What are the interesting places in Texas?

First, the overall situation of tourism in Texas

Dezhou is located in the northwest of Shandong Province, with Beijing and Tianjin in the north, Jinan and Shijiazhuang in the west and Binzhou in the east. Beijing-Fuzhou Expressway runs through the north and south, and Jiqing Expressway passes through the territory. Known as the "gateway to Beijing", it has the geographical advantages of "borrowing from the North and the South" and "matching resources between the East and the West". It now governs 1 1 counties and cities, and consists of economic development zones and business development zones, with a total area of 10356 square kilometers and a total population of 5.45 million. In 2003, the city's GDP reached 55.67 billion yuan, the per capita GDP reached 6.5438+0.01.95 yuan, and the local fiscal revenue reached 2.27 billion yuan.

In recent years, with the attention of all levels and departments to tourism, the tourism industry in our city has shown a good development momentum. The number of scenic spots in the city has increased year by year, and the six elements of "eating, living, traveling, traveling, shopping and entertainment" have been growing, the construction of tourism industry system has been gradually strengthened, and the tourism reception capacity has been greatly improved. At present, there are 32 scenic spots in the city that can receive tourists, 4 projects under construction with an investment of over 100 million yuan, 22 domestic travel agencies, 5 star-rated hotels and nearly 100 entertainment venues. The number of tourists and tourism income have increased year by year. In 2003, the city received 65,438 tourists, achieving a tourism income of 580 million yuan. As a recognized sunrise industry, tourism plays an increasingly prominent role in promoting urban economic development. At the Second Session of the 15th National People's Congress of Dezhou and the Economic Work Conference of the whole city held not long ago, the main leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government proposed to vigorously develop the tourism industry, formulate the overall tourism development plan, strengthen the tourism industry system, vigorously develop transit tourism, and strive to create a business card effect of "Green Texas, Eat in Texas, Stay in Texas for the night".

Second, the current situation of tourism resources in Texas

First, the beautiful urban landscape. In the urban area of 33 square kilometers, the scenic spots such as Xinhu Scenic Area, Central Square, New Century Square, Hisense Happy Island, Railway Station Square, Jinxiu River Mountain Scenic Area, Development Zone Square and Oriental Amusement Park are scattered like pearls.

The new lake scenic area covers an area of about 136 hectares, which was built in 2006 after the relocation of the 5438+0 municipal party Committee and municipal government and the connection of the five lakes. The main attractions are New Lake, Central Square, New Century Square, Qingfeng Garden, Haisen Happy Island and Workers' Cultural Palace. Among them, the central square has a total area of 40,000 square meters, which consists of large areas of green space, colonnades, waterfalls, musical fountains and other landscapes. New Century Plaza covers an area of 24,000 square meters, and there are many scenic spots such as "Century Style" sculpture, Feng Shui Ball, Crystal House and Information Pool. Hisense Happy Island covers an area of 65.438 million mu and is invested and constructed by Beijing Hisense Group with a capital of 40 million yuan. There are Apollo spacecraft, mountain bikes, spaceships and other entertainment projects.

Jinxiuchuan Scenic Area is located at the junction of the urban area and Hedong New Town, with a total length of 10 km and a water surface width of 200 meters. The first phase of the project was completed in 2003. There are mainly wooden trestle, pebble beach, game platform, sightseeing corridor and other attractions. Flying objects on the five bridges during the day are magnificent; At night, thousands of lights, small bridges, green trees, lights and clear water are integrated into one, which is an ideal place to enjoy the night scene.

Oriental Paradise is located in the Economic Development Zone, covering an area of 65,438+0,000 mu. It is a sightseeing, leisure and entertainment place invested by the private enterprise Dazhuang Group. The total investment of this project is 21000000 yuan, and the investment of 80 million yuan has been completed, and the first phase of the project has been fully completed. In 2004, the project plans to invest 654.38+0.3 billion yuan, focusing on the construction of the Oriental City that Never Sleeps, the Sino-Korean joint venture hot spring bathing and health care city, and the religious and cultural sightseeing city (Yongqing Temple).

The second is profound cultural resources. Dezhou is located at the intersection of Qilu culture and Zhao Yan culture. The canal culture, Dayu culture and Han and Tang civilizations in Dezhou have a long history and unique cultural resources.

