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Taicang villages target joint development of agricultural tourism

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: March 23, 2015

Three villages in Chengxiang town of Taicang, Jiangsu province, including Donglin, Dianzhan and Wanfeng, have strived to make use of their own advantages to promote joint development of agricultural tourism.

Dianzhan village plans to build a bamboo garden and a farming culture park. The bamboo garden aims to popularize bamboo knowledge. The farming culture park will allow visitors to carry out farming and get a better understanding of farming culture. The village has also bought 10 boats to help tourists experience a leisurely time by boating.

Wanfeng village, highlighting canola and rice flowers, has built a string of wooden pathways and platforms, along which visitors are able to get closer to the flowers and enjoy barbecue on platforms.

Donglin village has been focusing on the mutton food festival, with last year's event attracting a large number of visitors.

The three villages are working together to entertain visitors with year-round tourism products, including Wanfeng's flower tour in spring and summer, Dianzhan's ecological tour in autumn and Donglin's mutton tour in winter.