Dragon Tiger News (reporter Zhang Honghong, correspondent Peng Lu): "Every time this season, I miss the black rice. Today, there is something delicious and fun, and the village is very lively." The villagers of Wucunqiao said with a smile. On May 15, under the guidance of Lishui District Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Lishui District Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the People's Government of Hefeng Town, the theme tour activity of "Taste of Wucunqiao Village, Hefeng Town, and Nanjing Wucunqiao Rural Tourism Development Co., Ltd." The 2024 Wucunqiao and American Village Wufan Festival was held. The villagers enjoyed it, and many tourists came here to admire it.
Eating Black Rice and Spreading Intangible Cultural Heritage Show the Business Card of Folk Culture
Every year, on the seventh, eighth and ninth days of the fourth lunar month, the villagers of Wucunqiao Village in Hefeng Town will spontaneously organize traditional folk activities such as holding a dinner party and watching a big play, which has a history of about 500 years. "Hefeng Town, Lishui District, is a famous land of fish and rice. Wucunqiao Village, Hefeng District, has ten thousand mu of fertile land. It is the national green raw grain (rice) standardization production base, and the core production area of 'Jiangsu's best rice' and Fengnan Japonica 46 rice." The relevant person in charge of Hefeng Town said that high-quality Hefeng rice provides a congenital advantage for local black rice.
Wufan Festival is not only a feast of delicious food, but also a heritage of intangible cultural heritage. In recent years, Hefeng Town has been committed to the inheritance and promotion of intangible cultural heritage, deeply excavating, reaching out to the masses and invigorating the intangible cultural heritage, so that the intangible cultural heritage projects such as Wufan Club, Lishui white tea production technology, Yiqidun, trumpet lamp and wood carving technology of gods can glow with new vitality, and build a vivid cultural treasure for the local. At the event site, five intangible cultural heritage projects were awarded, including Wufan Club and Lishui White Tea Making Skills.
In the Qinhuai Meiyuan farmyard of Wucunqiao Village, villagers and tourists can creatively make black rice and experience local folk culture. There were also various activities at the scene, such as "stomach", "food appreciation", "plum", "food" and "black rice blind casting". Tourists were tasting black rice dumplings, black rice crisps, black rice cakes and other special foods of Hefeng. While enjoying the taste buds, they also learned about the local traditional production technology. In the black rice blind voting activity, Nanjing 46 was favored by the tourists present. "It tastes sweet, soft, glutinous, chewy, and has a rich taste, which is different from ordinary glutinous rice," said tourist Mr. Wang.
Enjoy the outdoor stage in early summer by watching big plays and going to the market
Wu Fan Hui can't do without singing a big opera. For three consecutive days, the "Wu Fan Hui Theater" located in Wucunqiao Village was full of good performances. Classical plays were performed heartily on the stage, and the audience was immersed in the sea of traditional arts, and from time to time burst into applause. "We old people like to listen to operas. I've been sitting here since midnight these two days. It's very convenient to be at home. People in the countryside can also chat together." When it comes to opera performance, the village folk music said.
It is worth mentioning that this Wufan Fair has also set up a special market in Chenguo Village, with a variety of stalls. Many local merchants, such as Welcome Agriculture, Fuhua Fruit Forest, Huacheng Vegetables, Yueya Lake Ecological Tea Industry, Flower Needle Maker and so on, gathered in one place. There were summer fruits such as watermelon, cherries, cherry tomatoes, characteristic snacks such as black rice balls and wine wine, as well as traditional handicrafts such as tiger shoes and bags. Traveling through the market, tourists feel the enthusiasm and vitality of Hefeng, and have a deeper understanding of Hefeng through products.
Focusing on projects and visiting "villages" to stimulate rural revitalization
At the event, the project of enriching the people and strengthening the village was successfully signed, which will continue to create a "new engine" for the development of Qinhuai Meiyuan and Yueya Lake tea industry. It is reported that in recent years, Hefeng Town, with the goal of promoting the common prosperity of farmers and rural areas, has been focusing on industrial characteristics, technology empowerment, brand strengthening of agriculture, integration of agriculture and tourism and other aspects, injecting "vitality" into the development of modern agriculture, and increasing "horsepower" for enriching people and villages. At the same time, Hefeng Town takes the rural characteristics as the fulcrum, unlocks the "new play method" of rural tourism, comprehensively connects Hefeng beautiful countryside, scenic spots, cultural tourism experience, etc., and meticulously plans four theme routes, including "wonderful summer and phoenix intangible heritage", "colorful summer and phoenix playing with water".
In addition, eight publicity ambassadors from all over Jiangsu were awarded certificates at the site of the dinner party, and loyal users of Qinhuai Plum Garden presented the scenic spot with banners. "I have been connected with Qinhuai Plum Garden for many years, and the plum flowers here are very attractive to me, and I will come and walk every spring..." The publicity ambassador of Qinhuai Plum Garden said that he would shoulder the important task of promoting Qinhuai Plum Garden in the future, so that more people can understand Qinhuai Plum Garden and go to Lishui and Phoenix.
Wucunqiao Village, as a model of harmonious countryside, was selected as the "2022 Beautiful Leisure Village in China", and Chenguo Village was rated as the "2023 Characteristic Rural Village in Jiangsu Province". In the future, Hefeng Town will continue to make efforts and innovations to build Wucun Bridge Wufan Fair into a more influential rural brand activity, and drive the rapid development of Hefeng's economy with "culture and tourism+".
