China News Service, Fuzhou, September 29th. Title: Compatriots in Rongtai and Taiwan, traveling in Lianjiang, admiring the bright moon, recounting homesickness, and deepening cross-strait tourism exchange
Author Yan Xu
"During the festive season, we can't easily return to Taiwan. During the epidemic, we can't easily return to Taiwan. Tonight, standing in Dinghai Bay and looking across Matsu, you can also relieve the feeling of homesickness." Chen Yiting, President of the Fuzhou Taiwanese Investment Enterprise Association Said on the evening of the 29th.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, with the theme of "Kissing Matsu and Ossing Homesickness", the representatives of Taiwanese businessmen and Taiwan compatriots in Rongjiang celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Moon Appreciation Party was held in Dinghai Bay on the Huangqi Peninsula of Lianjiang.
Dinghaiwan and Matsu are separated by a strip of water. From the mountain and sea sports town of Dinghaiwan, where the event is held, you can clearly see Matsu which is only 8.2 nautical miles away.
More than 20 Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwanese compatriots, and Taiwanese in Banyan gathered here to enjoy singing and dancing performances, admire the bright moon together, and narrate family love and hometown together, and they also carried out painting and calligraphy on the spot to send their wishes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
More than 20 Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwanese compatriots, and Taiwanese in Banyan gathered here to enjoy singing and dancing performances, admire the bright moon together, and narrate family love and hometown together, and they also carried out painting and calligraphy on the spot to send their wishes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Photo by Wang Dongming
Chen Yiting, who came to Dinghai Bay for the first time, said that the Lianjiang River is close to the sea and the marine resources are rich. This should be a highlight in the construction of "Fuzhou on the Sea".
He looked forward to the joint efforts of the industries on both sides of the strait to combine the tourism resources of Dinghai Bay and Matsu to create a well-known tourism destination on both sides of the strait.
Dinghai Bay Mountain and Sea Sports Town is a tourism complex project developed and constructed in 2017, relying on the advantages of mountains and seas, highlighting the characteristics of Taiwan, and creating the core area of coastal tourism around Matsu'ao.
Zhang Chuanzhen, the office director of Fujian Dinghaiwan Industrial Co., Ltd., came to the mainland to study and work from Taiwan in 2003.
She said that taking the "Huangqi-Matsu" route from Fuzhou to Huangqi requires passing Dinghai Bay, which is also a place with great scenery along the road.
"However, this year due to the reduction in tourists due to the epidemic, tourism exchanges have almost been interrupted." Zhang Chuanzhen expressed the hope that tourism exchanges and cooperation between Fuzhou and Matsu can return to the pre-epidemic state as soon as possible.
Since the opening of the "Huangqi-Matsu" passenger route, the exchanges and cooperation between Lianjiang and Matsu folks, as well as economic, cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation, have become increasingly close.
However, since February 10 this year, the "Huangqi-Matsu" passenger route has been suspended, causing serious damage to the Matsu tourism industry and inconvenient communication among the people.
The picture shows Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwanese compatriots and representatives from Taiwan visiting the ancient residence of Sanluocuo in Danyang, a pilot project of exchange and cooperation at Lianma B&B.
Photo by Wang Dongming
Liu Lianguan, director of the Fuzhou Office of the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association Shanghai Office, expressed the hope that the "mini three links" routes will resume as soon as possible and will cooperate with the corresponding tourism cooperation promotion.
The villagers of Matsu have always liked to come to Fuzhou for sightseeing and hope that the "one-day life circle" will reappear in the two places as soon as possible.
On the same day, Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwanese compatriots, and representatives of Taiwanese also visited the first batch of Fujian-Taiwan rural tourism experimental base Tianzhu Village, the Lianma B&B exchange and cooperation pilot Danyang Sanluocuo ancient residence.
Located in Banding Village, Danyang Town, Lianjiang County, the ancient residence of Sanluocuo is an ancient residence with a history of more than 400 years.
A planning team joined by a Taiwanese designer has turned it into a homestay with a renovated exterior and a simple and comfortable interior.
According to Zhao Henglei, the relevant person in charge of the Sanluochuo ancient dwellings project, before the outbreak, the Sanluochuo ancient dwellings and the Matsu homestay industry had close exchanges and mutual learning. Almost every month, teams from Matsu took the "mini three links" route. For research and visits, the ancient houses of Sanluocuo often cooperate with Matsu homestay operators and recommend customers to each other.
"The tourism and homestay industries have been hit hard by the epidemic, and they are gradually picking up recently, and even our bookings for the National Day holiday this year are more popular than last year." Zhao Henglei said that Taiwan's homestay industry is developed and hopes to resume the "mini three links" routes as soon as possible to deepen the cooperation with the Matsu industry. Communication, learning and cooperation.
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