Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Tumen has now become a "hot topic."
Xinhua News Agency reporter Qi Leijie.
The auspicious time has come, palm lamp!Accompanied by the shouting of the palm lantern ceremony and the sound of gongs of Xue Baoxiang, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, tens of thousands of lanterns in Tumenguan Post Road Town, located in Luquan District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, were lit up one by one, and the entire scenic spot was instantly lit up.
Climb to the top of the town's tower and look down, and a variety of lanterns will decorate the antique streets and alleys. Visitors wander among them, visit the ancient town, enjoy the lanterns, ** dragon dance and iron flower performance, and enjoy the winter leisure time.
Tumen Pass is a pass on the ancient post road of the Qin Emperor. Starting from here through the lofty mountains and mountains, passing through Jingcheng, one of the eight Taihang mountains, you can go directly to the territory of Shanxi Province. As one of the throat roads leading from Shanxi and Shaanxi to the North China Plain, Tumen Pass used to be the "dry wharf of the three provinces" where merchants gathered, and it was also an important place for soldiers and soldiers. From the Qin and Han dynasties to **, there have been many wars here.
Nowadays, the ancient post road of stone paving in the area of Tumen Pass still exists, after many years of wheel rolling, horse hooves trampling, wind and rain erosion, the rut ditch marks on the stone road are clearly visible. In 2001, Tumen Pass became a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Hebei. In 2012, Tumen Pass was recognized as the Great Wall Resource of the Ming Dynasty (Great Wall Guanbao).
Walking into Dongtumen Village, you will be greeted by clean and tidy roads, scattered houses, and brightly colored murals, which are beautiful and livable everywhere. In 2017, Luquan District excavated historical and cultural resources and planned and built the Tumenguan Post Road Town Scenic Area. In the construction of scenic spots, the local government pays attention to strengthening the protection, development and utilization of cultural relics and ancient villages, promoting the integration of culture and tourism, and driving economic development.
Walk the ancient streets and alleys, see the beautiful scenery of the street lights, taste the special food, and enjoy the intangible cultural heritage performances ......Tumen Pass, the former pass of the Great Wall, has now become a popular tourist destination. "The Ming Great Wall Guanbao in Tumen Village in the east and west has now become a popular check-in place in the Tumenguan Post Road Town Scenic Area. Relying on the profound history and culture, we restore the prosperity of the dry wharf, promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, and bring the cultural relics to life. Bai Haiping, director of the Luquan District Cultural Relics Protection Management Institute, said.
At the beginning of December this year, the 6th Tumenguan Post Road Town Lantern Festival opened. The Tumen Lantern Festival has a long history and has been followed for many years. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the streets and alleys here are full of lanterns, which means auspiciousness. Nowadays, with the construction and development of the Tumenguan Post Road Town Scenic Area, the Lantern Festival has become a platform to attract tourists from all over the world and promote the integration of culture and tourism.
The lantern festival opens in early December and will continue throughout the winter. During the Lantern Festival, we will hold folk performances such as dragon dances and iron flowers, so that tourists can feel the cultural charm of the ancient town. Gao Rongfang, manager of the planning department of Tumenguan Post Road Town, said. Among them, the iron flower has the beautiful meaning of "playing flowers and flowers, and playing more and more". As the performers wave their arms, the molten iron turns into an air and the iron flowers fly all over the sky, which is gorgeous and dazzling, attracting many tourists to stop.
Covering an area of more than 200 acres, Tumenguan Post Road Town is a comprehensive cultural tourism resort integrating folk culture, natural landscape, characteristic commerce, amusement and entertainment, and leisure accommodation. The northern area of the town is dominated by the food and workshop culture of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei provinces, and there are craftsmen alleys where many handicraftsmen are gathered. The southern area is dominated by leisure experience, parent-child entertainment, intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, and accommodation, with teahouse squares, intangible cultural heritage streets, and leisure cafes.
Since it has been put into operation, Tumenguan Post Road Town has planned and held hundreds of theme activities such as the flash mob through ancient costumes, the folk customs experience of the old wedding banquet in Luquan, the embroidery building to recruit relatives, the folk temple fair, the ice and snow carnival, the Hanfu cultural festival, the beer festival, and the weekly food festival, which are welcomed by tourists. Last year, the town's income reached 23 million yuan. Since the beginning of this year, the town has received more than 1.18 million tourists.
The influx of tourists has provided a diversified income-generating channel for local villagers. More than 30 households in Dongtumen Village and Xitumen Village operate characteristic shops and farmhouses, some of which have an annual income of nearly 100,000 yuan. The town also provides more than 100 jobs for local villagers, and villagers can work and increase their income without leaving their hometowns. (ENDS).