Create a high-quality rural tourism route that combines "red + green" and "study + tourism"

Spring fills Nankun, with hundreds of flowers blooming, orchids, azaleas, and sparrow flowers all over the mountains laughing, welcoming tourists from all over the world. On the morning of April 9, sponsored by the Longmen County Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau and the Nankun Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone Management Committee, organized by the Longmen County Tourism Association, and co-organized by the Longmen County Tourism Industry Party Committee and the Longmen County Financial Media Center, the "Pleasure Longmen, Vitality Nankun Mountain"-the 2023 Nankun Mountain Natural Oxygen Bar Flower Blossom Tour and the launching ceremony of the Second Orchid Culture Festival were held at the Nankun Mountain Cuilan Valley Ecological Resort, opening the spring flower appreciation tour of Nankun Mountain, attracting tourists to wander into the mountains and rivers of Longmen, Taste nature.

[Gathering in Lanyuan·Spring Because of You]

Selected as a national high-quality rural tourism route

Nankun Mountain in Longmen is known as the "oasis on the Tropic of Cancer". It has 180,000 acres of broad-leaved forest and more than 60,000 acres of bamboo forest, and many rare plant varieties. With a forest coverage rate of more than 96%, Nankun Mountain has as high as 110,000 negative ions per cubic centimeter, allowing tourists to enjoy the fresh air like a virgin forest. Nankun Mountain Eco-tourism Zone has been rated as "National Forest Park", National 4A Tourist Attraction, and National Eco-tourism Demonstration Zone.

In addition to green forests, Nankun Mountain also has the saying that "Nankun has many orchids". The unique ecological and climatic environment provide a good carrier for the growth of orchids. According to scholars 'research, Nankunshan has five species and dozens of varieties of Chinese orchid, including Cymbidium, Jiancymbidium, Cymbidium multiflora, Hancymbidium, and Laginaria.

In 2019, Nankun Mountain Cuilan Valley Ecological Resort, the first resort in South China with an orchid theme and integrating planting, cultural exhibitions and tourism, opened. Every spring, it attracts a large number of orchid lovers to Nankun Mountain to explore the scent of orchids and taste the fragrance of orchids. At present, the "Orchid Garden" located in the resort has more than 500 varieties of national orchids, including seven major families of Cymbidium, Spring Orchid, Four Seasons Orchid, Cold Orchid, Spring Gladiolus, Lotus Orchid, and Cymbidium, and more than 5000 pots of precious orchids. Among them, there are also more than 60 species of Dendrobium species, making it a veritable "Orchid Kingdom."

Nankun Mountain Cuilan Valley has become the unique business card of Lingnan's orchid cultural industry. It not only provides a foundation for protecting the roots of orchid culture and empowering the development of industries, but also adds a strong color to the high-quality development of Nankun Mountain tourism. In 2022, the first Orchid Culture Festival in Longmen was successfully held, with the perfect integration of "agriculture + tourism", creating a new rural tourism route of "Orchid + Tourism" in Longmen. During the Spring Festival this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched 128 high-quality rural tourism routes across the country, and the Longmen tour "Gathering in Orchid Garden, Spring Because You" was selected. This is a tourist route that combines hot springs for health preservation, orchids appreciation, historical charm, beauty of mountains and rivers, and rural joy. After its launch, the route has attracted tourists from all over the world, further enhancing the popularity of Nankun Mountain.

[Natural Oxygen Bar Flower Tour]

Showing the beautiful scenery of Nankun Mountain's "Forest People"

In recent years, Longmen County has implemented a full-region tourism development strategy around the five-region health care industry system of "health care, heart care, lung care, eye care, and stomach care", followed the path of integrated development of "ecology + brand + industry" characteristics, and promoted high-quality tourism development.

This event focused on introducing the characteristics and trails of the Nankun Mountain Natural Oxygen Bar flower viewing tour. At this time, Nankun Mountain is in full bloom with orchids, wild Dujuan flowers, and sparrow flowers. Tourists drive by car or on foot or bike. They start from the Management Committee Square of Nankun Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone and pass through Hongchuan Square and Nankun Mountain Cuilan Valley Ecological Resort, Cross Water Ecological Resort, Guanyin Tan, Party History Education Co-construction Site, Yiye Taoyuan Resort Hotel, Dragonfly Pavilion, and finally climb to the top of heaven. The whole trail not only allows you to enjoy flowers, check in Nankun scenic spots, revisit history, but also visit and stay in special hotels and B & Bs, taste farm food, and buy special souvenirs. It is a combination of "red + green" and "study + tourism". Boutique travel route.

"Everyone knows about the bamboo seas, forests and oxygen bars in Nankun Mountain. The scenery of Nankun Mountain is equally amazing." Chen Zhuoying, deputy director of the Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Longmen County, said that the event was held to show the beautiful scenery of Nankun's "forest homes" to the vast number of tourists, perfectly integrate "agriculture + tourism" and "forest + tourism" to create a "red + green" and "learning + tourism" A high-quality rural tourism route that integrates "red + green" and "learning + tourism" will help the high-quality development of tourism and rural revitalization in Longmen.

Chen Zhuoying, Deputy Director of the Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Longmen County

Liang Jurong, vice president of Guangdong Province Orchid Association and president of Shunde Orchid Association of Guangdong Province, believes that orchid culture is an important part of Chinese traditional culture and one of the cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. As a unique representative of China's flower culture, orchids have always been loved and respected by people. This Orchid Festival brings together hundreds of precious orchids, allowing tourists to feel the charm of extraordinary orchid culture.

Liang Jurong, Vice President of Guangdong Province Orchid Association and President of Shunde Orchid Association of Guangdong Province

According to reports, the Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Longmen County will encourage and promote enterprises such as Nankun Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone and Cuilan Valley to continue to create local characteristic cultural brands, effectively promote the integrated development of "ecology + culture + tourism", promote the spread of orchid culture, and effectively transform it into economic value, allowing tourists to enjoy the beautiful scenery of orchids and share the fruits of orchid culture.

Qiu You, Deputy Director of Nankun Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone Management Committee

Huang Juntao, General Manager of Cuilan Valley Ecological Resort, Nankun Mountain

[You are invited to check in to receive cultural and creative products]

In order to better promote the high-quality rural tourism route of Nankun Mountain Natural Oxygen Bar Flower Tour, three check-in points have been set up along the way. When you are hiking and enjoying flowers, you can take photos of the beautiful scenery along the way and send them to your circle of friends (one of them must include a check-in point photo), send screenshots of your circle of friends to the backstage of the "Longmen Cultural Tourism" public account. The first 100 tourists will receive a copy of the exquisite Longmen farmers 'paintings, cultural and creative products while stocks last.