It turns out that dragon fruit flowers bloom at night,

It turns out that you can really hear the sound of flowers blooming!

It turns out that there is such a large area of dragon fruit forest hidden outside Xiamen Island. Whenever in the dead of night, white flowers bloom, and thousands of acres of sea of flowers are quite dreamy and spectacular under the night. I am used to seeing high-rise buildings in the city. Let's go to Xiang 'an Mansion off the island and be neighbors with these dragon fruits!

Dazhai Village, a village name with rich southern Fujian characteristics, can immediately remind people of the ancient house "from the imperial palace" with a hard mountain roof and a swallowtail ridge. Today's mansions, at the foot of Xiangshan, not only have ancient houses, but also thousands of acres of dragon fruit forests, enjoying unique geographical advantages. From the attempt of Taiwanese farmers to cross the ocean with dragon fruit on 16 acres of land in 2000 to the current pastoral occasion of 1400 acres, in recent years, Dazhai Community has become "popular" and the "Dazhai Dragon Fruit Pastoral Complex" has been built according to local conditions. It has become an urban pastoral model of "seeing the mountains, seeing the water, and remembering to live in nostalgia" and a new tourist destination in Xiamen.

Self-driving is the most convenient way. Navigation can be located at "Xiangyu Xiangyuan", which takes about 20 minutes to reach after passing through the Xiang 'an Tunnel. In the post-epidemic era, it is also a good arrangement to travel at will without leaving the city. And don't think this place is very remote. In fact, it is not far from the downtown area of Xiang 'an. I can order all kinds of takeaways in the B & B, which is still very convenient!

For two days and one night, I could leave at the same time. The convenient transportation greatly shortened the time needed to plan the trip. Moreover, there was no need to make any plans. When I arrived at the mansion, everything was properly arranged. Through this "big house door", we arrived at the destination of our trip.

What to do when you go to the mansion? Here, you can go back to your childhood and catch loaches and roast sweet potatoes. You can ride a tandem bicycle with your loved ones and shuttle around the farmland to find those Internet celebrity photo elements. You can experience the fun of picking dragon fruit by hand. If you have enough time, it is highly recommended to stay for one night, because only after night falls will the white buds of dragon fruit bloom quietly, like a flash in the pan, and it wither and ends after two or three hours.

With the development of tourism, there are also many B & Bs in the village to choose from. This time we stayed in "Xiangyu·Xiangyuan", just on the edge of Banmu Pond. Relying on the local area and exploring humanities, good accommodation is the home, communication is the language, and Xiang language is not just a B & B. Modern architecture, century-old house, in the thousands of acres of dragon fruit countryside, Xiangyu·Xiangyuan, with the concept of "memories will not go back" and simple materials, return the B & B to its essence, allowing modern fashion aesthetics to talk to the past.

Walking into the 130-year-old red brick ancient house, your thoughts seem to have returned to the late Qing Dynasty, but the "small degree" of modernization at the bedside brings you back to the modern era where technology is convenient. Retain the collapsed walls of the ancient house and use large-area floor-to-ceiling windows for "isolation and protection", giving you the beauty of traveling through time.

Comfortable queen bed, all furniture in the room is designed with raw wood, pursuing the natural flavor, and with a faint and pleasant aroma of wood, making people particularly comfortable. Buried his body in the soft sofa chair, called Xiaodu to sing a divine song that releases his heart, and put all his worries and worries behind him.

You can also enjoy reading at the book bar next to the pond, which is also the place to have breakfast the next day. Breakfast has local Xiang 'an flavors such as fire dragon cakes and noodle paste.

When you come to the mansion, of course, you have to play in the Thousand Acres Dragon Fruit Garden. Modern agriculture is not only about planting, but also has the value of sightseeing. Blooming flowers, fireworks, fluorescent graffiti; folk songs, markets, dragon fruit cultural creations; offline fun and watching the beauty of flowers and fruits on the same plant are all here. Starting from July 29, the second Dragon Fruit Culture and Tourism Festival of Xiang 'an Dazhai opens grandly. In the midsummer of July and August, it is the best time for dragon fruit to mature and harvest. It is also a good opportunity for friends of all sizes to experience the fun of picking and the pastoral scenery.

