Heze, Shandong: Fragrant melons and fruits create a "sweet" landscape. Sunshine | Grapes | Heze, Shandong
Heze, August 15th (People's Daily) - On an endless thousand acre orchard, rows of grape trellises come into view, with clusters of plump grapes hanging down, purple like gemstones and green like jade. Under the sunshine, they emit a intoxicating aroma... Currently, it is the season when fruits and melons are ripe and on the market. In an ecological agriculture high-tech industrial park in Heze, Shandong, bright red apples cluster around green leaves, making people drool. Rows of pear trees are lush with branches and leaves, resembling autumn pears in the shape of a full moon. They are densely packed and hanging on the branches.
"There are grape varieties such as Sunshine Rose and Summer Black, and here are Autumn Moon Pear and Asus Apple." The relevant person in charge of the park introduced, "Our industrial park has planted 400 acres of Autumn Moon Pear, 400 acres of Apple, and 200 acres of Grape. All the orchards adopt integrated water and fertilizer, and according to the requirements of 'one control, two reductions, and three basics', we focus on improving the quality of fruits to meet market differentiation and personalized consumption needs."
The cultivation of fruits and melons not only boosts the wallets of farmers, but also drives employment for the surrounding people. Through land transfer, the park has driven more than 10000 people from 13 surrounding villages and 3000 households to work and start businesses, supporting hundreds of breeding enterprises and farmers, achieving efficient planting and breeding, and increasing per capita annual income by more than 20000 yuan. "My home is near here, and all the land has been transferred out. I came here to work, close to home, without delaying taking care of the family, picking up and dropping off children. I can not only receive land rent, but also work and earn money near my home." said Wang Fengliang, a villager busy with agricultural work.
In the vineyard, there is a constant stream of tourists who come to pick the grapes. While experiencing the joy of rural picking, everyone enjoys the sweet taste of summer. "Every year during the grape ripening season, I come to the industrial park to pick 20-30 kilograms of grapes. The grapes here are big and sweet, and loved by family and friends," said tourist Xiao Shao, who was picking grapes.
The ecological agriculture industrial park, which promotes rural revitalization, prioritizes industries, and yields abundant fruits, is a microcosm of the new business model of ecological agriculture tourism and leisure in the Luxi New Area of Heze. In recent years, relying on abundant natural resources and geographical advantages, the Luxi New Area in Heze has vigorously developed characteristic planting, actively expanded industrial channels, extended industrial chains, and made characteristic agriculture a prosperous industry for the people.