Tourism culture in Xingzipu Town

Dragon boat racing is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival and is very popular in southern my country. It was originally a sacrificial activity for the ancient Yue people to worship the water god or dragon god. Its origin can be traced back to the end of primitive society. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Chu people evolved it into an event to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan (who devoted himself to the Miluo River in Yueyang). Dragon boat racing has now been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

In Shuangfeng County, Dragon Boat Festival racing in Xingzipu Town has become an ancient folk custom that has been passed down for thousands of years and endures. From Meishui, Sheishui to Lianshui, along both sides of the river , there were dozens of large and small dragon boats such as "Yellow Dragon", "Golden Dragon", "White Dragon", "Silver Dragon", "Green Dragon" and "Oolong". Every Dragon Boat Festival, more than 10 villages on both sides of the river from Xingzi Lianshui to Zimen begin planning and organizing the Dragon Boat Race in advance. More than a dozen dragon boats of various kinds were put into the water for practice, and ancient rituals of worshiping dragon heads and worshiping piers were held on both sides of the Lianshui River. From the third to the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, several larger dragon boat races will be held in places such as Xingzi Douyan, Jiangkou, Dashu and Ziqiao in Zimen.

The Dragon Boat Race in Xingzi Lianshui will definitely become a scenery of rural tourism in Loudi City, and it will have a strong tendency to catch up from behind. It will definitely become the Ziyunfeng terraced fields, the red leaves of Meilong Mountain, and the locking of rapeseed flowers. It is the first among the four major rural tourist attractions. Shuifumiao Reservoir, also known as Xikou Reservoir, is located in the east of Loudi City, across the three counties and cities of Louxing District, Xiangxiang, and Shuangfeng. It cuts off Lianshui. The reservoir capacity is 560 million cubic meters. The area of ??the reservoir is equivalent to 9 Hangzhou West Lakes, and it is Shaoshan The source of the irrigation area.

The library has a coastline of more than 100 kilometers long, with more than 100 bays and 34 islands, the largest of which is 3 square kilometers. The water quality in the reservoir is excellent, with rippling blue waves and waterbirds playing. The surface of the library is foggy in winter and spring, cloudy in summer and autumn, and the sun sets in the morning, creating a variety of weather conditions. Along the coast, there are protruding peninsulas, criss-crossing harbors, rows of willow trees, luxuriant flowers and trees, fragrant rice, green tea gardens, and fragrant oranges and pomelos, which are full of pastoral poetry. There are also the pottery niche school and the ancient temple Kichijoji with a long history and great influence at home and abroad. It is an ideal venue for tourism, vacation and water sports training. It has been listed as a key inspection area for Hunan tourism resources and is being planned to be built into a water scenic tourist area.

Shuifumiao Reservoir is located at the junction of Shuangfeng, Xiangxiang and Lianyuan counties, 0.5 kilometers downstream of Xikou, Shuangfeng County, in the upper reaches of Lianshui, a first-class tributary of the Xiangshui River. The controlled rain collection area is 3,160 square kilometers, accounting for 44% of the Lianshui basin area. The annual average rainfall in the basin is 1,367.6 mm, generally concentrated from April to June, accounting for 44.3% of the annual rainfall. The multi-year average flow rate at the dam site is 68.5 cubic meters per second, and the multi-year average runoff volume is 2.16 billion cubic meters. The total storage capacity of the reservoir is 560 million cubic meters. The normal water storage level is 94 meters, corresponding to a storage capacity of 370 million cubic meters. The dead water level is 85.5 meters. The effective storage capacity is 260 million cubic meters. The storage capacity coefficient is 0.12. It is an incomplete annual adjustment reservoir.

The Xikou Reservoir Area is a golden zone for the development of tourism industry, ecological agriculture, and sightseeing agriculture. In recent years, the town has made full use of this advantage, doing everything possible to win projects, attract investment, promote development, and make agriculture comprehensive. A number of national and provincial key projects such as development, reservoir area poverty alleviation and development, water conservancy construction, highway construction, rural power grid transformation, tourism development, and construction of ecological agricultural science and technology parks have successively settled here, making it an important investment and development hotspot in Shuangfeng.< /p>

Xikou Reservoir

Xikou Reservoir is located in Xingzipu Town, Shuangfeng County, 30 kilometers away from Shuangfeng County. It has been included in the provincial tourism development plan, and experts have evaluated its overall artistic conception. Saixi Lake". There are many small islands in the lake, a sea of ??bamboos and pines, and the scenery is full of charm. The water is clear, the mountains are quiet, the rocks are strange, and the caves are dangerous. It is known as the "Thousand Island Lake in Central Hunan" and is known as "the water palace in the world and the fairyland on earth".