As the largest continuous dragon fruit planting base in Fujian Province, more than 100,000 kilograms of dragon fruit are shipped from here to all parts of the country every day during the peak picking. Walking on the path in the fields, you can encounter farmers picking dragon fruit from time to time. They are picking ripe fruits from the branches and transporting them to the purchase point.

During the Dragon Fruit Festival, a number of Internet celebrity check-in spots were also created in the fields, forming a beautiful photo angle with the large dragon fruit forest, attracting many tourists to check in. Look, the young ladies in Hanfu are here!

Nowadays, the hottest bird's nest has also appeared in the dragon fruit forest. With a large dragon fruit forest as the background, it is more in line with the design concept of the "bird's nest". There is also a reflective light column to create a space of light and shadow. When the sun shines on the pillars and refracts it, the spots of light emerge, making it beautiful.

All kinds of props are waiting for you to unlock, which can be sweet, salty and changeable. I didn't expect that the barren small village of the past will have such a beautiful scenery today.

You can also walk into the fields and see these dragon fruits up close. Many children in the city still don't know what the dragon fruits looked like before they blossom and bear fruit. Most flower buds are closed during the day and only bloom at night. Dragon fruit belongs to the cactus family. It usually blooms in the evening, has monoecious stamen, one flower and one fruit, and only blooms once. Its shape and characteristics are similar to those of epiphyllum, so this kind of beautiful scenery like a "flash in the pan" is rare and has a strong ornamental nature.

When we came out after dinner at night, we were fortunate enough to witness this magical flower blooming process, which was amazing! The flowers slowly unfurled, and the petals struggled to break open, revealing a light yellow stamen. After a while, the huge flowers and white petals lined the stamen, blooming gracefully and bursting with fragrance. It turned out that you could really hear the sound of flowers blooming.

In order to create a more beautiful viewing effect and increase production and income, villagers also used "black technology"-20,000 LED lights. It turns out that after replenishing light at night to promote flowers, the fruiting period of dragon fruit can last from June every year to the Spring Festival of the following year. Under the light, this Fire Dragon Orchard at night seems even more dreamy. It is said that many newlyweds choose to propose here for weddings, and the romance index is bursting.

On the night of the launch, there was also a big house idyllic starry sky music party. That night, the 1400-acre dragon fruit garden became a young and vibrant music ocean, and the audience was full of excitement. Music, starlight, vitality and vitality rippled among the fields.

The ice cream in the shape of dragon fruit, the dolls of dragon fruit ip, and the surrounding areas also made the tourists on site love it.

Come to Dazhang Dragon Fruit Garden and run wild. This year's Dragon Fruit Culture and Tourism Festival will be divided into six different themes: graffiti week, photography week, music week, health week, picking week, and youth making friends. "There are activities every week, and there are highlights every week", allowing you to see another colorful side of Xiang 'an Mansion.

When you come to the mansion, you must eat dragon fruit. You can buy it directly from farmers picking it in the fields, or you can buy it at the market. It is of course much cheaper than what we usually buy in supermarkets. After simply peeling it off, the white flesh is exposed. Take a bite, it's so sweet! Eat rich juice in summer to clear heat and relieve heat!

The most recommended thing to come here is to taste the "Dragon Fruit Banquet". It turns out that dragon fruit is full of treasures and there are many ways to do it. Dragon fruit flowers are also called Overlord flowers. There must not be too many fruits on one branch of the dragon fruit tree to ensure that its fruits are nutritious. Therefore, they will cut off excess flowers and buds on the branches. These flowers and buds can be used to make delicious food and are very good ingredients. When used to make soup, it has a unique aroma, is sweet and delicious, is rich in vitamins and anthocyanins, and has the effects of lowering blood sugar and blood lipids.

Dragon fruit flowers can also be used for stir-frying, chopped garlic and stir-fried in hot oil. It is simple and delicious.

The flesh is used to put into vegetables. For example, this dragon fruit roll has a crispy outer surface and a variety of good ingredients such as dragon fruit meat, eggs, shrimp, meat floss, etc., which are crispy on the outside and fragrant on the inside.

