Lotus Festival in Huashi Town

On the morning of July 13, 2014, the launch ceremony of the Xiangtan County Lotus Appreciation Tour, "Visit the Millennium Ancient Town to Appreciate Tens of Thousands of Lotus Flowers", was hosted by the Municipal Tourism Bureau and the County Government, and hosted by the County Tourism Bureau and the Huashi Town Government. The one-day tour itinerary product launch conference was grandly held at the Xianglian Market in Huashi Town. Huang Pingbo, a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council, and city and county leaders Zhang Yu, Liu Yaoqi, Chen Weibing and others attended the ceremony. On that day, more than 200 tourists from the city, as the first batch of group passengers on this route, felt the swaying fragrance of thousands of acres of lotus flowers and the enthusiasm of the Huashi people. This "Lotus Appreciation Tour" relies on the cultural heritage of Xianglian and covers the "Three Cun Lotus" original planting site, Huashi Lotus Garden, Seoul Bridge, Shibaluohan Mountain, Huashi Reservoir, Xianglian Characteristic Street, Zhou Xiaozhou's former residence, Hunan's rare Xianglian Co., Ltd. and eight other attractions. This is also the second high-quality tourist route launched by Xiangtan County after the "White Rock Tour" to satisfy market demand and based on regional characteristics and cultural characteristics after successfully establishing itself as a "strong tourism county in Hunan Province" to allow tourists to enjoy themselves. In Huashi, tourists can visit the lotus base, view thousands of acres of lotus, view the Eighteen Arhat Mountains, and appreciate the Danxia landform. They can also taste the original Huashi tofu and Shiba rice wine. They can also visit the Xianglian Market and experience the Xianglian in person. Production technology and Xianglian culture. "Huashi, as an ancient town with thousands of years of cultural history, is really a place with stories and feelings." Many tourists said with emotion. According to reports, in order to further promote Huashi, the County Tourism Bureau and Huashi Town will work hard to develop the tourism industry: carrying out experiential tourism around lotus such as tourists picking it themselves and visiting the processing process; building trails for the Eighteen Arhat Mountains and purchasing yachts for the Huashi Reservoir for tourists Travel; develop new tourism resources and add rafting projects next year. Make the three major themes of "Mountain", "Water" and "Lotus" the characteristics and advantages of Huashi Tourism, and perfectly combine culture, tourism and Xianglian industry to achieve strong industry and enrich the people of the town.