The influence of scenic spots in Yuquanshan Suburban Forest Park

1 An effective path for economic transformation

Suburban forest parks refer to places adjacent to towns and cities with corresponding tourist service facilities for people to get close to nature, have leisure and fitness activities and popular science cultural activities. In recent years, construction has begun in many places in the country.

While Taiyuan is promoting greening in Xishan, why is it building a suburban forest park? According to the Xishan Area Comprehensive Improvement Office, the Xishan area has historically been densely covered with vegetation and numerous cultural relics, carrying the 2,500-year history of Taiyuan. From south to north, the Xishan area gathers famous mountains and rivers such as Tianlong Mountain, Longshan, Taishan, Mengshan, and Juishan, as well as a large number of historical relics such as Jinyang Ancient City, Jinci Temple, Mengshan Giant Buddha, Duofu Temple, and Fushan's Hometown. , there are 38 cultural relics protection units at the national, provincial and municipal levels alone. Building a suburban forest park in Xishan has certain foundations and advantages. More than 100 years ago, this place became the birthplace of modern industry in our province. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this area became a key area for investment during the country's "First Five-Year Plan" period and became an important gathering area for energy and heavy chemical industries such as coal, electric power, chemicals, coking, and building materials. After years of over-development, especially high-density coal mining, the ecological environment here has been seriously damaged, leading to serious lag in regional economic and social development and exhaustion of sustainable development capabilities. It is imperative to develop green industries in Xishan area.

In addition, the state and province encourage enterprises and individuals to participate in the construction of suburban forest parks in various forms. Building this kind of park in the Xishan area is in line with the green direction advocated by the country and is conducive to attracting social funds to build ecological civilization. This has also become an effective path and inevitable choice for the economic transformation of resource-based regions.

2 Enterprises are highly enthusiastic about participating in construction

“To create a first-class environment in the Xishan area, we cannot simply rely on voluntary tree planting. It is not enough to rely on the power of the government alone, but also to mobilize the market. "Power." According to reports, in order to build Xishan into a natural ecological barrier in Taiyuan City as soon as possible, Taiyuan City has innovated the urban and rural ecological greening construction system since 2011, adopting the model of "government-led, market-operated, park-carrying, and company-built". For the first time in the country, a series of ecological new policies were creatively implemented, guiding large provincial state-owned enterprises and private enterprises to devote themselves to the construction of Xishan suburban forest parks.

Specifically, Taiyuan City allows enterprises to use no more than 20% of the land area to build park supporting facilities and operate some development projects moderately on the basis of completing 80% of the land greening tasks, and ultimately achieve The purpose is to green the mountains, increase the efficiency of enterprises, and increase the income of farmers. In addition, investors can also enjoy preferential policies such as government fee reductions and exemptions, state-owned land adoption for 70 years, and collective green land transfer for 50 years. This series of ecological new policies quickly attracted the investment attention of many companies. More than a dozen companies have participated in the construction of suburban forest parks, and launched a major battle for ecological restoration in the Xishan Mountains along the gullies and beams stretching for more than 40 kilometers. .

Many of these participating companies are resource-based companies such as coal, steel, and coking. They originally had a certain impact on the ecological environment during the production process. The government encourages enterprises to participate in the new policy of Xishan Greening, which provides them with a platform for transformation and development and provides a new opportunity for transformation into ecological green industries. Therefore, these companies are very willing to invest in tourism and modern service industries. For example, Shanxi Jinfeng Heating Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise that mainly contracts heating boiler operations. Currently, the cherry blossom forest project of Jinfeng Yuquan Mountain Suburban Forest Park undertaken by this company has gradually become large-scale. The person in charge of the project said that the company is trying to transform its business structure and strive to form a model of integrated development of the main heating business and new green and ecological industries.

The person in charge of the Gengyang Suburban Forest Park project also said that at a time when resources are gradually depleting and market competition is intensifying, companies also regard ecological green industries as a new way out for industry continuity. Participating in the construction of the forest park this time is in response to the government's call. It is an opportunity for corporate transformation and it is also a public welfare undertaking.

3 Suburban forest parks have their own characteristics

Based on the active participation of enterprises, Taiyuan City fully considers the local geographical location based on the different ecological landscape resources and religious and cultural resources of each region. , historical background, local population conditions, market and other factors, within the scope starting from Juishan in Jiancaoping District in the north and Qingyang River in Jinyuan District in the south, Gengyang Suburban Forest Park, Jinfeng Yuquan Mountain Suburban Forest Park, Kang There are more than a dozen suburban forest parks with a total area of ??267,000 acres, including Peicheng Suburban Forest Park and Aiwan Suburban Forest Park.

The themes of these parks are different and each has its own characteristics. Among them, Shengke Suburban Forest Park is mainly about agricultural picking, religious and cultural exhibitions, etc.; Guoxin Suburban Forest Park is mainly about tourism industry incubation and recuperation; Gengyang Suburban Forest Park is mainly about religious culture and natural ecological tourism; The Jinfeng Yuquan Mountain Suburban Forest Park focuses on sightseeing and tourism and will create a cherry blossom town landscape; the Xishan Coal and Electricity Suburban Forest Park focuses on mining culture, geological environment protection, leisure exercise, scientific investigation, popular science education, and revolutionary traditional education. Mainly; Haoguang Suburban Forest Park, focusing on conferences and exhibitions; Huakang Suburban Forest Park, focusing on Xishan Ecological Green Calcium Fruit Manor; Kangpei Suburban Forest Park, creating a painter's village for sightseeing; Aiwan Suburban Forest Park, Focusing on nursing homes and leisure and entertainment...