One of the core attractions: Shuifumiao Hydropower Station. The hub project consists of three parts: dam, power plant building and ship lock.

The reservoir is mainly used for irrigation, but also takes into account comprehensive utilization benefits such as power generation, flood control, shipping, and breeding. The power station is rich in science and technology tourism resources and is a good place for students to gain knowledge. As the source of drinking water and irrigation water for Shaoshan and Xiangtan, the water quality is very good. Near the reservoir are Leidaishi Mountain, Tianmen Mountain, Ninety-eight Bends, Lianshui River and so on. The food includes local aquatic products (perilla fish) and wild vegetables, which are delicious and pure. There is a snake island in the lake. It takes 2-30 minutes by speedboat and there is a snake feast.

The best time to travel

In spring, go out for a spring outing and climb mountains. Seeing wild flowers, bamboo shoots, azaleas all over the mountain and newly unearthed bamboo shoots makes me want to pick them. Of course, don't forget "March 3, shrimps go to the beach"...

In summer, (the time when the reservoir has the most abundant water), when you see the green mountains everywhere, egrets and herons flying all over the sky , you can enjoy water activities in the clear water and blue sky: swimming, diving, gliding on the water surface, rafting downstream... If you catch the time when the dam opens to release floods, you will be in for a treat. Unparalleled wonders, only here. A waterfall tens of meters high flows down from the top of the dam. A huge rainbow stretches across the two mountains (a must-see when floods are released). The sound of the waterfall can be heard twenty miles away. In addition, if you can enter the power plant, you must go to the third floor of the water to experience the sound of another kind of water (leaving you in suspense). Just the sound of water bubbles can make the hair stand on end of a person who goes there for the first time. Dare to move.

In autumn, in addition to the above-mentioned fun of watching the flood discharge, we also add eating game and watching the sunset. It is best to find a fisherman's house to stay for 1-2 days, get up early and go out late to experience the beautiful mountains and rivers.

In winter, during the dry season, more small islands emerge from the water. It depends on your taste... If you want to climb a mountain, it is recommended to go up the mountain from Chengjiazhou (it takes about 30-60 minutes to climb the mountain). We walked through large tracts of bamboo forest to the highest point of the back mountain of Chengjiazhou (the highest point of the reservoir area is Leidaishi Mountain, which can be seen from the direction of water measurement). From the top of the mountain, we can see the panoramic view of the reservoir and the small mountains. . The mountain breeze is blowing, and it is very cool. Looking back to the lower reaches of Lianshui, it is the scene of Kuimen of the Three Gorges, with bamboo rafts dotted and water waves.

Driving route: (Preferably a private car, with good road conditions, it takes 20-30 minutes to reach the power plant. If riding a bicycle, follow the same route. Also remember to bring a camera, swimming trunks, sun hat, sunscreen, etc., preferably Buy a travel accident insurance.)

1. Depart from Shuangfeng Station at around 2pm and take the minibus to the power plant for more than an hour (if you do it in the morning, take the bus to Xingzipu Town first) Take a minibus or motorcycle to the power plant).

2. Take the bus from Loudi to Xingzipu via Qiziqiao and tell the driver to go to the power plant. He will tell you when to get off and how many minutes it will take to transfer the motorcycle.

3. Starting from Zhuzhou or Loudi, take the train and get off at Qiziqiao Station, then take a boat to the power plant (more than an hour), or you can also take a speedboat.

4. The Shanghai to Kunming Expressway crosses the reservoir, and it takes about 10 minutes to get off the expressway from Shuifumiao Reservoir Toll Station (Xiangxiang Cement Factory) to the power station.

5. If you take Shanghai to The national highway in Kunming is 15 kilometers in the direction of Xiangpo Aguai Power Plant where water is measured at Shuangfeng, and it takes 10 minutes to get there.