Qilu netTaian May 20 thOn May 20th, the opening ceremony of 2018 China Xintai Cherry Festival and Economic, Trade and Cultural Cooperation and Exchange Conference kicked off in Lianhua Mountain, xintai city. Visitors can not only watch cherry picking, but also swim in a thousand acres of lily sea. This year’s Cherry Festival is jointly organized by Tai ‘an High-tech Zone and xintai city, during which the "Lily Culture and Art Festival" will be held, and the whole activity will last for one and a half months.
The purpose of this cherry festival is "cherry as the medium, lily to welcome guests, culture to set up a stage, and economic and trade singing", and domestic and foreign merchants are invited to gather in Xintai to carry out economic and trade cooperation and exchanges, and promote project signing and industrial docking. Tai ‘an High-tech Zone also arranged for 19 enterprises with special agricultural products to participate in the exhibition, bringing special agricultural products such as potatoes, organic tea, Chinese herbal medicines, wool products and Chinese calcium fruits to the scene, so as to build high-quality and special agricultural products brands on the occasion of the Cherry Festival.
The signing ceremony of the 2018 China Xintai Economic and Trade Cooperation Fair was also held, and a series of activities were held, such as famous agricultural products exhibition, photography exhibition, Luxinpai bonsai exhibition, intangible cultural heritage photo exhibition and excellent project on-site exhibition, xintai city moral model and "good people around" deeds exhibition, etc. Visitors can not only experience Xintai’s profound history and culture in Lianhua Mountain, but also enjoy the beautiful natural scenery. They can also go to Tianbao Town, the origin of "Chinese cherry", and the cherry base in Guli Town to watch and pick.
During the whole cherry festival, the activities were brilliant. Xintai will also hold activities such as "The Second Tiancheng Guanyin Prayer Season", "Top 100 Travel Agencies in Shandong Province Enter Lotus Mountain in Xintai", "Seeing Xintai through the Transformation of Old and New Kinetic Energy", "New Media Walking in beautiful countryside" and "Tasting Red Cherry and Singing New Xintai".
Among them, the biggest highlight is the "Lily Culture and Art Festival" which started on June 16th. At that time, Xintai will rely on the 6,000-acre lily garden of Hui Mei Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. located in Yangliu Town to hold many activities such as lily beauty food tasting, lily product exhibition, lily calligraphy and painting martial arts exhibition, fragrant lily wedding dress show, and a hundred-year collective wedding. With lily as the introduction, Xintai will build a tourism brand integrating eco-sightseeing, leisure flower viewing and rural tour.
Lightning journalist Wang Xun Taian reports.