In 1984, the important cultural relic “Gilted Bronze Silkworm” was discovered, symbolizing that Shiquan County was an important origin of the ancient Silk Road. Today, “gilt copper silkworms” have become the most representative business card of Shiquan County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, creating a unique “golden silkworm culture” in Shiquan. The rapid integrated development of the characteristic dual industries of sericulture industry and cultural tourism industry is the biggest highlight of Shiquan County’s economic development, allowing more people in Shiquan County to embark on the road to wealth.
“Golden Silkworm Culture” boosts Shiquan’s high-quality economic development
“One mulberry leaf enriches the other people, and one golden silkworm helps rural revitalization.” This well-known saying in Shiquan County is also a microcosm of how the sericulture industry helps Shiquan County’s regional economy and rural revitalization continue to develop for the better.
It is understood that Shiquan County is the largest sericulture county in northwest China, with more than 70,000 acres of mulberry gardens and nearly 10,000 sericulture households. Last year, Shiquan County distributed 72,000 silkworm seeds and produced 3,302 tons of silkworm cocoons. The total annual output value of the county’s sericulture industry reached 1.8 billion yuan. Among them, the comprehensive income of farmers’ sericulture industry reached 400 million yuan, and the output value of the silk industry above designated size was 1.4 billion yuan. The sericulture industry is becoming more and more important in the eyes of Shiquan people and is becoming the core pillar industry of Shiquan.
As the culture of “gilt-copper silkworms” is promoted internationally, Golden Silkworm Town has attracted more attention from the outside world. Golden Silkworm Town is located at the site of the “gilt-copper silkworms”, a national first-class cultural relic. Discovery place – Chihe Town. The town has a long history and is the largest sericulture town in the northwest. It has a solid sericulture industry foundation and profound sericulture culture. In recent years, Chihe Town has relied on the historical and cultural brand of gilt-copper silkworms to build a Chinese golden silkworm town, planning and building a gilt-copper silkworm culture traceability area, the most beautiful Songhai agricultural tourism experience area, a sericulture science and technology industry area, and a Silk Road style hot spring resort. The four major functional sections of the breeding area have been built, two demonstration villages integrating agriculture and tourism, Mingxing Village and Wuai Village, and two tourist attractions, the most beautiful Songhai Expo Park and the Lotus Pond Moonlight Silk Road Resort.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the cultural tourism industry, cultural and creative products have “stepped out of the circle” at the speed of light and have been welcomed and popular by the public, bringing new opportunities to the Shiquan sericulture industry. Shiquan County follows the trend of the times and seizes the opportunity. By seizing new opportunities for industrial development and effectively integrating and developing the sericulture industry and the cultural tourism industry, the sericulture industry has entered the “fast lane” of development and has become more vital. Entering the Exhibition Hall of the Home of Golden Silkworms in Chihe Town, it displays the cultural relic introduction of “Gilted Copper Silkworms”, the development history of Shiquan’s sericulture industry, and gives full play to the cultural brand of “Gilted Copper Silkworms, the Source of the Silk Road”.
The “Gilt Copper Silkworm” Cultural and Creative Products Exhibition and Sales Center next to the exhibition hall is the Golden Silkworm Cultural and Creative Exhibition and Sales Base built by Shiquan. It is also the first one in China to date with the “Gilt Copper Silkworm” culture as the core and specially built. Cultural and creative exhibition and sales platform. It is understood that the cultural and creative exhibits exhibition and sales center invested in the development of 80, 500 pieces of “Chihe Golden Silkworm Tan’s Six Treasures” cultural and creative products in five categories, mainly including “Shiquan, the Source of the Silk Road, Bringing Happiness and Health Home” gilt copper silkworms A series of products include plush toys, craft gifts, etc., issuing gilt copper silkworm commemorative stamps and envelopes, and developing ‘gilt copper silkworm commemorative coins’ and other products. Shiquan County’s “Golden Bronze Silkworm” cultural and creative product combines the sericulture industry with the cultural tourism industry, truly making the “Golden Silkworm Culture” famous overseas and known to more people.