In the history of Texas, it can be said that the water in the canal nurtured and created her prosperity. After the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was completed, Dezhou was listed as one of the four major water transport hubs. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dezhou ranked among 33 industrial and commercial cities in China. Economic prosperity brings cultural prosperity, and cultural relics such as Qianlong Palace, Dong Zi Reading Platform, Liu Hu Academy, Hezhen Pavilion, Nine Heavenly Roads Archway and Sulu King's Tomb attract many tourists. Among them, the tomb of Sulu King is a typical product of canal culture.

Yucheng was named after Dayu's flood control here. There are Qiushan site, Wang Yuting, Yu Wang statue, etc. Qiushan site is 8 meters high. According to old books, Dayu built this mound in order to observe the water potential during water control. In order to commemorate Dayu's achievements, later generations built Wang Yuting on the mound, which was later destroyed. In recent years, the museum has been rebuilt, and Wang Yu Palace, annex hall and bell and drum tower have been newly built, making it a museum of Wang Yu Pavilion. Yu Wang Statue is the landmark statue of Yucheng City, with a total height of 20 meters. The stele around the pedestal commemorating Dayu's water control and the plot of "going through the house three times without entering" show people Dayu's great achievements in water control.

Lingxian county has a long history of Han and Tang culture. Lingxian County is a plain county in the Tang Dynasty, where Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher, served as the prefect, leaving many legends and historical sites. At the same time, Lingxian County is also the hometown of Dong Fangshuo, a great writer, politician, thinker and master of Hua Zhi in Han Dynasty. His cemetery, the tomb of the 28th generation Sun Dongfang, the Han Group (commonly known as the 72 suspected tombs) and the Gulei site are all located 20 miles east of the county seat. The existing tombstones of Dong Fangshuo's tomb and Dong Fangshuo's painting praise tablet are the works of Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher, which have extremely high calligraphy research value and are national key protected cultural relics.

In addition, the Thousand Pagodas, Wenchang Pavilion, Leling Confucian Temple, Ningjin Bi Xia Temple, Linyi Shi Jia Mosque and Qingyun Poetry Buddhist Temple on the plain are all good historical and cultural resources.

Third, rich agricultural eco-tourism resources. Dezhou, located in the Yellow River impact plain, has a long history of farming culture and rich agricultural, forestry and water resources, and has unique conditions for developing agricultural eco-tourism. Places with development conditions are:

Hongtansi Forest Park is located in Linyi County, covering an area of more than 30,000 mu. It is a provincial forest park. The scenic spots that have been built include: bath pool, ecological sightseeing park, holiday hotel, Hu Aixiang Pavilion, etc. Projects such as golf and country clubs, comprehensive development of hot springs and landscape development of the old Yellow River are under construction. The Huaihua Festival held here every year attracts a large number of tourists.

Leling 10,000 mu jujube forest is located in Leling City, with a total area of 300,000 mu. There are more than 4 million golden jujube trees in the park, which is the largest golden jujube production base in China. 30 scenic spots, such as Li Xiannian Inscription Monument, Gan Long Yuci Zaowang Monument, Luocheng Shuanmachu and Baizao Garden, have been developed and built. Formed "One Tower" (sightseeing tower), "Two Monuments" (Li Xiannian Monument, China Jinsixiaozao Hometown Monument), "Three Gardens" (Hundred Jujube Garden, Jieyi Garden, High-tech Agricultural Garden) and "Four Trees" (Mother Tree, Queen Mother Tree, Centennial Tree and Iron General Tree).

Yellow River Old Road Forest Park is located in Xiajin County, with an area of 78,000 mu and a forest coverage rate of 5 1.8%. Known as the "hometown of small miscellaneous fruits", it is also known as the "Northern Deciduous Fruit Tree Museum". There are many cultural landscapes in the park, such as "Dou Jiande Dianjiangtai", "Shizhuang Ancient Well" and "Wu Xing Academy".

Yuxi Ecological Agriculture Sightseeing Park is located in Yucheng City, covering an area of about 1.42 million square meters. The mountains, pavilions, bridges and lakes in the park are all planned and built according to local conditions. Fishing, boating and lotus picking are very idyllic.

Century Wind Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Park is located in Pingyuan County, covering an area of 1 10,000 mu. It is a high-tech comprehensive demonstration park integrating tourism, technology demonstration and technology promotion. There are six functional areas, including biotechnology, ecotourism and comprehensive services. The environment of the whole park is fresh and quiet, with mud, green fields, clear water and fish swimming, which constitutes a picturesque pastoral scenery.

