Baiyun Village, Zuitou Town, Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province: play the landscape card and eat ecological rice

There are 332 households with 1,027 people in Baiyun Village***, and there are 28 farmhouses scattered in Baiyun Village. Focusing on planting, breeding and tourism, the village has started to eat "ecological tourism".

Located 19 kilometers south of Taibai County, Baiyun Village, Zuitou Town, Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province currently has 1,769 acres of cultivated land and 60,000 acres of forest land.

With the resource endowment of green waters and green mountains and hard work, the villagers have been able to get rid of poverty and become rich, and realize their dream of being well-off.

In 2020, Baiyun Village received more than 20,000 tourists. Through the development of rural tourism, more and more villagers are finding jobs at home and increasing family income.

Full coverage of medium and long-term industries

Located in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains, Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province has the highest altitude of 3,771 meters, with an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters. The county seat has an altitude of 1,543 meters, making it the highest altitude in the country. The county with the highest altitude among the 107 counties in the province is known as the "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of Shaanxi".

How to increase the income of villagers was once a difficult problem that troubled cadres here.

In order to explore the road to wealth, Qi Yongli, secretary of the Baiyun Village Party branch, proposed the development of agritainment as early as 2016, but it was not favored by most village cadres and villagers at the time. In order to find a way out and dispel the concerns of the villagers, she opened the first farmhouse in the village with a loan of 350,000 yuan in her own name.

From scratch, more and more villagers are participating in the operation of B&Bs.

Through discounted compensation, Baiyun Village took back the abandoned old houses and land from the villagers to the collective. Then, the village collective will carry out unified planning to transform the old house into a characteristic B&B.

While developing farmhouses, Qi Yongli led the villagers to build a 120-acre matsutake planting base, breed 220 ecological black pigs, and plant 1,435 acres of vegetables and Chinese medicinal materials, enabling 142 households to achieve full mid- and long-term industrial coverage. .

In order to attract more tourists for leisure travel, Baiyun Village has also built a 145-acre lily garden and a 35-acre fishing pond. During the flowering season, it attracts a large number of tourists to stop and watch.

It is better to teach a man how to fish than to teach him how to fish. In order to further enhance the intellectual support for rural revitalization, Baiyun Village held more than 20 practical technical training sessions in the breeding and cooking of specialties such as Chinese bees, edible fungi, and native pigs, training more than 3,000 people, and cultivating 30 rich talents and industrial tycoons. Yuhu.

Use old things to beautify the countryside

Starting from Taibai County, drive 19 kilometers south to Baiyun Village.

Next to the rows of small farmhouses, there are several characteristic B&Bs with blue bricks and black tiles dotted among them. Uniform, clean and tidy, this is the first impression Baiyun Village leaves on tourists.

The development of rural tourism is inseparable from a clean and tidy village appearance. With the rise of the industry, the management of human settlements environment has also been promoted simultaneously and across the board.

In the past few years, the villagers living here have experienced a series of changes in Baiyun Village: the garbage that was once scattered has been cleared away, the overflowing weeds have been cleared, and street lights illuminate the village roads at night. The toilets have been renovated to be harmless.

In recent years, Baiyun Village has combined comprehensive environmental improvement with the construction of beautiful countryside. Invest funds to improve the living environment and implement the rural revitalization strategy.

A written information provided by the village shows: During the process of renovating the rural living environment, Baiyun Village painted a cultural wall of 450 square meters, planted more than 20,000 green seedlings, and planted more than 300 Acres of landscape flowers.

Idle rolling mills were paved into walking trails, old wooden barrels, old wooden jars and small baskets were transformed into trash cans, and building materials dismantled from adobe houses were used in the construction of new rural areas...

In addition to green mountains, green water, and blue sky, the improvement of the living environment has also given Baiyun Village a gorgeous turn. The mountains and forests are lush, the water in the village is gurgling, and the villagers are contented.

It is commendable that in the process of improving the living environment and developing rural tourism, Baiyun Village has adapted to local conditions and abandoned large-scale demolition and construction, focusing on the transformation and utilization of old things.

In the construction of beautiful countryside, Baiyun Village has increased the use of old objects, which not only saves capital costs, but also adds a unique flavor to the local landscape.

From a poor village to an “Internet celebrity check-in point”

Although it has green waters, green mountains and rich tourism resources, Baiyun Village was once a poor village.

"Walking on the road, we are covered in gray on sunny days and mud on rainy days. The people lack a source of income." Qi Yongli said frankly that Baiyun Village was once a "mess".

The mountains and ravines are deep and transportation is inconvenient. Taibai County, where Baiyun Village is located, is a key county for national poverty alleviation and development work and a contiguous poverty alleviation and development area county in the Qinba Mountains. Alpine off-season vegetables are the main source of income for farmers in the area. In the past few years, traffic congestion has restricted local development. The total population of the county is less than 50,000, and in 2016, there were 95 households with 303 people living in poverty.

Enjoying the auspicious snow in winter and escaping from the scorching heat in summer, Baiyun Village's unique climate conditions make Baiyun Village a vacation destination of choice for many tourists.

The natural environment that once restricted the increase in agricultural income has become an advantage for Baiyun Village to develop rural tourism. Located in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains, Baiyun Village has an annual average temperature of 7.7°C and an average summer temperature of 19°C. It is a veritable "natural air-conditioned city".

In addition to its superior natural endowments, the village also has rich historical and cultural heritage - Baoxie Plank Road, a thousand-year-old inn, Zhangjiagou Jingde Silver Smelting Site, Guizigou Ancient School Site, etc.

As early as 2016, village cadres such as Qi Yongli began to think about how to turn green waters and green mountains into mountains of gold and silver to create a poetic pastoral that is livable and wealthy.

In her opinion, Baiyun Village has many advantages in developing rural tourism. “The natural landscape is beautiful, the cultural landscape is rich, the cultural heritage is profound, and the tourism supporting facilities are increasingly perfect. It is close to the county seat, and now the traffic conditions have improved. The flow of people coming and going is gradually increasing."

In the past few years, Baiyun Village has won many honors, including provincial-level rural tourism demonstration village, municipal-level advanced grassroots party organization for poverty alleviation, and municipal-level civilized village. As its popularity continues to increase, rural tourism formats continue to enrich, and Baiyun Village has become an "Internet celebrity check-in point."