beautiful scenery meets the ancient charm, creating a picture of spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.
Visitors experience the "Flying Flower Order" at the garden party.
Photo by Huang Yanjun
"While focusing on a relaxed and cheerful rhythm, this year's Jali Cultural Festival strives to be elegant and elegant. Starting from the opening event, the annual romantic moment will be opened in the form of a cultural walk." Shi Zhenxing, Secretary of the Wutong Street Party Committee Said that the local area is committed to presenting a feast of art, culture and aesthetics to everyone.
For many people, the word "槜" may feel unfamiliar when they first see it. After learning that its pronunciation is the same as "zui", they immediately feel the taste on their tongues.
The earliest records of 槜李 can be found in the Spring and Autumn Annals.
Du Yu noted in "Spring and Autumn" that "there is Chali City in the southwest of Jiaxing County, Wu County, and its real estate is named after the good plums." The Chali City here is today's Taoyuan Village, Tongxiang, and this place has become the only place of origin of plums.
The rare but precious tangerine plum is known as "the best of all plums". Its flesh is particularly sweet, and the way to eat it is quite unique: gently rub the fruit, bite open a small mouth, and then suck the sweet juice.
In the past, there were only a few cherry plum trees and it was difficult to grow them. It once became an endangered tree species in Zhejiang Province. With careful local care, the planting area of plum trees in Taoyuan Village has reached more than 1,800 acres, with nearly 600 households cultivating it.
Nowadays, this fruit that has "traveled through thousands of years" is exuding new sweetness through the excavation and inheritance of local culture.
At the spring garden party in Taoyuan Village, "Xi Shi" and "Fan Li" played the piano and danced by the stream; "Li Jun soldiers" patrolled everywhere to recruit soldiers; Song Yun dressed up as a "flower girl" and traveled through the streets and alleys, selling the first spring products. A flower.
There are trendy entertainment experiences such as stamp collection, cultural and creative peripherals, and food markets, as well as ancient interests such as throwing pots, drawing paper kites, and flying flower orders.
"Flower girls" dressed in Song Dynasty costumes sell the first flowers of spring.
Photo by Huang Yanjun
"In a few days, the plum blossoms will bloom. I must put on a hairpin and Hanfu and come to Taoyuan Village to check in." Zhao Chengcheng, a "post-00s" girl, said with emotion. The lively and interesting performances and interactions seemed to entertain tourists. Weaving a beautiful dream that can be immersed in.
From Wuyue's Spring and Autumn Roaming to modern rural life, Taoyuan Village's rural businesses have been constantly renovated because of this "thousand-year famous fruit".
In recent years, the area has not only introduced conventional businesses such as kayaking, B&Bs, catering, and picnics, but also attracted cultural and tourism industries such as Jiangnan Cocoon Painting Art Expo and Taoli Manyuan Research Base, and built a thousand-acre Taoli Garden. The aerial landscape plank road builds an agricultural, cultural and tourism industry cluster that integrates regional characteristics, industrial characteristics and cultural characteristics.
The large plum blossoms in full bloom are as white as snow.
Photo courtesy of Tongxiang Propaganda Department
Flowers bloom in March, sprout in April, mature in May, and ripen in June for early taste. The Plum Culture Festival will last until mid-2024.
"The temperature was a little low in the past two days and the flowers bloomed a little slowly. Now that the weather is getting warmer, the plum blossoms are expected to bloom in large areas next week." Ling Feng, secretary of the Party branch of Taoyuan Village and director of the village committee, is full of expectations.
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