Secret: Why is rural tourism becoming more and more popular?

Why is rural tourism becoming more and more popular?

In recent years, urbanites' yearning for rural scenery has been increasing day by day, and the topic of "farmhouse entertainment" has attracted much attention. Green fields, fresh farm dishes, and old farm tools have reawakened people's certain feelings about local customs. Kind of attachment.

"'Going up the mountain like a tiger, floating across the river', this refers to a wheelbarrow; 'Wooden dragon, wooden dragon, the more it shakes, the redder it becomes, providing food and clothing, ensuring safety.' This refers to Spinning wheel." Li Shusen, 72, from Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, played with the wooden farm tool model he made while reciting the children's songs taught to him by his parents.

Starting in 2010, Li Shusen and his wife Wang Yueqin, who have worked as carpenters all their lives, began to make "miniature versions" of old farm tools out of peach wood based on their rural life experience. The handles of the bellows and bellows can be moved and retracted. "Making farm tools is too labor-intensive and not profitable, but I just want to leave something for future generations to let them know what life is like in the countryside for generations," Wang Yueqin said.

Today, Li Shusen's craft has been named "Yueyang Woodcarving" and has been selected into the Xi'an Intangible Cultural Heritage List. A room in his home is filled with various models of agricultural tools. The biggest wish of the old couple is to let young people understand the traditional farming culture.

Li Shusen is not the only one who has such a dream. Tang Qian, a 70-year-old retired doctor who lives in Xingzhe Street, Lintong District, calls himself a "farm tool collector." His collection consists of old farm tools covered in dust and soil.

His family has a courtyard dedicated to storing "treasures" collected from all over Shaanxi. "This is a plain plow, this is a mountain plow." Old Tang could tell the difference in farm tools just by the subtle bends. From small sacks to large horse-drawn carts with hard pulleys, as well as various millstones and rollers in the yard, these old objects that are discarded by many rural people are all transported piece by piece by hand or cart. Back to the yard.

"In the past, one person could only harvest a few acres of wheat a day with a sickle, but now a combine harvester can sweep away dozens of acres of wheat. Today's tools are indeed advanced, but people will have to recall the old rural areas in the future. Life, without the things I collected, how can I rely on memories?" Tang Qian said that after retirement, he fulfilled his wish to ride in Xinjiang and Tibet, and building the Shaanxi Agricultural Culture Museum is another of his dreams today.

"The more I walk on the cement road all day long, the more I miss the dirt roads in the mountains and even the dirt roads I used to walk on every day when I went to school." Bai Xiangji, 59, is an outdoor sports enthusiast in Xi'an. Having grown up in the countryside, he has a special affection for the countryside. "As long as I see farm tools, water wells, and old scalpers when I go hiking, I will recall the simple satisfaction and happiness I had in the past. The popularity of rural tourism is a good thing. For young people, it is a way to experience the life of their ancestors and fathers."

“Urban diseases have given rise to the boom in rural tourism and are also the reason why people are increasingly yearning for the countryside.” Professor Zhang Lingyun, deputy dean of the School of Tourism at Beijing Union University, said that urban noise and air pollution are still very common in rural areas. It’s hard to see, but the facilities, environment, and dishes in the countryside make many people feel fresh.

The display of folk culture, the interactive experience of farming culture, and the tasting of special folk delicacies are the unique features that make rural tourism popular and attract tourists. The deeper reason is the lingering local sentiment in people's hearts.