On October 18th, the third Chrysanthemum Festival in Feixiang District, which lasted for 22 days, was opened in the Chrysanthemum Industrial Park in Nanzhao Village.
Nanzhao Village is located in the easternmost part of Feixiang District and was a famously poor village. It used to grow wheat and corn and the economic income was not high. The village started to plant several hectares of white chrysanthemums several years ago, and the effect was good.
Later, this led the establishment of the Cunling Family Farm for scale planting. In 2016, after the working team of the city’s former Urban and Rural Planning Bureau entered the village, the two committees of the village decided to develop the chrysanthemum industry. In that year, 20 hectares of white chrysanthemum, 3.33 hectares of golden chrysanthemum, 1.33 hectares of Wuyuan chrysanthemum, successfully passed the planting trial. The white chrysanthemum per hectare has a net income of more than 30 thousand RMB and a golden chrysanthemum of nearly 600 thousand RMB, which are much higher than the cultivation of wheat and corn.
With the support of the Feixiang District Party Committee and the district government, the resident team in the village planned a chrysanthemum characteristic industrial park, and compiled the plans to determine the future chrysanthemum industry. The district increased capital investment, built park roads, ornamental ramps, cold storage, greenhouse facilities, chrysanthemum industry exhibition halls, and 23 baking processing production lines. The annual processing capacity of chrysanthemums reached 600 tons. In 2018, in order to extend the chrysanthemum industry chain, the district invested another 4.47 million RMB to build a smart greenhouse, 1.33 hectares of Venlo greenhouses, and 0.2 hectares of solar greenhouses. Besides, the district has also researched and developed a series of chrysanthemum products, including food such as wine, sauce, cake, shortbread, and noodles, and also some daily necessities, like pillows and other products.
"Now the supply of chrysanthemum products is in short. Many merchants come to the site for purchase every year. We registered the trademarks of Nanzhao Village series products, and also increased sales channels through the use of postal and other online platforms. This year, just only online sales revenue reached more than 2 million RMB." The person in charge introduced.
Rural tourism has also become a new method for local farmers to make money. The country park runs through two townships, connecting several small attractions and extending to the southernmost Liujiazhai Village. After its opening, the remote Liujiazhai Village, which was planted with many peach trees, became a tourist attraction. In the spring of this year, Liujiazhai Village held the Peach Blossom Festival, and thousands of tourists went to flower-viewing every day. In the same period, Tianzhai Village, which has a large area of pear trees, also held the Pear Blossom Festival. In less than a week, the number of visitors exceeded 300,000. The sales of local specialty agricultural products and handicrafts exceeded 20 million RMB.
Source: hbjjrb.com