There is also dragon fruit steamed buns. Add the dragon fruit juice to the flour and mix the dough. The steamed buns are light pink and have the exclusive pattern of "Rich and Beautiful Mansion" on them. You can only eat it here!

There are also various authentic village flavors with Xiang 'an characteristics, such as sealed meat, ginger duck, and braised noodles.

After dinner, have a bowl of four-fruit soup with dragon fruit. It is cool and refreshing, relieves the heat and cools down. It is a favorite in summer!

In Xiang 'an Mansion, eating the special "Dragon Fruit Banquet" in the Fire Dragon Orchard is also a very unique experience!

Dazhai Village is at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain. If you have time and strength after visiting the village, you can also go to the Xiangshan Scenic Area, which is about 2 kilometers away. Xiangshan is centered on Xiangshan Rock Temple and radiates to the surrounding Lutang Folk Culture Village and many scenic spots. It has the characteristics of blending beautiful natural landscape and rich cultural landscape. It has distinctive personalities and unique characteristics. It mainly includes "ancient temples","ancient houses","ancient trees","ancient operas","beautiful water","strange stones", etc.

The most important building complex is Xiangshan Rock Temple. The interior of the temple is not yet open, but you can see its extraordinary momentum from the exterior. Historical records show that Xiangshan Rock Temple was built in the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127) and renovated many times from the ninth year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1376) to the Qing Dynasty. Xiangshan Rock Temple is built against the mountain, facing east and west, and serves as a memorial to the founder of Qingshui. The temple has two entrances, with the front hall, patio and back hall in order on the central axis. The front hall is low and the rear hall is high. It belongs to the "Tiger Down the Mountain" double-eaves building. Looking at the square in front of the hall, the layers of double-eaves buildings are very imposing.

The word "Xiang" in various fonts is engraved on a huge stone on the edge of the square in front of the temple.

Xianglu Square is located north of Xiangshan Cultural Square and has a diameter of 16 meters. Surrounded by sculptures shaped like 8 incense pillars. A large censer sculpture is set up on the incense burner square. The censer is made of green cloud red stone. The censer has a total height of 6 meters, of which the base is 1.2 meters high. The diameter of the largest part of the furnace body is 5.4 meters. The furnace body, furnace ears and furnace feet are made of dragon shaped stone carvings.

Another highlight of Xiangshan Park is the wooden plank road surrounded by it. The 5-kilometer-long slow-moving system uses wooden plank road to integrate the natural and cultural landscapes of Xiangshan, a famous scenic spot outside Xiamen Island, and hides the hidden "boudoir" for many years. The good scenery of the boudoir is spread out at once.

The pavilions and towers along the way have infinite scenery. You can not only overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Xiang 'an, but also see the lush trees up close. The air is particularly fresh.

The origin of the name of Xiangshan is also quite literary."Xiangshan" was originally named "barren mountain". Zhu Xi, a master of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty and chief clerk of Tong 'an County, visited this place several times. He heard that vegetation and grass were fragrant, so he renamed the "barren mountain" to "Xiangshan" and called it a "true hidden place" and carved stones to erect a monument. On the east side of Xiangshan Rock Temple is the "Huiguo Wengong Temple", also known as the "Xiangshan Academy", which was built to commemorate Zhu Xi.

Now Xiangshan is open for free, making it a good place for many residents outside the island to travel around on weekends. In the scenic area, different flower sea themes will be created according to different seasons. For example, the Rape Flower Festival in March and April, the pieces of yellow and orange are beautiful.

When you come to Dazhai Village, you can check in, a place praised by even the theorist Zhu Xi, and it is open for free. (Take heatstroke prevention measures in summer)

In Xiang 'an outside Xiamen Island, there is such a place where dragon fruits are planted everywhere.

When flowers bloom, they are as beautiful as epiphyllum;

The result was as charming as the scorching sun!

In the fields, you can experience the joy of picking and the fun of taking photos and checking in;

In the B & B, you can enjoy the charm of a century-old house and feel the blend of ancient charm and modern aesthetics!

Music, youth, vitality, beautiful and fun,

At the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, Xiang 'an Mansion, a good place worth visiting!