Deyue Lake, located in Lingxian County, was developed by Ding Dong Reservoir, with a water area of 8.5 square kilometers. Its main attractions and entertainment projects are: plant sightseeing garden, fishing center, hunting ground, game restaurant, rare bird base and so on. It is a good place for leisure, vacation and entertainment.

Fourth, the unique food culture. Texas braised chicken has a long history and is quite famous. Emperor Kangxi made a southern tour and passed through Texas. After tasting braised chicken, he praised: "It's really a miracle of China." From 65438 to 0956, Dezhou paji participated in the national famous food exhibition organized by the Ministry of Commerce and won the reputation of "the first chicken in China". Dezhou Braised Chicken Group has a history of 300 years and introduced modern production lines. The braised chicken produced by Dezhou Braised Chicken Group has beautiful appearance, fresh meat and unique flavor. Visitors here can not only visit the making process of braised chicken, but also taste and taste braised chicken and explore its mystery. There used to be a braised chicken food festival.

Baodian donkey meat is produced in Baodian Town, Ningjin, and there is a saying that "the chief steamed stuffed bun, big willow noodles, want to eat donkey meat, go to Baodian". It is characterized by tender meat, thin but not firewood, rotten but not scattered, and fragrant. Baodian donkey meat is not only delicious, but also conducive to relaxing muscles and tendons and opening acupoints. Therefore, Baodian donkey meat has become a necessary food for local martial arts practitioners, and it has spread to all directions with Jianghu artists, and its reputation is far-reaching. In addition, there are chief steamed buns, big willow noodles, Xiajin Bao chicken, Songlou Huoshao, Xiajin Yinsi noodles, Guinea fowl, mutton soup pot, Wucheng sesame seed cake, pudding pigeon, Linyi Tiankou mutton, Koujia tofu skin and so on. They are all food specialties in Texas, with unique food culture and high tourism development value.

Fifth, many celebrity resources. Dezhou has a long history and culture, and there are many celebrities in the country, which has become a rare tourism resource. For example, the legendary Houyi who shot the sun was from Texas. Dong Zhongshu, a philosopher of the Western Han Dynasty, was also from Texas. Now there is the remains of "Dong Zi Reading Desk" in Dezhou. Dong Fangshuo is from Shentou Town, Ling County. Xing Dong, a calligrapher in the late Ming Dynasty, was born in Linyi County, and now has a Xing Dong Memorial Hall. Yan Zhenqing used to be the magistrate of Pingyuan County (now Lingxian County). It was from Deping Town, Linyi County who used to beat drums and scold Cao. Dou Jiande, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty, was from Wucheng County. Tian Wen was born in Dezhou in Qing Dynasty. He used to be the governor of Jiangsu and Guizhou, assistant minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Shi Chuanxiang, a famous national model worker, is from Qihe County. Now there is Shi Chuanxiang Memorial Hall. "Iron Man" Wang Weimin is the deputy mine manager of Pan Lin Oil Production Plant in Shengli Oilfield and a national model worker. 1997 died in the workplace in September, and now there is a Wang Weimin Memorial Hall.

Third, characteristic tourism products.

At present, the tourist routes opened in Dezhou mainly include: urban scenery tour, ancient culture tour, ecological agriculture tour and private enterprise study tour. City scenery tours include: Nine Tianqu archways-Xinhu Scenic Area-Hisense Happy Island-Jinxiu Chuan Scenic Area-Oriental Paradise; The tour of ancient culture includes: Wang Yu Pavilion-Yu Wang Statue-Sulu Wang Yu Garden-Yanzi Monument-Han Formation-Pingyuan County Tomb-Xing Dong Memorial Hall; Agricultural eco-tour includes: Yuxi Eco-agricultural Sightseeing Park-Xiajin Old Yellow River Road Forest Park-Deyue Lake Scenic Area-Hongtansi Forest Park-Leling Wanmu Jujube Garden; Private enterprise study tours include: Himin Solar-Bosideng Company-Bright Dairy-Asia Pacific Group. The main tourism festivals are: Huaihua Festival in Linyi, Xiajin Pear Festival, Leling Golden Silk Jujube Festival, Dayu Culture Festival, Gubei Spring Wine Culture Festival, Black Pottery Art Festival, Braised Chicken Food Festival, etc. Tourism commodities mainly include: Dezhou paji, Baodian donkey meat, golden jujube, Dezhou watermelon, Dezhou black pottery, painted pottery, golden silk stickers, paper-cutting, Xiajin handicrafts and so on.

The consumption there is quite high. One day may not be enough, but two days will be enough. I hope you like Texas.