During the Spring Festival, the weather is sunny, and outings and peripheral travel become popular travel choices. Many citizens choose to go to the beautiful villages and tourist attractions with excellent ecological environment and strong New Year's flavor to enjoy the beauty of nature and spend the festival together. According to statistics, during the Spring Festival holiday (the first day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year), the number of tourists in the Gulong Gorge Scenic Area reached 1020,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 28%.
With the theme of "Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dance, Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Xiang", Gulong Gorge held a series of welcome activities during the Spring Festival. The intangible cultural heritage performances are rich and colorful, the magnificent scenery is intoxicating, and the beautiful scenery of Shili Huaxi is even more amazing. Tourists have come to the scenic spot to climb high and pray for blessings, enjoy the landscape, watch the waterfall, experience folk customs, and visit the bazaar. Gulong Gorge once again glows with the atmosphere of the New Year, and the long-lost "New Year's flavor" permeates the entire canyon.
Wonderful activities, strong New Year's flavor
Located at the intersection of Guangqing Expressway, Qinglian Expressway (Xuguang Expressway) and Shanzhan Expressway, Gulongxia Scenic Area makes it a popular tourist destination during the Spring Festival holiday.
It is reported that during the Spring Festival, Qingyuan Gulongxia cleverly integrated the elements of the Year of the Dragon and held a series of creative activities to welcome the Year of the Dragon. A ten-meter-long Wanglong, composed of hundreds of "straps", made a stunning appearance on the Yuntian Boba Observation Deck with a suspended span of 72 meters and a height of 530 meters, dancing with four phoenixes, presenting a magnificent picture of "dragon and phoenix Chengxiang", which won the warm applause of tourists.
Many tourists have joined the dragon dance team, dancing dragon heads and dragon balls, and experiencing the charm of traditional intangible cultural heritage culture. Ms. Zhang, a tourist who experienced the dragon dance, said: "This kind of activity is more meaningful than a trip to see the flowers, so that children can learn about China's traditional culture from zero distance." Dance the faucet in the new year, hoping to please the head. ”
In the middle of the canyon, a "dragon" up to tens of meters long is entrenched on the top of the waterfall, just like a dragon going out to sea, cruising in the central axis of the canyon, overlooking the entire canyon, becoming the most eye-catching "conspicuous bag" in the scenic spot, attracting many visitors to come to check in. The passionate waterfall rushes in the sea of flowers, and the majestic auspicious dragon swims between the canyons, the two complement each other, perfectly interpreting the artistic conception of "dragon traveling in the four seas", and also symbolizing the new year's wind and rain, accompanied by good luck.
Bazaar characteristics, down-to-earth
In addition to the celebratory intangible cultural heritage performances and magnificent canyon scenery, the "Gulong Bazaar" located in the visitor center also attracts many tourists. In the colorful streets, local agricultural and sideline products, fruits and vegetables are favored by tourists because of their high quality and low prices, and activities such as archery, circle throwing, and turntable are also bustling, leading tourists to regain the memory of "taking advantage of the market" and experience the sincere and warm atmosphere of the New Year. Mr. Luo, who visited the bazaar, said: "I can experience the fun of taking advantage of the bazaar in my childhood in the tourist attraction, which feels very novel and has the taste of Cantonese people. ”
Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Kun.