More than 4,000 pots of fine orchids and 130 photographic works were exhibited, and nearly 1,000 guests were invited to participate. On February 27, the 31st China (Weixi) Orchid Expo officially opened in Weixi County, Diqing Prefecture, and the eyes of the orchid world once again focused on Weixi.
Weixi County is the native and main production area of China's fine-leaved lotus petal orchid, where the orchids are elegant, fresh and rich in cultural connotation, attracting many orchid lovers and tourists.
As early as 1983, Weixi County established the Orchid Association, absorbing more than 30 members, which is also one of the earliest orchid associations established in Yunnan Province. In 1990, at the 2nd China Orchid Expo held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, Weixi's fine-leaved lotus petal orchid "Taibaisu" won the gold medal, and since then, Weixi Broccoli has become famous. In 1995, the 5th China Orchid Expo held in Kunming, Yunnan Province was once again "out of the circle", and the lotus petal orchid produced in Weixi was sold out during the exhibition. Since then, a large number of orchid farmers and orchid merchants have poured into Weixi, bringing local orchid resources out of the mountains and transporting them to all parts of the country, which has also set off a boom in orchid cultivation in Weixi.
Weixi broccoli has won many awards in the province and abroad and in international orchid exhibitions, and Weixi County has also won the reputation of "the hometown of Chinese orchids" and "the hometown of Chinese fine-leaved lotus petal orchids".
The Weixi County Party Committee and the county attach great importance to the development of the orchid industry, and resumed the Shangri-La Weixi Broccoli Festival in 2015, which has regained the confidence of many orchid farmers. On December 1, 2016, in order to protect and rationally develop Weixi broccoli resources, promote orchid culture, develop orchid industry, and improve the popularity of Weixi as the hometown of Chinese fine-leaved lotus petal orchid, the people of Weixi County successfully bid to Yunnan Orchid Association to host the 12th (Weixi) Orchid Expo in Yunnan Province in 2017.
The 31st China (Weixi) Orchid Expo is a grand event in Weixi County. The expo lasts for 6 days, and will hold a series of activities such as the opening ceremony of the Orchid Expo, the evaluation and display of high-quality national orchids, the 11th China Orchid Industry Development Forum, the 2024 annual meeting of the Council of the Orchid Branch of the China Flower Association, the welcome party of the Orchid Expo, the exhibition of orchid calligraphy, painting and photography, the field visit and industry promotion of the orchid planting demonstration garden and the orchid village, the promotion of Weixi tourism and the promotion of intangible cultural heritage, and the exhibition and sale of characteristic products of ethnic exchanges and exchanges, showing the unique style of the secret land of Weixi in an all-round way.
In Visy County, orchids are not only a part of nature, but also an important part of the local cultural charm and economic development.
Orchids are born in the valley, and they are not fragrant without people. "In traditional Chinese culture, orchids symbolize nobility, humility and strength, and their resilience is always admirable. The soul of orchid culture formed over thousands of years has made Vicilloli unique and strong in the orchid art industry.
In Zhonglu Township, Weixi County, people mainly cultivate orchids in facilities and sell them to the outside world; In Tacheng Town, orchids are widely used in rural leisure tourism and pastoral complex development, which is an important support for "Liuhua Tower City"; Baohe Town and Yongchun Township are respectively to make good use of the role of the orchid market trading platform and the Orchid Expo branch trading platform, and other areas of Weixi County are keen on courtyard-style orchid cultivation and vigorously develop courtyard economy, sightseeing agriculture and landscape agriculture.
Of course, Weixi is not only a business card of "orchid", but also "the emerald in the Hengduan Mountains", "the paradise of the national treasure Yunnan golden monkey", but also the "hometown of China's cloud medicine" and "China's ice wine city", and people also call him: the heart of Shangri-La.
In the warm spring when the orchids are fragrant, you can not only enjoy the Nu River, Lancang River, and Jinsha River rushing forward "side by side", Biluo Snow Mountain towering, and large and small lakes scattered among the male peaks; You can also see the cute Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkey playing happily in the dense forest, Chinese herbs and wild mushrooms everywhere, and mellow wine; You can also feel the rare traces left by the history and culture in Weixi.
A flower makes the world know a city; A pot of fragrant orchids makes countless people yearn for Weixi. Today's Weixi, every family raises orchids, and everyone loves orchids. Growing tenaciously and enthusiastically like an orchid has become the consensus of the city and the broad masses of the people, and the Visibly Orchid has once again been given a new development mission.
Synthesis |Diqing Prefecture Radio and Television Station, Shangri-La Network.