China News Service, Xinjiang Yingjisha, March 31 (Tian Yalian and Ma Xiaodong) A period of good spring cannot be hidden, with apricot blossoms slanting on the pink walls. On the 30th, the 2024 Yingjisha County Spring Flower Appreciation Garden Party and Cultural Tourism Promotion Event kicked off. Tourists from both inside and outside Xinjiang gathered at the "China's largest apricot garden" to watch singing and dancing, appreciate the fragrance of apricots, appreciate food, and enjoy the spring.
On the 30th, the 2024 Yingisha County Spring Flower Appreciation Garden Party and Cultural Tourism Activities Promotion Event kicked off. The picture shows the opening ceremony. Photo by Ma Xiaodong
At the opening ceremony, wonderful singing and dancing performances took turns. "I am the lead dancer in the opening dragon and lion dance performance, and I am very proud that tourists coming to Yingisha can see my performance." 13-year-old lead dancer Abdulzail Tursun said, hoping Everyone came to his hometown to see the apricot blossoms.
Han Dejian, a tourist from Kashgar City, said: "Every year when the apricot blossoms bloom, I come to Yingisha. Compared with previous years, I feel that this year's spring flower garden party is larger in scale and richer in content." As a photography enthusiast, he said , the apricot orchard in Yingisha is large-scale, and the apricot flowers are blooming at this time, which is a good time for photography.
Yingjisha County is located at the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains and the western edge of the Tarim Basin. At present, its apricot orchard area has reached more than 178,000 acres, making it the area with the largest apricot planting area in China. The orchard area has reached 162,000 acres, with a total output of 41,020 tons and an output value of 328 million yuan. It has basically formed an industry for flower appreciation and picking. An apricot industry chain integrating apricot, sales and deep processing.
On the 30th, the 2024 Yingjisha County Spring Flower Appreciation Garden Party and Cultural Tourism Promotion Event kicked off. The picture shows tourists admiring flowers and taking photos in an apricot orchard in Hasakla Erike Village, Qolepan Township, Yingjisha County. Photo by Ma Xiaodong
Talking about the series of cultural tourism activities of this spring flower appreciation and garden party, Aimaiti Turhong, deputy secretary of the Yingisha County Party Committee and county magistrate, said that in the form of flower appreciation and garden party, it aims to allow tourists to enjoy the beauty of nature and taste the charm of life. , Carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. He introduced that in order to comprehensively display the "Hometown of Semaiti Apricots in China", create the brand of "China's largest apricot orchard", and enhance the tourism visibility and reputation of Yingisha County, this series of activities also prepared apricot blossom concerts and trade fairs , bonfire party, night light show, etc., we hope to allow everyone to immerse themselves in a visual, auditory and taste feast.
In recent years, with the strong support of the Jining Xinjiang Aid Headquarters, Yingjisha County has taken "cultural and tourism integration" as the starting point to continue to carry out special cultural and tourism activities and deeply tap the county's cultural and tourism resources. With the holding of many spring flower viewing garden parties, "Yingjisha apricot" is loved by more and more people. Every year, a large number of fresh apricots and dried apricots, preserved apricots, almonds and other white apricot products are sold all over the country, known as "Yingjisha apricot". The forest fruit industry, dominated by Yingjisha apricot, has become a pillar industry in the county.
Wang Qing, deputy leader of the cultural publicity group of the Shandong Jining Xinjiang Aid Headquarters, told reporters that they will take this spring flower appreciation garden party as an opportunity to continue to increase capital investment and further focus on characteristic industries to continue to shape the "Yingjisha Xing" brand in depth. Excavate and utilize the traditional historical culture of the "intangible cultural heritage town" and "China's largest apricot orchard" to inject new vitality into the high-quality development of Yingjisha cultural tourism industry. (over)