New developments in the integration of agriculture and tourism make Star Village dazzling
Star Village “The Most Beautiful Songhai”
When walking into Mingxing Village, Chihe Town, Shiquan County, Ankang City, the first thing that catches your eye is the rows of unique and well-proportioned B&Bs nestled in the Songhai Sea, forming a very dazzling and gorgeous scenery. Standing on the viewing platform of the “Mirror of the Sky”, an internet celebrity attraction, the skylight, clouds and shadows contrast with each other, attracting many tourists to take photos and check in. You can also clearly see the characters “China·Drunken Beauty Songhai” in the distance. The vast sea of mulberry fields has been condensed into the “vast sea of mulberry fields” of Mingxing Village, which is the key to stimulating the development of the sericulture industry chain, the pillar of Shiquan County’s regional economy.
Mulberries in the mulberry picking garden of Mingxing Village
“The mulberries here are very sweet, black and red, with many varieties and big sizes. My family and I live here, picking mulberries and watching the mulberry sea during the day, and walking on the trails at night to keep fit. It’s really wonderful. Comfortable.” said a tourist visiting Star Village.
It is understood that Mingxing Village is the largest sericulture village in the northwest. Combining its own advantages of the unique industrial chain of the sericulture industry, Mingxing Village actively creates a new development route integrating tourism and agricultural production, planting concentrated and contiguous dense plantings The mulberry garden covers an area of over 6,000 acres, involving more than 2,200 varieties of fruit mulberries, vegetable mulberries, and traditional mulberries. There are 14 varieties in the fruit mulberry category alone.
“This year’s May Day golden holiday, the daily reception of Mingxing Village has reached 20,000 tourists. At the same time, the collective economy of Mingxing Village has grown from scratch. Now, the collective economic income of Mingxing Village has reached 138 Ten thousand yuan, the dividends given to the villagers exceeded 400,000 yuan,” said Liu Mingman, secretary of the Party branch of Mingxing Village.
In recent years, Mingxing Village has gradually formed a new development idea of ”party building guidance, industrial support, business integration, and tourism to develop the village”, vigorously promote the integration of agriculture and tourism, cultural tourism, and three industries, and cultivate the imageIt has become the four major industries of sericulture, pig raising, chicken raising and rural tourism. The village raises 6,000 silkworms, sells 36,000 pigs, and raises 200,000 chickens every year. The comprehensive tourism income is 30 million yuan, and the annual total output value reaches 200 million yuan. .
Sitting on 10,000 acres of mulberry fields is the advantage of Mingxing Village. It has become a sea of mulberry fields agricultural tourism experience area in the east line planning of Shiquan County’s overall tourism strategy, and has initially determined that “one landscape brings three gardens, three gardens strengthen four industries, and four Based on the existing industries of “mulberry, livestock and poultry”, we will promote the integration of agricultural tourism, cultural tourism, industry and tourism through the development of tourism service industry, forming a full coverage of primary, secondary and tertiary industries.
Today, Mingxing Village relies on the natural advantages of tens of thousands of acres of mulberry fields, through the integrated development of agriculture and tourism and the drive of the collective economy, it has become an Internet celebrity tourist village, attracting more than 20 people who went out to return to their hometowns for development, and solved some of the problems in the village. The problem of “difficulty in taking care of” left-behind elderly people. The old houses in the village were gradually transformed into unique B&Bs and rural farmhouses, and were equipped with modern facilities to facilitate the stay of tourists. At the same time, tourists can enter the mulberry garden to experience the fun of picking mulberries in person, and recreational facilities such as sky mirrors, aerial rafting, and mountain motorcycles have been completed one after another. After experiencing these “tremendous changes”, Star Village has found a way to increase income by opening windows to see the scenery, opening doors to welcome guests, changing jobs on the spot, and operating from home, becoming a veritable “Star Village”.
The integrated development of agriculture and tourism in Star Village is a successful experience on the road to rural revitalization. It has transformed from an ordinary village relying on the development of traditional industries into a “Star Village” through the characteristic cultural tourism industry. Relying on the advantages of local natural resources, Shiquan County has rapidly and effectively integrated and developed the characteristic dual industries of sericulture industry and cultural tourism industry, embarked on its own characteristic development path, and made better and better progress on the road of rural revitalization.
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