After the completion of these parks, they will not only improve the ecological environment of Xishan, but also meet the needs of different groups and levels of tourists.

In addition, Taiyuan City has also started the construction of the first phase of the Xishan Rural Tourism and Fire Passage Project. The project starts from Tutang Manshui Bridge in Jiancaoping District in the north and ends at Niujiakou in Jinyuan District in the south, with a total length of 118 kilometers. Among them, there are 88 kilometers of north-south main lines and 30 kilometers of eight east-west circulation lines connecting the city. Currently, 90% of the project has been completed and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. By then, this highway will connect the suburban forest park under construction and connect 38 national, provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units in Xishan, making it a major attraction on both sides of the highway, making it more convenient for people to visit and sightsee.

4 The beautiful picture is slowly unfolding

The weather in early winter is full of chill, but in the Xishan Suburban Forest Park, the builders are still speeding up the construction. The busy figures and the yellow leaves all over the mountains and plains form a beautiful picture... At present, 12 suburban forest parks covering an area of ??147,000 acres have been constructed in the Xishan area, and some have begun to take shape.

In the early morning, the reporter went to Jinfeng Yuquan Mountain Suburban Forest Park. During the journey, the air was filled with the unique light fragrance of pine cones and the smell of earth. On both sides of the winding road, workers can be seen busy working in green fields from time to time. "This is much more labor-intensive than planting trees on flat land. We hammered out the tree pits on the rock mass." A construction worker at the site stepped on a long ladder and carefully placed the wrapped saplings into the dug holes. In the pit. Looking from a distance, the green pines swaying in the wind on the steep rock mass are extremely beautiful.

This suburban forest park is located on the west side of the east exit of Xihuan Expressway in Wanbailin District. The project leader said, "The park has a total area of ??6,774 acres, and more than 600,000 trees of various types have been planted. The greening area is more than 4,400 acres, the water network is 39,500 meters, the damaged area is 225,000 square meters, and an investment of 120 million yuan has been completed. This year’s greening task has been basically completed in the Aiwan Park section of the Xishan Tourist Highway. , there are dug tree pits lined up on both sides of the road, and workers are planting large trees whose roots are wrapped in thick soil into the pits, and the tree trunks are also tightly wrapped to introduce advanced nursing concepts and management at home and abroad. Model, Aiwan suburban forest park is the demonstration base of the national Aiwan headquarters in Shanxi. Through the construction of the demonstration base, Aiwan centers will be built in more than 20 central cities across the country in phases and in batches, gradually forming a national chain and off-site interaction, and with The Aiwan Center serves as the main body and radiates to the surrounding areas, forming an industrial chain and realizing a new elderly care model that combines home care and social care. The Aiwan Suburban Forest Park covers a total area of ??approximately 17,000 acres, of which more than 13,000 acres are vegetation and green areas. , the conceptual plan of the project was entrusted to the Swedish company Svik to design it, and it was recognized by the government and experts.

Similarly, in other suburban forest parks, roaring excavators shuttle back and forth, and sprinklers are continuously providing services. The street trees are sprinkled with water, which is really a lively scene. The overall greening project is accelerating, and the landscape effect is initially showing.

5 Building an ecological and livable "oxygen bar"

Now, walk around as you like. When you enter a suburban forest park, you can see that the originally devastated barren hills are gradually being covered by various vegetation. "I have lived in Xishan for decades. The ecological environment of Xishan was severely damaged in the past, and abandoned buildings can be seen everywhere. Garbage, abandoned lime kilns, white ash and cinders left over from production, the whole mountain is devastated..." Liang Huanzhen, a nearby villager, said: "Look now, the mountains are full of people planting trees, the barren hills have turned green, and they look different from before. It’s different, we are happy from the bottom of our hearts. ”

Other villagers are also full of expectations for the future prospects of Xishan: “In the future, the environment will become beautiful, and more and more people will come to Xishan to play. After the farmhouses and picking gardens are built, we will have more employment opportunities.” There are more. ”

In the future, Taiyuan City will also gradually increase the number of suburban forest parks based on corporate investment. According to the plan, Taiyuan City will take three years to cover more than 200,000 acres of barren hills in the Xishan area. Green decoration; within 5 years, Xishan, which has severely damaged the ecological environment, will be transformed into a low-carbon home in Taiyuan.

Relevant experts said that after the suburban forest park is completed, it will inevitably promote surrounding catering, accommodation, and transportation. The development of tertiary industries such as tourism and tour guide services has achieved significant economic and ecological benefits, realizing "one landscape brings prosperity." I believe that Xishan in the future will definitely become a natural ecological barrier, a natural oxygen bar, and a melting pot in Taiyuan. It is a golden corridor that brings together Taiyuan’s history, culture, and sightseeing, a broad platform that gathers modern high-end service industries, and a good place to attract citizens for leisure and entertainment.