Xi'an Net News (Reporter Han Tao, Intern Reporter Han Yuxin, Chen Wenge, Sun Yulong) After the snow, Lantian Yukou Village, the snow is embedded on the slope or between the valleys, and the scattered houses, winding paths and the yellow soil and blue sky have become a beautiful rural landscape painting. Without the romantic scenery of the sea, the buckwheat ridge is more expansive.
Every year in May and October, the fiery red buckwheat flowers rise and fall on the high and low slopes, and the "magnificent waves" are full of fiery romance, just as the ancient poets described the moving scenery of buckwheat flowers thousands of years ago, "the leaves of the tang pear fall rouge, and the buckwheat flowers bloom white and snowy." "Bustling tourists come to check in, a lively scene.
This well-known scenic spot, the "Sea of Buckwheat Flowers", is located in Yukou Village, Lantian County. A few years ago, it was still a wasteland, and most of the young and middle-aged people in the village went to the city to work, leaving only the elderly and children at home, and the fields were uncultivated, which seemed a bit depressed. Now, by taking the road of "integration of agriculture, culture and tourism", Yukou Village has given full play to its collective economic advantages, focused on the development of buckwheat industry, and revitalized the development of the entire village around a sea of buckwheat flowers.
The specific model of the integration of agriculture, culture and tourism in Yukou Village is based on continuous innovation and exploration on the basis of clarifying its own advantages. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, buckwheat began to be planted here, with historical experience, coupled with practical opportunities - a few years ago, the call of "one village, one product" made Yukou Village refocus its attention on the small buckwheat, and the town gradually turned buckwheat from a grain crop into an "Internet celebrity product" with more added value: from 150 acres in 2021, to 500 acres in 2022, and then to 1001 acres in 2023; From buckwheat fields to buckwheat flowers, to buckwheat wine, buckwheat vinegar, buckwheat tea and other 'buckwheat' series products, buckwheat used to fill the stomach has a unique cultural IP, which is not only a popular attraction, but also a highlight on the tip of the tongue, and a starting point for villagers to earn "easy money".
There is a large garden at the door of the house, where the villagers can eat both "tourist rice" and "industrial rice". Through barren slope management, low-yield field transformation, land transfer, etc., the village has expanded the buckwheat planting area and laid a good "foundation" for the development of the buckwheat industry. With the explosion of buckwheat flowers, the villagers who had run away saw hope and returned to their hometowns to find a way to get rich. Work in scenic spots, sell local products to tourists, and open homestay farmhouses ......Even if you give up your vacant land to tourists as a parking lot, you can earn more than 500 yuan a day. With the "high-value" flower sea, Yukou Village has gradually formed a full-format industrial chain integrating "food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment", which has driven the promotion and sales of agricultural products and the employment and income of villagers. can not only take care of the family but also support the family, and easily make money, many villagers who were hesitant before are also willing to stay as "nail households". With people, the village is full of vitality and has a continuous impetus for development.
Plant a sea of buckwheat flowers and revitalize the economy of the entire village. As of the end of October 2023, the annual tourist reception volume of the Buckwheat Ridge Scenic Area, where the Buckwheat Flower Sea is located, has exceeded 1.15 million person-times, achieving a comprehensive tourism income of 34.5 million yuan, driving the income of 1,250 households in 5 villages to increase their income, increasing the income of the village collective by more than 180 yuan, and the operating income of the homestay farmhouse in the jurisdiction has reached 6 million yuan.
Yukou Village Secretary Mi Pengtao said: Buckwheat Ridge has completed the goal of becoming bigger and stronger, and the next step is to further improve and fine, Yukou Village is starting to upgrade the flower sea attractions, hoping to let tourists have a better sightseeing experience, but also let the villagers send more "tourism wealth".
*: Xi'an Net.