Zhong'an**, Zhong'an News Client NewsIt's not a scenic spot, but 500,000 people come here every yearThere is no admission fee, but the tourism income can reach more than 30 million yuan a year. In recent years, the popularity of the ancient villages of Xixi South has been high. On December 1, the theme interview activity of "New Era, New Journey, New Great Cause" walked into the ancient village of Xixi South to see how the traditional villages of Huizhou can achieve "innovation and revitalization" in the protection and inheritance.
In the south of Xixi in winter, the village houses and the autumn trees of the mountains complement each other, forming a colorful picture. Walking on the stone road, you can see the Hui-style buildings with pink walls and tiles, the big trees are towering, full of greenery, and the sound of insects, birds, and streams is occasionally heard in your ears.
It is understood that the ancient village of Xixinan is located in Xixinan Town, Huizhou District, Huangshan City, with a history of 1,200 years, with unique cultural relics such as water conservancy heritage and garden architecture, and now retains more than 100 buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which is known as the realistic version of the "Wizard of Oz". In the first ten years of the last century, many villagers went out to work one after another, and the village became increasingly deserted, and many traditional buildings were idle. In order to bring the ancient village to life, since 2017, Xixi South Village has introduced artistic talents from all over the world while maintaining the original ecological and cultural texture, attracting nearly 2 social funds500 million yuan, to create a new business format such as homestays, cafes, research bases, etc. The local government has continuously improved and upgraded its infrastructure, hidden large infrastructure such as the sewage pipe network under the stone road, and carried out "internal major renovation and external micro-transformation" of the buildings along the street, insisting on not destroying the style of the ancient village and retaining the unique style of the village Huizhou. At the north entrance of the village, a hive visitor center and an outdoor lawn are laid out, introducing fashionable and young elements and activating the new charm of the beautiful countryside.
Xixinan can be said to be a microcosm of the balance between "protection first" and "innovation and revitalization" in traditional villages. Since 2016, 15 abandoned old houses and idle buildings have been designed and repaired by local craftsmen by a professional team, and have become Internet celebrity check-in places, undertaking research, team building and other activities, and building 40 business formats such as Fishing Snow Park and Turen Society. In 2022, the revenue of Shilili Cultural Boutique B&B, which is "repaired as old" by the century-old house, will reach 4.6 million yuan, and the passenger flow of Xibian 55 Coffee will exceed 3,000 people.
Faced with the question of why Xixinan can successfully "break the circle", the relevant person in charge of Xixinan Town said that the key to Xixinan is to make good use of the two resource endowments of history, culture and natural ecology, seize the opportunity of high-speed rail opening, rural revitalization and with the advancement of urbanization, returning to the countryside and finding nostalgia has become the yearning of urban people, and draw a new picture of rural revitalization with inclusive and open development. At present, there are 61 homestays in the local area, more than 200 villagers engaged in the tourism industry, and the collective income of the village exceeds one million yuan. (Reporter Xie Yun).